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Eléider Álvarez Baytar (born 8 April 1984) is a Colombian professional boxer who held the WBO light-heavyweight title from 2018 to 2019. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the light-heavyweight division.As of January 2021, Álvarez is ranked as the world's eighth best active light-heavyweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, seventh by The Ring magazine and tenth by BoxRec.Alvarez was born in Apartadó, Colombia. At a very young age, Alvarez was interested in music and boxing. His mother wanted him to box full-time. His mother died when Alvarez was only 14 years old. It was then Alvarez decided to start a career in boxing.Álvarez won the 2006 South America Games against Hamilton Ventura.At the PanAms 2007 he beat southpaw Julio Castillo 10:8 and upset Cuban favorite Yusiel Napoles in the final by KO in round 3. He was trailing 4:6.At the 2007 World Championships he lost to African champion Ramadan Yasser.