By Mark Vester
The Dallas Observer reports that junior flyweight Luis Yanez, a 2008 United States Olympian, will make his pro debut on February 20 as part of a six-fight card at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Many remember Yanez, 20, for the controversy leading up to the Beijing games. USA Boxing kicked Yanez off the team roster on July 1 for skipping more than three weeks of workouts in June at the team's residency training program in Colorado Springs. Yanez was reinstated on July 16. Yanez hasn't lost a fight in the United States (to a compatriot) in more than five years, compiling a record of 89-0. In the past three years, he's 26-3 in international competition.
On August 13, 2008 Yanez won his first bout in the Olympic games against Kelvin de la Nieve of Spain with a score of 12:9. Then he lost to eventual Mongolian runner-up Pürevdorjiin Serdamba 7:8.
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