Arlo Chavez

Arlo Chavez (born August 1, 1966) is a Filipino boxer who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He is a gold medalist in the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships and is the most successful Filipino boxer in the Southeast Asian Games with four gold medals.

Personal life Arlo Chavez was born on August 1, 1966 in Bantayan Island in Cebu. The eldest of 10 children, Chavez became the head of their family when he was just a teenager after their parents died just a year within each other. He and his brother Ronald, who was also a member of the national boxing team, provided for their other siblings. He studied at Southwestern University in Cebu City.

Career Chavez captured a gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games in his first major international competition. He defeated Thai Arnit Suwanwijit in the final. A month after the SEA Games, Chavez was sent to the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow along with Leopoldo Serantes and Isidro Vicera. He lost to Poland's Dariusz Czernij in his opening bout.

At the 1991 Asian Amateur Boxing Championship in Bangkok, Chavez topped the light welterweight category.

Chavez competed at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima but lost to Uzbekistan’s Nariman Atayev in the quarterfinals and went home empty-handed.

Chavez retired after failing to qualify for the 1996 Summer Olympics. He now works as a boxing instructor in Metro Manila.

Results 1992 Summer Olympics