Emilio Correa Bayeaux Jr

Category: Middleweight

Date of Birth: October 12, 1985

Height: Five feet 11 inches

Weight: 75 kg

Coach: Pedro Roque

Idol: Father, Emilio Correa Sr.

Style: Excellent footwork; Stinging right punch; an aggressive boxer but sometimes displays desperation

Achievements: Silver Medallist at 2004 World Junior Championships; a middleweight bronze from the 2005 World Championships besides gold medals at the 2005 and 2008 Pan American Championships and the 2007 PanAm Games.

Remarks: Son of Welterweight Emilio Correa Sr. the Olympic gold medallist in 1972 Munich Games; father also won the 1971 PanAm Games gold medal and 1974 World welterweight gold medal.

Quote: `My father gave me so much good advice and I am trying to follow it. My dream is to become an Olympic champion like him,`

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