Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1999, i riro i a ia ngā toa o te US, te Golden Gloves ā-motu me te taitara o te ao hei kaitākaro amateur i te 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships
I Houston, Texas engari i ngaro wawe i te Orimipia o Sydney 2000 ki a Brahim Asloum, i whiua e ia i te 1999 World Championships i Houston, Texas. Ko tana rekoata katoa he 230-8.