Carlos Gerena Allende (born January 12, 1971) is a Puerto Rican former

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who competed from 1993 to 2003, twice challenging for the WBC super featherweight title in 1998 and 1999. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games, officially known as the XI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Havana 1991 (), were held in Havana, Cuba from 2 to 18 August 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organi ...

Amateur career

*1990 Competed as a Flyweight at 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle **Lost to Dzhambulat Mutayev (Soviet Union) PTS *1991 Bantamweight Silver Medalist at Pan-American Games in Havana **Defeated Catalino Becerra (Panama) TKO 2 **Defeated Javier Calderon (Mexico) PTS **Lost to Enrique Carrion (Cuba) points *1992 Competed as a Featherweight at the Olympic Games in Barcelona **Defeated Narendar Singh (India) PTS **Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria) PTS

Professional career

Gerena's most notable accomplishment was defeating Jesús Chávez of

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by split decision on January 7, 1995—early in both of their careers. Chávez avenged the loss on March 22, 2003 with a TKO victory in round 6. Gerena also fought against notable world champions Genaro Hernandez and

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Gerena won minor titles such as the WBA Latin, WBA Fedelatin, and WBC Continental Americas super featherweight titles throughout his career. His record was 38-6 (30 KOs). Before his professional career he represented his native country at the

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in Barcelona, Spain.

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* 1971 births Boxers at the 1991 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Super-featherweight boxers Living people Olympic boxers for Puerto Rico Sportspeople from Bayamón, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican male boxers Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games silver medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century Puerto Rican people 20th-century American sportsmen {{PuertoRico-boxing-bio-stub

Amateur career

Professional career

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