Facts: - reach: 80 in cm 0 on - weight: cruiserweight - draws: 0 - losses: 0 - height: 6 ft 2 in m 2 on - home: san juan , puerto rico - ko: 4 - style: orthodox - nickname: machine gun - total: 4 - medaltemplates: men 's boxing - birth date: 01 september 1990 - name: keith tapia - nationality: puerto rican - birth place: bronx , new york - wins: 4 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of keith tapia .
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keith tapia -lrb- born september 1990 -rrb- is a puerto rican amateur boxer .he was born in bronx , new york , where he lived his childhood as part of the large nuyorican community ; he began boxing there and represented the united states for few international tournaments , in the process winning bronze at the 2006 cadet world championships .in 2007 , tapia appealed to his puerto rican heritage and ethnicity and changed his olympic nationality , representing puerto rico until his amateur retirement in 2011 .under the puerto rican flag , he won gold at the 2007 aiba cadet world championships and other international tournaments , while winning the heavyweight national championship locally .on november 18 , 2011 , tapia made his professional debut , now boxing out of carolina , puerto rico .