Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te mea he amateur, i toa a Bute i te tohu parahi i te 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships
i Houston, Texas me te mētara koura i te 2001 Francophone Games. I tohu ano a Bute i a Romania i te 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships i Bangkok, Thailand hei taumaha waenga, i reira i hinga ai ia, ka whakakorea mai i te 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championship e te toa o te taumaha waenga o Gennady Golovkin me te whiu nui i te rauna 4. I mua i a KO Golovkin, nana nei i wikitoria te 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championship, e 13 nga tohu i runga ake i a Bute.