Nehomar Andrés Cermeño Febres (born June 7, 1979) is a Venezuelan

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 held the

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super bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to . There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...

title from 2016 to 2017. He also held the WBA

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s at

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and super bantamweight between 2009 and 2014. As an

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, Cermeño represented Venezuela at the

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as a bantamweight, reaching the Round of 16.

Olympic results

*Defeated Riaz Durgahed (Mauritius) 16-4 *Lost to Agasi Agaguloglu (Turkey) 3-11

Professional career

Cermeno vs. Mijares

Cermeño turned professional on November 13, 2004. In 2009, he scored a major upset by defeating Cristian Mijares to win the WBA

. He later beat Mijares in a rematch. In 2010 Cermeno lost both of his two bids to defeat world champion

Anselmo Moreno Anselmo Moreno (born 28 June 1985) is a Panamanian professional boxer. He held the WBA bantamweight title from 2008 to 2014 (promoted to super champion status in 2011), making him the longest reigning bantamweight world champion of all time, ...

Cermeno vs. Escandon

In 2013, Cermeño defeated Óscar Escandón by split decision to win the WBA

interim title.

Cermeno vs. Xiaojun

After being stripped of the title due to inactivity, Cermeño returned in 2015 and won his first full world title by defeating Qiu Xiaojun to win the super bantamweight WBA regular title.

Cermeno vs. Kubo

Shun Kubo Shun Kubo (born April 8, 1990) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) super-bantamweight title in 2017. Professional career Kubo won his first twelve bouts and the WBA (Regular) super-bantamweight title on April 8, 201 ...

beat Nehomar Cermeno via technical knockout in the 11th round on 9 April 2017.

Cermeno vs. Xu

Cermeno fought Can Xu on 3 October 2017. Can Xu was ranked #2 by the WBA at featherweight. Xu beat Cermeno by technical knockout in the 7th round.

Professional boxing record

References

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External links

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Nehomar Cermeno - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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