Victoriano Damián Sosa (born April 17, 1974 in
Santiago
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,
Dominican Republic) is a former
boxer.
Personal
Sosa is second cousin of Major League Baseball player
Sammy Sosa.
Amateur career
Member of the
1992 Dominican Olympic Team as a Featherweight. His results were:
*Defeated by
Anand Kumar Ray (India) 23-14
*Defeated
Steven Chungu (Zambia) 11-9
*Lost to
Hocine Soltani (Algeria) 13-4
Pro career
His career boxing record is 42-4-2- (31 KOs). Earlier in his career, Sosa won minor titles—the
WBC Fecarbox and Dominican Republic
lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing.
Boxing Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...
titles. He has been a contender in the lightweight division, challenging world champions such as
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and
Miguel Cotto (going the distance and getting KOed respectively), as well as
Paul Spadafora.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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1974 births
Lightweight boxers
Living people
Sportspeople from La Vega Province
Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic male boxers
20th-century Dominican Republic sportsmen
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