Luis Enrique Porozo Mina (born June 30, 1990) is an Ecuadorian

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...

. As an

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he qualified in the men's

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division for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

as a seventeen-year-old. Porozo, from Pichincha, came in second at his qualifier when he beat Roberto Navarro. He lost the meaningless final to

Idel Torriente Idel Torriente Leal (born September 9, 1986) is a Cubans, Cuban amateur boxer who won the Pan American Games, Pan American featherweight title 2007 and qualified for the Olympics. Career In 2006 the southpaw beat teenage star Roniel Iglesias in ...

but qualified anyway. In his first Olympic fight he beat Navarro in a rematch 3:3+, jury decision.

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1990 births Living people Featherweight boxers Super-featherweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Ecuador Ecuadorian male boxers 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen {{Ecuador-boxing-bio-stub