Colombian boxerIn this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tamara and the second or maternal family name is Paternina.

Carlos José Tamara Paternina (born 15 March 1983) is a Colombian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2013. He held the IBF light flyweight *le in 2010 and previously challenged for the WBO flyweight *le in 2008. As an amateur, he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Contents

• 1 Amateur career
  • 1.1 Olympic results
• 2 Professional career
  • 2.1 World *le
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Amateur career

Olympic results

Tamara competed for Colombia at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He was defeated in the second round by Italy's Alfonso Pinto in the Light Flyweight (48:kg) division. Results were:

• Defeated Redouane Bouchtouk (Morocco) 48-0
• Lost to Alfonso Pinto (Italy) 35-49

Professional career

World *le

Carlos defeated American Brian Viloria with 1:45 left in the 12th and final round of a *le fight on January 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines.

References

External links

• Boxing record for Carlos Tamara from BoxRec (registration required)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et:al. "Carlos José Tamara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.