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Andoni Gago
Andoni Gago Lopez is a Spanish professional boxer who held the European featherweight title from 2019 to 2021. Professional career Gago made his professional debut on 16 March 2012, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory against Ryan Peleguer at the Frontón Bizkaia in Bilbao, Spain. After compiling a record of 21–3–3 (6 KOs), he defeated Jesus Sanchez via twelve-round split decision (SD) on 8 June 2019 at the Bilbao Arena Bilbao Arena is an indoor arena in the neighbourhood of Miribilla in Bilbao, Spain. The central hall can hold up to 10,014 people for basketball games. The central hall is also used for concerts and other kinds of shows. The facilities also includ ... to capture the vacant European featherweight title. Two judges scored the bout in favour of Gago with 115–114 and 115–113, while the third judge scored it 116–112 for Sanchez. Professional boxing record References External links * Living people Year of bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this limit fluctuated. The British have generally always recognized the limit at 126 pounds, but in America the weight limit was at first 114 pounds. An early champion, George Dixon (boxer), George Dixon, moved the limit to 120 and then 122 pounds. Finally, in 1920 the United States fixed the limit at 126 pounds. The 1860 fight between Nobby Clark and Jim Elliott is sometimes called the first featherweight championship. However, the division only gained wide acceptance in 1889 after the Ike Weir–Frank Murphy fight (one of the most famous fights of all time). Since the end of the 2000s and early 2010s the featherweight division is one of the most active in boxing with fighters such as Orlando Salido, Chris John (boxer), Chris John, Juan Manu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin McDonnell
Gavin McDonnell (born 30 March 1986) is a British professional boxer who has challenged twice for a world super-bantamweight title: the WBC title in 2017, and the WBA title in 2018. He is the twin brother of fellow boxer Jamie McDonnell Jamie McDonnell (born 30 March 1986) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2019. He held the IBF bantamweight title in 2013 and the WBA (Regular) title from 2014 to 2018. He held multiple regional bantamweight champio .... Professional career McDonnell fought Leigh Wood for the vacant British Super-Bantamweight title in Hull on 22 February 2014. McDonnell won the vacant title by TKO in the 6th round. McDonnell's first defense of the British Super-Bantamweight title would come against Josh Wale on 21 May 2014. The contest went the distance of 12 rounds and ended in a split draw, with the judges scoring the contest 115–114 Wale, 115–114 McDonnell and the final judge scoring the bout at 114–114, meaning Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly Eclectic, but also Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum ( Bauhaus, Art Deco and Romanian Revival architecture), socialist era, and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of 'Paris of the East' ( ro, Parisul Estului) or 'Little Paris' ( ro, Micul Paris). Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viorel Simion
Viorel is a Romanian male given name, derived from ''viorea'' (meaning the sweet violet flower). Its female forms are Violeta and Viorica. Notable people with the name * Viorel P. Barbu (born 1941), Romanian mathematician * Viorel Cataramă (born 1955), Romanian businessman and politician * Viorel Cosma (1923 – 2017), Romanian musician and musicologist * Viorel Gherciu (born 1969), Moldovan politician * Viorel Hrebenciuc (born 1953), Romanian politician and statistician * Viorel Ion, Romanian footballer * Viorel Tilea Viorel Virgil Tilea C.B.E. (6 April 1896 – 20 September 1972) was a Romanian diplomat, most noted for his ambassadorship in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He died in London. During the Second World War, Tilea lived at Holton Pla ..., Romanian diplomat External links BehindTheName.com: Entry for Viorel {{given name Moldovan masculine given names Romanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Parra
Lorenzo Justiniano Parra Garcia (born August 19, 1978) is a Venezuelan professional boxer who held the WBA flyweight title from 2003 to 2007. He has also challenged for the WBA Super bantamweight title in 2008 and the WBA bantamweight title in 2011. Professional career On December 6, 2003, Parra beat Eric Morel by a unanimous decision, for the WBA world championship title. Parra was stripped of his title in March 2007 after he failed to make weight for a bout with Takefumi Sakata, and went on to lose the fight anyway. As of 2018, Parra is still fighting and currently on a 13 fight Losing streak. Professional boxing record See also *List of flyweight boxing champions *List of Venezuelans References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parra, Lorenzo 1978 births Living people Light-flyweight boxers Flyweight boxers Bantamweight boxers Super-bantamweight boxers World flyweight boxing champions World Boxing Association champions People from Zulia Venezuelan male boxers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The O2 Arena
The O2 Arena, commonly known as the O2 (stylised as The O2 arena), is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of the O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind the Manchester Arena, and in 2008 was the world's busiest music arena. As of 2022, it is the ninth-largest building in the world by volume. The arena was built under the Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped building built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; as the structure still stands over the arena, ''The Dome'' remains a name in common usage for the venue. The arena, as well as the overall O2 complex, is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2, a subsidiary of Virgin Media O2. History Following the closure of the Millennium Experience at the end of 2000, the Millennium Dome was leased to Merid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Selby
Lee Selby (born 14 February 1987) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2022. He held the IBF featherweight title from 2015 to 2018, and previously the British, Commonwealth, and European featherweight titles between 2011 and 2014. Professional career Early career Selby began his professional career on 12 July 2008 with a win over Sid Razak (3-8) at the Newport Leisure Centre in Wales. He compiled a record of 4-0 before losing for the first time in his professional career to Samir Mouneimne (1-0-1) by points decision in a four-round contest at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke on 29 May 2009. Selby won his next three fights before beating Dai Davies (6-13-1) for the Welsh Area title on 30 October 2010 claiming the belt with a second-round knockout. On 30 July 2011, he met Scotsman James Ancliff (11-14-2) for the vacant Celtic featherweight title and claimed the belt with a sixth-round stoppage. British and Commonwealth champion On 17 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rentería
Errenteria ( eu, Errenteria/Orereta, es, Rentería) is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, in the north of Spain, near the French border. The river Oiartzun (river), Oiartzun cuts its way through the town, one that has undergone severe pollution up to recent times on its lower stage. History The town was founded in 1320, during the reign of Alfonso XI of Castile, with the name of ''Villanueva de Oiarso'' or ''Oyarço''. It soon started to be known as ''La Rentería''http://www.errenteria.net/es/ficheros/41_10745es.pdf Rentería a Inicios de la Edad Moderna (1495-1544). Iago Irijoa Cortés, David Martín Sánchez because it hosted the office where iron export taxes were collected (taxes were called ''rentas reales'' i.e. royal rents in medieval Castile). The Basque form ''Errenteria'' (also ''Errenteri'' o ''Errenderi'') started to appear towards the end of the 16th century. In 1998, the town h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Terrazas
Víctor José Terrazas Martínez (born February 11, 1983) is a Mexican professional boxer and a former WBC super bantamweight champion. Professional career Terrazas turned professional in 2003 and would lose his first fight to Adrian Tellez by second round stoppage. He worked his way up to a world title eliminator in 2010 against British boxer Rendall Munroe. In the fight he would lose his first fight in seven years by ninth round stoppage. On November 19, 2011 Terrazas upset former world champion Fernando Montiel, to win the WBC Silver Super bantamweight Championship. In April 2013, Terrazas defeated Christian Mijares in a close split-decision to win the vacant WBC super bantamweight title vacated by Abner Mares. Terrazas won despite being knocked down in the 12th round. In August 2013 Terrazas would lose the title in his first defence against Leo Santa Cruz via third-round technical knockout in Los Angeles. Professional boxing record See also *List of world supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cullera
Cullera () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the Valencian Community. It is part of the province of Valencia and the Ribera Baixa ''comarca''. The city is situated near the discharge of the river Júcar in the Mediterranean Sea. Geography Cullera is situated at the mouth of the Júcar river, 40 km from the capital of Valencia and 56 km from the international airport of Valencia aeropuerto de manises. Areas in Cullera and ''hamlets'' The parts and areas of Cullera are: *El Brosquil. *Cullera-Park. *Cap-Blanc. *El Dosel. *El Estany. *El Marenyet. *Mareny de San Lorenzo. *Mareny Blau. *Bega de Mar. *El Perelló. Bordering cities Sueca, Corbera, Llaurí, Favara, Alzira and Tavernes de Valldigna all neighbour Cullera. They are all in the province of Valencia. Topography The mountain of Cullera, known as ''Munt de l'Or'' or ''Muntanya de l'Or'', is the last mountain in the Iberian System before the Mediterranean Sea. It has an altitude of 233 meters. The histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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