Highlights XXV Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), San Jose de las Lajas, Cuba, January 1986: 1/8: Defeated Ambrosio Moro (Cuba) RSCH 2 1/4: Defeated Wilder Cervantes (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 5–0 1/2: Defeated Francisco Bouly (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 5–0 Finals: Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) KO 2 Golden Belt Tournament (91 kg), Bucharest, Romania, 1986: Finals: Defeated Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria) XXII Friendship Games (+81 kg), Szolnok, Hungary, August 1986: Finals: Defeated Tigran Terterian (Soviet Union) RSC 1 XXVI Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Holguín, Cuba, January 1987: 1/16: Defeated Alberto Almeida (Cuba) RSCH 1 1/8: Defeated Reinaldo Dreke (Cuba) RSC 1 1/4: Defeated Juan Cause Delis (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 5–0 1/2: Defeated Victor Ispuria (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 5–0 Finals: Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 0–5 Gee-Bee Tournament (91 kg), Helsinki, Finland, April 1987: Defeated Georgy Likov (Bulgaria) by decision Defeated Gytis Juškevičius (Soviet Union) KO 3 Lost to Yevgeniy Sudakov (Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 0–5 Intercup (91 kg), Hemsbach, West Germany, April 1987: 1/2: Defeated Wiesław Dyła (Poland) by unanimous decision, 5–0 Finals: Defeated Fred Kaddu (Uganda) by unanimous decision, 5–0 Golden Belt Tournament (91 kg), Bucharest, Romania, 1987: Finals: Defeated Petr Bornescu (Romania) by decision IV Youth World Championships (91 kg), Havana, Cuba, June 1987: 1/4: Defeated Frank Beckström (East Germany) RSC 1 1/2: Defeated Peter Stettinger (West Germany) RSC 3 Finals: Defeated Vyacheslav Sedov (Soviet Union) RSC 3 Simón Bolivar Cup (+81 kg), Caracas, Venezuela, September 1987: Finals: Defeated A. Golotyan (Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 5–0 XVIII Central America and the Caribbean Championships (91 kg), San José, Costa Rica, November 1987: Finals: Defeated Emilio Payne (Costa Rica) RSC 2 XXVII Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, January 1988: 1/8: Defeated Pedro Montalvo (Cuba) by majority decision, 4–1 1/4: Defeated Daniel Alonso Zamora (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 5–0 1/2: Defeated Juan Cause Delis (Cuba) by split decision, 3–2 Finals: Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 0–5 XXXIX Strandzha Cup (91 kg), Sofia, Bulgaria, February 1988: 1/2: Defeated Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria) by majority decision, 4–1 Finals: Lost to Andrzej Golota (Poland) by split decision, 2–3 XXVIII Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Guantánamo, Cuba, January 1989: 1/16: Defeated Jose Sayu (Cuba) RSC 2 1/8: Defeated Pedro Montalvo (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 5–0 1/4: Defeated Raul Gonzalez (Cuba) RET 2 1/2: Defeated Juan Cause Delis (Cuba)