Youri Kayembre Kalenga (born March 27, 1988) is a Congolese-French professional
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
*Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
* Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
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. He is the former
WBA interim
Cruiserweight champion.
Professional career
On June 21, 2014, Kalenga defeated
Mateusz Masternak
Mateusz Masternak (born 2 May 1987 in Iwaniska, Poland) is a Polish professional boxer fighting in the Cruiserweight (boxing), Cruiserweight division. He is a former European Boxing Union, EBU (European) Cruiserweight champion.
Amateur career
Ma ...
by twelfth round split decision to win the interim
WBA Cruiserweight title.
In May 2016 Kalenga was stopped by
Yuniel Dorticos
Yuniel Dorticós Pao (born 11 March 1986) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former cruiserweight world champion, having held the WBA (Regular) title from 2017 to 2018 and the IBF title from 2019 to 2020.
Amateur career
He placed second t ...
in the 10th round in a fight for the vacant interim
WBA title.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of male boxers
This is a list of notable male boxing, boxers. For a list of female boxers, see List of female boxers.
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*Ricky Anderson
*William Abelyan
*Arthur Abraham
*Miguel Acosta (boxer), Miguel Acosta
*Tomasz Adamek
*Ola Afolabi
*Joachim Alcine
*Devon A ...
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1988 births
Living people
Democratic Republic of the Congo male boxers
Sportspeople from Kinshasa
Cruiserweight boxers
Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to France
French male boxers
21st-century French sportsmen
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo sportsmen