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Gusmyr Perdomo
Gusmyr Perdomo (born September 7, 1977) is a Venezuelan professional boxer. Perdomo is perhaps best known for challenging Mikkel Kessler for the WBA super middleweight title in 2009. He has twice won the WBA Fedelatin super middleweight title, first in 2006 and again in 2008 against Héctor Javier Velazco. Amateur career As an amateur, Perdomo fought 96 times, winning 85 and becoming a seven-time Venezuelan champion. Professional career Perdomo made his professional debut on June 5, 2002, stopping Dominican Jose Diaz by TKO. In his next ten fights, Perdomo would go unbeaten, with half of his wins coming by knockout or stoppage. On October 22, 2005, Perdomo suffered his first defeat, against World champion, Mario Veit from Germany. Three wins later Perdomo won the WBA Fedelatin super middleweight title against Edison Francisco Guedes, a feat he would achieve again after vacating the title, when he defeated Hector Javier Velazco in 2008. On September 12, 2009, Perdomo fought Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiserweight (boxing)
Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class (boxing), weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. Professional boxing The current weight limit for the division is . When originally established, the weight limit was . The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division. While many great heavyweight champions (such as Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis) weighed around 190 pounds in their career, during the 1970s it became fairly standard that fit heavyweight boxers weighed at least . It was felt by many boxing authorities that asking men weighing between and to fight these larger men was unfair. The WBC was the first boxing organization to recognize the cruiserweight division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |