Miguel Ángel Marriaga (born 31 October 1986) is a Colombian

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 became the WBC Continental Americas champion in his twelfth match. Marriaga challenged for major world titles on three occasions. In June 2015 he dropped a unanimous 12-round decision against

Nicholas Walters Nicholas "Tha Axe Man" Walters (born 4 January 1986) is a Jamaican professional boxer. He held the WBA featherweight title from 2014 to 2015, having previously held the Regular version from 2012 to 2014. Personal life Born in Montego Bay, Wa ...

for the

WBA (Super) The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is an international professional boxing organization based in Panama. The WBA awards its world championship title at the professional level. Founded i ...

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title. In April 2017 he suffered the defeat by UD against

Óscar Valdez Óscar Rafael Valdez Fierro Jr. (born 22 December 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, holding the WBC super featherweight title from 2021 to 2022, and the WBO featherweight title from ...

for the

WBO The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxin ...

featherweight belt. In August 2017 he challenged for the WBO

junior lightweight Super featherweight, also known as junior lightweight, is a weight division in professional boxing, contested between and . The super featherweight division was established by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although first founded by the New ...

belt against

Vasiliy Lomachenko Vasiliy Anatolyevich Lomachenko (also spelled Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko; , ; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed between 2013 and 2024. He has held multiple world championships in three weight clas ...

but lost via a seventh-round retirement. Between his first and second title attempts, he won the vacant NABO featherweight title.

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at Boxrec 1986 births Living people Colombian male boxers Featherweight boxers Sportspeople from Bolívar Department 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-boxing-bio-stub