Guillermo Rigondeaux
Mehrullah Lassi qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final, he defeated China's Liu Yuan. At the Olympics, he tried his hands at a lower division, bantam category, but lost his first bout against superstar and two-time winner Guillermo Rigondeaux. After that, he reverted to fighting in featherweight division.