at the 2007 world amateur boxing championships, he lost to southpaw surprise winner frankie gavin (boxer) from england in the quarterfinal but qualified for the olympics in beijing. there he lost his debut to jose pedraza (boxer). he won the silver medal in lightweight division at the 2010 world university boxing championship held in ulan bator, mongolia. at the 2013 summer universiade in kazan, russia, he won the bronze medal in the welterweight division.