Growing up in a family of wrestlers Dos Caras, Jr. decided to take up Greco-Roman wrestling, training under Leonel Kolesni and Juan Fernбndez.[8] He earned a place on the Mexican national team in Greco-Roman wrestling and while competing on the national team obtained several accomplishments. In 1997 he placed third at the World Junior Championships, in the Czech Republic.
He also won the Central American and Caribbean Games in his weight division three times and won a medal at the Pan American Games. Dos Caras, Jr. was on track to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but due to lack of funding and support Mexico did not send a wrestling team that year