Fernando Manuel Beltrán Machado (born 18 August 1981) is a Mexican former
professional boxer
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who competed from 2000 to 2015. He held the
IBO featherweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
History
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title and twice challenged for a world
super bantamweight
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title.
Professional career
IBO Featherweight Championship
On August 22, 2008 Beltrán won the
IBO Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Boxing
Professional boxing
History
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title by beating South Africa's
Takalani Ndlovu
Takalani Ndlovu (born 11 January 1978), is a South African former professional boxer.
Pro career
Ndlovu turned professional in 1999 & compiled a record of 27–3 before unsuccessfully challenging world champion Steve Molitor, for the IBF super- ...
in Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of Mexican boxing world champions
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List of IBO World Champions
This is a list of IBO world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Organization (IBO) since 1993.
*r – Champion relinquished title
*s – Champion stripped of title
Heavyweight
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References
External links
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Boxers from Sinaloa
World boxing champions
Featherweight boxers
1981 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
21st-century Mexican sportsmen
Long stubs with short prose
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