Francisco Tejedor (born June 20, 1966) is a retired
Colombia
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boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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. He competed in the
men's light flyweight event at the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
.
Professional career
He turned professional in 1986 and won 28 consecutive fights before unsuccessfully challenging
Humberto González
Humberto González (born March 25, 1966) is a Mexican former professional boxing champion. He held the WBC three times, IBF and Lineal Jr. Flyweight titles. He was nicknamed ''Chiquita''.
Professional career
Gonzalez made his professional boxi ...
for the WBC light flyweight title. Tejedor would work his way back to another title shot and on February 18, 1995 he beat José Luis Zepeda for the vacant IBF world title by way of 7th-round TKO. He would go on to lose the belt in his first title defense to Danny Romero in April of the same year. He lost his final 10 fights and retired from the sport in 2004.
See also
*
List of flyweight boxing champions
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
Colombian male boxers
Light-flyweight boxers
Flyweight boxers
Bantamweight boxers
Super-bantamweight boxers
World flyweight boxing champions
International Boxing Federation champions
Sportspeople from Barranquilla
Olympic boxers for Colombia
Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
20th-century Colombian people
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