(as a lightweight) Defeated Boris Georgiev (Bulgaria) RSCH 4 Defeated Stephen Burke (England) RSC-OS 3 Defeated Jong Sub-Baik (South Korea) 30-14 Defeated Gyula Kate (Hungary) 24-12 Defeated Pichai Sayotha (Thailand) 45-27 Retirement In May 2005, aged 34, he came out of retirement and travelled to Bolton, England for a third fight with Amir Khan. He had beaten Khan twice already the previous year – in the Pre-Olympic tournament and the Olympic Lightweight final – however Khan had become a popular attraction in the UK and a third fight was arranged to set up his professional debut. Khan beat Kindelan on points 19–13. Having retired, he is generally considered one of the greatest amateur boxers ever seen, leading to the comment during his final fight by the boxing commentator that he was "a professional in a vest". Typical for athletes from Cuba, where professional sport is prohibited, his reward is his pride in representing his people on the Olympic stage. He said, of being offered $1 million to compete professionally, "I thanked them, but money cannot buy what I have." References External links Article 1971 births Living people People from Holguín Olympic boxers of Cuba Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2003 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in boxing Cuban male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Lightweight boxers Pan American Games medalists in boxing Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people