Victor Manuel Cayo (born November 17, 1984) is a Dominican former

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who competed from 2006 to 2014, and challenged once for the WBA interim

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title in 2010.

Professional career

Cayo made his professional debut on May 8, 2006, scoring a four-round

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over Hector Bello. For the next four years, Cayo would remain undefeated while fighting mainly in his native Dominican Republic. On March 27, 2010, he fought for his first major world championship—the WBA interim

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title—against fellow hard-hitting puncher

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, who entered as champion. Cayo suffered his professional loss when he was

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in the sixth round from a body shot. Another high-profile fight on July 29, 2011, this time an eliminator for the IBF light welterweight title, saw Cayo getting knocked out by

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in the final few seconds of the last round. Further losses mounted throughout the subsequent years, including a late-rounds stoppage against

Nate Campbell Nathaniel "Nate" Campbell III (born March 7, 1972) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014, and currently works as a TV host and gym owner of Galaxxy Boxing Refuge. In boxing he held the unified WBA (Undisputed), ...

on March 24, 2012.Gonzalez, Jhonny (March 25, 2012)
"Nate Campbell Shocks Victor Cayo, Scores TKO Win"
BoxingScene. March 25, 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cayo, Victor Dominican Republic male boxers Light-welterweight boxers Welterweight boxers 1984 births Boxers from Santo Domingo Living people 21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen