Demetrius Andrade ethnicity: What is Demetrius Andrade ethnicity?

Demetrius Andrade is of black American ethnicity. Demetrius Cesar Andrade was born on February 26, 1988, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.

As an amateur, Demetrius Andrade won the U.S. national championships and Golden Gloves twice each, a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships, and represented the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics; all in the welterweight division.

Demetrius Andrade won the United States Amateur Boxing Championship in 2005 and repeated it in 2006 when he also won the National Golden Gloves.

On 18 January 2019, Demetrius Andrade made his first WBO belt defense against Artur Akavov, who was ranked #8 by the WBO at middleweight.

Demetrius Andrade won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, losing in the gold medal match to Brazilian hometown favorite Pedro Lima by a narrow 7-6 margin.

Demetrius Andrade turned professional in 2008 and has since held multiple world championships in two weight classes, at light middleweight and middleweight. He has a professional record of 32 wins and 1 loss.