Ricardo Anibal Araneda Aviles (born 3 January 1971 in

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) is a Chilean former

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who competed from 2004 to 2005. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the

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and represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he lost in the first round. Araneda made his professional debut on May 7, 2004 in

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, defeating countryman Juan Reyes.

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