Yudel Johnson Cedeno (born 6 June 1981) is a Cuban welterweight professional boxer, who is best known for winning an Olympic Light-Welterweight silver 2004 as an amateur. Some sources write the family name Jhonson.

Amateur career

Southpaw Johnson won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1999 Pan American Games. He moved up afterwards but skipped lightweight as the dominant Mario Kindelán was the Cuban champ. Johnson added a silver at the

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in the Light-Welterweight

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division

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and Boris Georgiev but lost to Manus Boonjumnong in the final. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the

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. Before the Athens Games, he won the 2004 Acropolis Boxing Cup in

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by defeating Turkey's Mustafa Karagollu in the final of the light welterweight division. Johnson also won at the 2006 Central American Games but had strong domestic competition in

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. In 2008 he fought at welter losing to Carlos Banteaux in the final of the national championships.

Olympic results

*Received a bye in the 1st round *Defeated Davis Mwale (Zambia) RSC-3 (1:49) *Defeated

(Uzbekistan) 32–18 *Defeated Boris Georgiev (Bulgaria) 13–9 *Lost to Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand) 11–17

Professional career

Johnson defected along with

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and Yordanis Despaigne to the United States and made his pro debut on May 22, 2009, in

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. As of September 2011 he is undefeated with 11 wins, 7 of which were by way of knockout.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Yudel 1981 births Living people Olympic boxers for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cuban male boxers Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in boxing Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Featherweight boxers Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 21st-century Cuban sportsmen