A year before, Kyvelos won the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

[2] After the Atlanta Games he became a professional boxer, winning his debut against Ryan Jones by first-round knockout.

[3] In February 2000, Hercules won the Canadian Welterweight Championship by defeating fellow countryman Fitz Vanderpool.

[4] On January 31, 2004, Kyvelos lost for the first time as a professional, when he faced WBO Welterweight Champion, American Antonio Margarito[5] in Phoenix, Arizona.

[7] As of 2007, Hercules is retired from boxing and is working as a real estate agent in Montreal.