Felix Manuel Valera Alvarez (born 19 January 1988) is a Dominican
professional boxer
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who held the
WBA interim light-heavyweight
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Boxing
Professional
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The light heavyweight class has ...
title from 2015 to 2016. As an
amateur
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Valera won a silver medal at the
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010.
Bid
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in the
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have beg ...
weight category.
Professional career
Valera won the interim
WBA light-heavyweight
Light heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Professional
In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight (boxing), cruiserweight.
The light heavyweight class has ...
title on August 23, 2015, defeating
Stanyslav Kashtanov by split decision.
Professional boxing record
References
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1988 births
Living people
Dominican Republic male boxers
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic
Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
Light-heavyweight boxers
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing
21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen
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