Misael Uziel Rodríguez Olivas (born 7 April 1994) is a Mexican
professional boxer
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Career
He won a bronze medal at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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Rodríguez competed in the
World Series of Boxing
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between 2014 and 2016. He wasn't successful, losing 9 of 12 bouts and being
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'd by
Arlen López
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in a May 2016 fight. Rodríguez won a bronze medal at the
2015 Pan American Games
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, beating
Anthony Campbell before losing to
Jorge Vivas
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in the semi-finals.
He competed in the
men's middleweight event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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. Rodríguez won three bouts before losing to silver medalist
Bektemir Melikuziev
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Amateur career Olympic result
Rio 2016
*Round of 16: Defeated Daniel Le ...
in the semi-finals, winning a bronze medal.
In 2017, he turned professional, signing with
Richard Schaefer
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. Rodríguez's manager is former Olympian and world champion
Abner Mares
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.
Rodríguez's cousin is
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fighter
Yair Rodríguez
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.
Professional boxing record
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1994 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
Olympic boxers for Mexico
Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico
Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in boxing
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
Boxers at the 2015 Pan American Games
Boxers from Chihuahua (state)
Pan American Games bronze medalists in boxing
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
Middleweight boxers
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
21st-century Mexican sportsmen