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Julio Díaz (boxer)
Julio Díaz (born December 24, 1979) is a Mexican former professional boxer who is a Former IBF Lightweight World Champion the brother of boxing trainer Joel Díaz and former world champion Antonio Díaz (boxer), Antonio Díaz. Professional career Diaz captured the International Boxing Federation, IBF lightweight interim title with a win over Ricky Quiles in 2006 and then International Boxing Federation, IBF lightweight title with a knockout win over Jesús Chávez in February 2007. On October 13, 2007, Diaz lost his title to the Mexican Americans, Mexican American Juan Díaz (boxer), Juan Díaz. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved on 2011-05-09. After a third round knockout loss to Keith Thur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxers include Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Al Davis (boxer), Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez, Sugar Shane Mosley, Miguel Ángel González (boxer), Miguel Ángel González, Carlos Ortiz (boxer), Carlos Ortiz, Katie Taylor, Edwin Valero, Len Wickwar, Pernell Whitaker, Manny Pacquiao and Ike Williams (boxer), Ike Williams. Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of May 14, 2025. Keys: : Current ''The Ring (magazine), The Ring'' world champion = ''BoxRec'' = As of May 19, 2025. Longest reigning world lightw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Cayo
Victor Manuel Cayo (born November 17, 1984) is a Dominican former professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ... who competed from 2006 to 2014, and challenged once for the WBA interim championship, interim super lightweight title in 2010. Professional career Cayo made his professional debut on May 8, 2006, scoring a four-round unanimous decision over Hector Bello. For the next four years, Cayo would remain undefeated while fighting mainly in his native Dominican Republic. On March 27, 2010, he fought for his first major world championship—the WBA interim championship, interim light welterweight title—against fellow hard-hitting puncher Marcos Maidana, who entered as champion. Cayo suffered his professional loss when he was knockout, knocked out in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dairo Esalas
Dairo José Esalas Berrio (born 27 January 1974) is a Colombian professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Professional career In November 2007, Esalas upset the former world champion, DeMarcus Corley at the Double Tree Westshore Hotel in Tampa, Florida. Ortiz vs. Esalas On 3 May 2008, Esalas was knocked out by title contender Victor Ortíz at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California Carson is a city in the South Bay (Los Angeles County), South Bay and the Los Angeles Harbor Region, Harbor regions of Los Angeles County, California, located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately away from Los Angeles International .... References External links * * 1974 births Living people Colombian male boxers Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for Colombia Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics People from Sucre Department 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Manfredy
Angel Manfredy (born October 30, 1974) is a Puerto Rican-American former professional boxer. Angel Manfredy was a popular fighter in the late 1990s. Personal Manfredy, nicknamed ''El Diablo'' (''The Devil'') because of his reckless lifestyle and of his boxing style converted to Christianity after trying to commit suicide in his bed while on cocaine. He wears a tattoo of the Puerto Rican Flag on his shoulder. Also he has a tattoo of the cross and a naked lady. Amateur career Manfredy had an amateur record of 48–8. Professional career Manfredy was known for his walk-ins to his matches wearing a latex mask depicting Satan, which he used until his fight with Floyd Mayweather and conversion to Apostolic Pentecostalism. During his career, Manfredy defeated notable fighters, such as Arturo Gatti (by technical knockout), Ivan Robinson (by knockout), Jorge Páez, and Julio Díaz (by a split decision). He also fought notables Floyd Mayweather Jr., Paul Spadafora and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdell Smith
Verdell Smith, a.k.a. Tommy Bowles, a.k.a. Tim Brooks (born November 1, 1963) is an American former professional boxer. Smith, a journeyman fighter, appeared on the front page of the May 10, 2004, edition of ''The New York Times'', as he was the focal point of a lengthy article in the Times's sports section on alleged fight fixing. Professional career Smith turned professional in 1988 and fought the majority of his fights in Oklahoma and other Midwest states, under his birth name and other boxing aliases. In the article, Smith explained that fighting under assumed names "is what we needed to do, n orderto get paid", and was also quoted as saying: "None of my fights are fixed. I just don't like getting hurt, and I'm not going to risk my brain and my kids to prove anything." Among his notable fights, Smith lost to Jesse James Leija, Julio César Chávez, and Jorge Páez. The fight with Paez was the subject of a 2004 FBI investigation against promoter Bob Arum for fight fixing. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Burton
Courtney Lee Burton (born June 28, 1978) is an American former professional boxer from Benton Harbor, Michigan. Throughout his career Burton was known as a switch-hitter being able to fight either orthodox or southpaw, he stood 5' 9" though many boxing records have him listed at 5' 7". He held the WBO NABO lightweight title. Early life At the age of eight, Burton was involved in a street fight on the hard streets of Benton Harbor when three boys jumped on him in which one pulled out a bat and struck Burton across his back. Napoleon Lark (a local boxing trainer) was driving around in his car and spotted the fight and stopped it. Lark drove Burton home and asked Burton would he like to learn how to defend himself and Burton agreed. Courtney began competing in amateur boxing, and Lark and his wife Thelma eventually became Courtney and his younger brother's legal guardians. Amateur career Burton was an amateur boxer, winning the Silver Gloves competition three times, the Junior O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of IBF World Champions
This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion recognized by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). The IBF is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has awarded world champions in 17 different weight class (boxing), weight classes since 1983. Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest (combat sports), no contest are not listed. Heavyweight Cruiserweight Light heavyweight Super middleweight Middleweight Junior middleweight Welterweight Junior welterweight Lightweight Junior lightweight Featherweight Junior featherweight Bantamweight Junior bantamweight Flyweight Junior flyweight Mini flyweight See also *List of current world boxing champions *List of undisputed boxing champions *List of WBA world champions *List of WBC world champions *List of WBO world champions *List of The Ring world champions, List of ''The Ring'' world champions *Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Jáuregui (boxer)
Javier Rogelio Jáuregui Delgadillo (September 5, 1973 – December 11, 2013), also known as ''El Chatito'', was a Mexican professional boxer in the lightweight (135 lb) division. Professional career Jáuregui was born on 5 September 1973 (in Guadalajara, Jalisco) and turned pro in 1988 at the age of 14. After 15 years, in 2003, he captured the vacant IBF Lightweight Title with a TKO over Leavander Johnson. He lost the title in his first defense to Julio Díaz in 2004. He also handed future 2x lightweight world champion Jose Luis Castillo two TKO defeats. Professional boxing record Death It was reported on December 11, 2013, that Jauregui had suffered a stroke in Jalisco, Mexico, and been declared braindead. He died later that day, after a short period in a coma. Some speculated that his Brain injury could have been caused by a hard sparring session with Canelo Alvarez a day prior. See also *List of Mexican boxing world champions A list is a set of discrete items ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Ring World Champions
Boxing magazine ''The Ring (magazine), The Ring'' has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class (boxing), weight class from its foundation in 1922. The first ''Ring'' world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, and the second was awarded to flyweight champion Francisco Guilledo, Pancho Villa. The magazine stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s, but reintroduced their titles in 2001. Boxers who won the title but were immediately stripped and the title bout being overturned to a No contest (combat sports), no contest will not be listed. While there was no official featherweight champion between 1989 and 2002 (as ''The Ring'' awarded no titles in any division during that period), Naseem Hamed was retroactively awarded the ''Ring'' title in 2019 (the only former world champion in any division thus far to receive this honor) due to his dominance of the division and the multiple champions he beat.Gray, Tom (June 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of WBC World Champions
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and certifies world champions in 18 different weight class (boxing), weight classes. In 1963, the year of its foundation, the WBC inaugurated titles in all divisions with the exception of light flyweight, super flyweight, super bantamweight, super middleweight, cruiserweight (boxing), cruiserweight and bridgerweight, which were inaugurated in the subsequent decades. The most recent title inaugurated by the WBC is in the bridgerweight division in 2021. Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest (combat sports), no contest are not listed. Heavyweight Bridgerweight Cruiserweight Light heavyweight Super middleweight Middleweight Super welterweight Welterweight Super lightweight Lightweight Super featherweight Featherw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Castillo
José Luis Castillo (born December 14, 1973) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2014. Generally considered one of the best lightweights of his era, he is a two-time world champion at that weight, having held the WBC title twice, from 2000 to 2002 and 2004 to 2005; and the ''Ring'' magazine and lineal titles from 2004 to 2005. Castillo is best known for his 2005 fight against Diego Corrales, for which he received Fight of the Year awards by both ''The Ring'' and the Boxing Writers Association of America, as well as his much-debated first fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.. Professional career Lightweight Castillo vs. Johnston I & II In 2000, having two straight wins over Jorge Paez and Steve Quinonez, Castillo challenged WBC lightweight titleholder and ''Ring'' No. 1 ranked Lightweight Stevie Johnston. Heavily favored as underdog, Castillo was slated to lose. Instead, Castillo scored the Ring Magazine Upset of the Year, defeating Johnston by a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Angel Pérez
Marco Ángel Pérez (born 27 September 1977) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2012. He held the WBC FECARBOX super featherweight title. Professional career WBC FECARBOX title In July 1999, Pérez upset the veteran Ernesto Benitez by T.K.O. to win the WBC FECARBOX Super Featherweight Championship. On 17 May 2002 Marco Angel lost to Mexican Humberto Soto, the bout was at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th .... References External links * Boxers from Sinaloa Sportspeople from Culiacán Light-middleweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Welterweight boxers Super-featherweight boxers 1977 births Living people Mexican male boxers {{Mexico-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |