Walter Dario Matthysse Sr. (born August 29, 1978) is an Argentine former

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 bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who competed from 2002 to 2009. He challenged for the

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title in 2007 and at regional level held the

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Latino welterweight title three times between 2004 and 2006. He is the older brother of former featherweight world champion,

Edith Soledad Matthysse Edith Soledad Matthysse is an Argentine professional boxer who is a former unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBA female title from 2013 to 2016 and the WBC female title from 2015 to 2016. She is the older sister of former ...

, and welterweight world champion of boxing,

Lucas Matthysse Lucas Martín Matthysse (; born 27 September 1982) is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2018. He held the WBA (Regular) welterweight title in 2018 and the WBC interim super lightweight title from 2012 to 2013. Mat ...

Professional career

On July 14, 2007, Kermit Cintrón was dominant in his first title defense, knocking down the

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Matthysse three times on his way to a knockout victory twenty-nine seconds into the second round. Prior to this match, Matthysse had never been knocked down by any opponent, although he had suffered a tenth-round

technical knockout A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, a ...

loss in May 2006 at the hands of

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(the Cintrón-Matthysse bout was the main undercard fight of a WBO title bout between challenger Williams and incumbent

Antonio Margarito Antonio Margarito Montiel (born March 18, 1978) is a Mexican-American former professional boxer who competed between 1994 and 2017. He held multiple welterweight world championships, including the WBO title from 2002 to 2007, the IBF title in ...

Professional record

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Kermit Cintron Kermit may refer to: *Kermit the Frog, ''The Muppets'' character *Kermit Roosevelt (disambiguation), any of several descendants of U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt *Kermit (given name) *Kermit, the stage name for Paul Leveridge of Black Grape *K ...

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matthysse, Walter 1978 births Living people Light-middleweight boxers Argentine male boxers Welterweight boxers