Juan Dominguez (born February 9, 1986, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican professional

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. His nicknames is 'Baby Tito' in reference to his boxing style being similar to that of

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. Dominguez was born in

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and now resides in

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. In 2014, he signed with noted fight manager

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Amateur

In 2004, Dominguez won the New York Metro Golden Gloves championship at 112 lbs, defeating Mervin Santana in the finals.

Professional

Dominguez made his professional debut against Francisco Palacios on February 22, 2007. The fight took place at

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in New York City, New York. Dominguez won the fight by four round unanimous decision. In eight years as a professional, Dominguez has compiled a professional record of 18-0 with 12 knockouts and has gone eight rounds three times, but has yet to fight for a world title in the super bantamweight professional boxing class, or fight for a full ten rounds or more. Dominguez is scheduled to fight the eight round main event on a scheduled 10 boxing card in the newly built Celebrity Ballroom at

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, New Jersey, on Friday, May 22, 2015, co-promoted by King's Promotions and Dee Lee Promotions, the first at the recently reopened renovated Claridge Hotel. On December 8, 2015, Juan Dominguez's undefeated record came to a crashing halt after Yenifel Vincente delivered a devastating overhand right to Dominguez's left temple, just 20 seconds into Round 3, knocking Dominguez out cold. The bout took place at the Sun Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey.

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* * People's Champ Boxing https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063340/http://www.peopleschampboxing.com/fighters.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Dominguez, Juan 1986 births Living people Dominican Republic male boxers Super-bantamweight boxers