Retired in 2000 after an operation for a detached retina[2] Hector Vinent holds notable victories over future professional World Champions Shane Mosley, Stevie Johnston, Fernando Vargas, David Diaz, Daniel Santos and Diosbelys Hurtado.

Defeated fellow Olympic Gold Medalists Andreas Zulow, Oleg Saitov, Yermakhan Ibrayimov, Hocine Soltani and Diegenes Luna.

In the article, writer Lee Groves placed Cuba's Hector Vinent as number five and his section on Vinent featured the following line: “Vinent, who equaled Kulej's feat of two consecutive golds at junior welterweight, certainly had the youth and talent to shoot for a third gold in Sydney—and maybe an unprecedented fourth in Athens—but for reasons unknown to this writer he didn't.”[4] 1992 Light Welterweight Gold Medalist 1996 Light Welterewight Gold Medalist 1993 (as a Light Welterweight) 1995 (as a Light Welterweight) Hector was forced to retire at a young age to an injury to his left eye.

[7] In 2015 he began training aspiring international fighters in conjunction with Xtreme Gap Year.

Hector currently, trains youths, pro athletes and women at Mugenhous gym in Istanbul Turkey.