Colombian Jorge Luis Vivas looks at Rio 2016

Colombian middleweight Jorge Luis Vivas, runner-up in the last Pan American Games, said today that he sees himself as a competitor in the boxing tournament of the next Olympic Games, in which he hopes to be the protagonist.
“I see myself in Rio, I have immense confidence, I am going through a moment of sporting maturity and my teacher and the teammates trust me,” one of the main letters of Colombia in the Pre-Olympic this month in Buenos Aires.
Vivas, 27, is a fast fighter, with good defense skills and a strong punch, qualities with which he hopes to make a difference in the Argentine capital and win a ticket to the August Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
This week, Jorge Luis Vivas has completed demanding training days as part of an altitude camp at 2,240 meters above sea level, in which he hopes to improve his sports form to reach the close commitment well.
«In Mexico the work has been strong, when we go down to places of lower altitude, our respiratory capacity will have increased; I feel with all the opportunities to obtain the ticket, “he reiterated.
In Buenos Aires, some of the best boxers in America in the 75 kilogram category will be absent, already classified for the Olympic Games, but Vivas will have rivals of good level such as the Ecuadorian Mario Delgado, who defeated him last year in the Venezuelan World Cup. .
«I have the Ecuadorian in my sights, I don’t remember his name, he beat me last year, but before that he had beaten him; now he’s going to find me at a better time, “he said.
Along with Vivas, six other Colombian fighters are training in Mexico for the Pre-Olympic tournament in Buenos Aires, the Pan American Games medalists Ceiber Ávila, flyweight, Juan Carrillo, light heavyweight, Deivis Julio Blanco, heavyweight, and Ingrit Lorena Valencia, flyweight. by Yuberjen Martínez, light fly, and Jenny Arias, light.
Led by coaches Rafael Iznaga and José Salinas, in recent days the Colombians have worked on speed and have done a competition modeling with the idea of ​​starting to get mental in the Pre-Olympic in which 241 fighters from 34 countries will participate in search of 25 Olympic tickets for men and five for women.