Aníbal Santiago Acevedo (born April 28, 1971) is a Puerto Rican boxer, who won a bronze medal in the welterweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.
Amateur highlights
1989: Gold Medalist World Junior Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico (beat Shane Mosley) 1991: Bronze Medal Pan Am Games Junior Welterweight 1991: Lost to Kostya Tszyu on points in World Championships in Sydney, Australia 1992: Gold Medal Santo Domingo Olympic Trials Welterweight (beat Guillermo Jones) 1992: Represented Puerto Rico as a welterweight at the Barcelona Olympic games. His results were: Defeated Harry Simon (Namibia) 13-11 Defeated Stefen Scriggins (Australia) 16-3 Defeated Francisc Vaştag (Romania) 20-9 Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) 2-11
Professional career
Acevedo began his professional career in 1993 and has had limited success. In 2006 he lost via TKO to Randy Griffin. In February 2007 he lost by KO against Jarmine Mickey.