Esteban Bermudez Salas (born 11 October 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 ...
who has held the
WBA (Regular)
light flyweight title from May 2021 to June 2022.
Professional career
Bermudez made his professional debut against Ricardo Sanchez on March 7, 2013. He won the fight by decision. He would go on to amass a 13-3-2 record, before fighting for his first world title.
Bermudez was scheduled to fight the reigning WBA (Regular) light flyweight champion
Carlos Cañizales
Carlos Antonio Cañizales Civira (born 11 March 1993) is a Venezuelan professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) light flyweight title from 2018 until 2021.
Professional career WBA light–flyweight champion
Cañizales was scheduled to face ...
on May 28, 2021. This was Cañizales' first title defense in over two years, having last defended the title against
Sho Kimura on May 26, 2019. Bermudez entered the bout as a significant underdog, with one journalist stating Cañizales was "a class above Bermudez". Bermudez won the fight by a sixth-round knockout. He knocked down the champion near the end of the round with two overhand rights, and although Cañizales managed to beat the count, he was once again knocked down two seconds after the count.
On June 10, 2021, the
WBA ordered the reigning WBA Super champion
Hiroto Kyoguchi
is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF mini-flyweight title from 2017 to 2018, and the WBA (Super) and ''The Ring'' light-flyweight titles from 2018 to 2022.
Professional career Early career
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to face Bermudez in a title unification match.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world light-flyweight boxing champions
This is a list of world light-flyweight boxing champions (also known as junior-flyweight), as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Assoc ...
References
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1995 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
People from Nezahualcóyotl
Boxers from the State of Mexico
Light-flyweight boxers
World light-flyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions
21st-century Mexican sportsmen