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Biography
Óscar Molina Casillas (born January 2, 1990 in Commerce, California) is a Mexican American amateur boxer who qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. His twin brother, Javier, competed for the USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Career
Molina was born in Commerce, California a suburb 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Los Angeles. He participated at the 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships at Guadalajara, Mexico where he obtained the gold medal.
At the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games he won the silver medal losing the final to local Christian Peguero.
Later he achieved the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Mexico when he lost to Cuban Carlos Banteux.
In May 2012, he qualified for the London 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the silver medal at the Rio Pre-Olympic tournament where he lost to local Myke Carvalho.In London, he lost in the first round to Custio Clayton of Canada.
