Hugo Hernán Garay (born 27 November 1980) is an Argentine
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
who fights at
light heavyweight.
Career
Garay won the silver medal in
Buenos Aires
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World Junior Championships in 1998. In the
1999 Pan American Games
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, he won the bronze medal in the men's light-heavyweight category.
Garay represented Argentina at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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. There he was stopped in the first round of the men's light-heavyweight division (– 81 kg) by
Kazakhstan
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's
Olzhas Orazaliev. He made his professional debut on 2001-07-14, defeating Abel Alejandro Rodríguez.
Garay was to fight champion
Danny Green for the WBA Light Heavyweight Title on 27 April 2008 at Challenge Stadium in
Perth
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, Australia. However, following the sudden retirement of Green in March of that year, Garay fought
Yuri Barashian instead on 3 July 2008 in
Buenos Aires
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for the vacant belt, winning via twelve-round unanimous decision. On 22 November, he defeated Jürgen Brähmer by unanimous decision in his first title defense.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions
This is a chronological list of world light heavyweight boxing champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
Championship recognition
1903–1910
The light-heavyweight division was created in 1903, the brainc ...
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
Argentine male boxers
Boxers from Buenos Aires Province
Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
Pan American Games medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Argentina
Cruiserweight boxers
World light-heavyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions