Carlos Cesar Ocampo Manriquez (born 9 November 1995) is a Mexican
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 ...
. He challenged once for the
IBF welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term ''welterweight'' was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...
title in 2018.
Amateur career
As an amateur, he won silver medals in the 2009 and 2011 Mexican National Olympiads.
Professional career
He made his professional debut in July 2012. Ocampo has won his first 21 pro bouts, with wins over the likes of
Jorge Páez Jr. and former world title challenger Charlie Navarro. In July 2017, the
IBF ordered a title eliminator between Ocampo and
Konstantin Ponomarev. The winner will be the
mandatory challenger
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to IBF champion
Errol Spence Jr. The fight was later called off as Ponomarev pulled out for undisclosed reasons.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
Boxers from Baja California
Sportspeople from Ensenada, Baja California
Welterweight boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
21st-century Mexican sportsmen