Engels Pedroza (born 26 September 1966) is a former Venezuelan boxer.

Biography

Pedroza was born on 26 September 1966, in

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. In 1985, he represented Venezuela on the amateur World Cup in

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, gaining a silver medal in lightweights. The same year he scored a victory over future professional world champion

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in a USA-Venezuela duel meet. One year later he participated on the

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, where he again won a silver medal in lightweights after losing in the final to three-time amateur world champion

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. Also in 1986, he turned professional, and after a successful career start he was named

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Prospect of the Year in 1987. This award existed between 1983 and 1988, and among others it was issued to future world champions

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and

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. He lost his first professional bout after 19 victories in 1988 against Mike Johnson via a ninth-round TKO, clearly being ahead on all three scorecards. After going 7-1 in his next eight bouts, he was matched up against Young Dick Tiger for the IBF intercontinental welterweight title, and won by a third round TKO. He defended his title once, but then vacated the belt and continued his career against mostly journeyman opposition. He fought on for various minor titles, but came up short all times, including a seventh round TKO loss against future world champion

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in 1994. Finally in 1996 he managed to capture another title, the WBA Fedecentro light middleweight belt. However on his first title defense he lost to future world title challenger Pedro Ortega and retired afterwards. His professional career record concluded 42-9-0.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedroza, Engels 1966 births Living people People from Cojedes (state) Venezuelan male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Lightweight boxers 20th-century Venezuelan sportsmen