Samuel Carmona Heredia (born 28 May 1996) is a Spanish

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. As an amateur, he competed in the

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event at the

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, and was eliminated in the quarterfinal.

Amateur boxing career

He began his career in 2008. In 2013, was runner-up in the Young Amateur Championship of Spain, 52 kg, defeating José María González for 19: 6 in the semifinal and fell in the final 10: 6 against Grabriel Escobar. In 2014, he again fell against Escobar, this time in the semifinals by 2: 1, and beat Ivan Chaves in the fight for third place. That same year, he won the Tournament of Spain in the category of less than 49 kg, when he defeated Gustavo de la Nuez in the final. In 2015, he won the Spanish championship, winning the final against Brandon Moreno Núñez, receiving a call from Rafael Lozano to will become part of the selection española. On 4 June at the 2015 European Championships held in

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(Bulgaria), he finished in 5th place, which qualified for the 2015 World Championship Amateur Boxing in Doha. He qualified for the

in the world Olympic qualifiers in Baku, to qualify for the final defeating in the semifinal Indian pugilist Devendro Singh by 3 to 0.8 before (April), he had lost in the battle for third and since giving place for the Games in the Olympic Qualifying European Championship in Samsun (Turkey).

Professional boxing career

Carmona made his professional debut against Alejandro Torres on 14 September 2019, and won the fight by a second-round knockout. Carmona was next scheduled to face Franklin Flores on 19 October 2019. He won the fight by a second-round knockout. Following this victory, Carmona signed with the Russia-based promoter Patriot Boxing Promotions. Accordingly, his next fight against Enrique Magsalin took place in Russia, on 21 December 2019. He won it by unanimous decision, with scores of 79–73, 79-73 and 78–74. Carmona was scheduled to fight Jose Antonio Jimenez for the vacant WBA International flyweight title on 1 February 2020. He won his sole fight of the year by first-round knockout, stopping Jimenez after just 93 seconds. Carmona was scheduled to face Joel Sanchez on 18 July 2021, after a 15-month hiatus from the sport. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 60–54, 60-54 and 60–53. Carmona faced Luis Fernando Villa, in his last fight of the year, on 3 December 2021. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout. Carmona was booked to face Joel Cordova on 1 April 2022, on the undercard of the

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and Jose Felix super lightweight bout. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 96–94, 96–93 and 97–93. Carmona is scheduled to challenge the WBC

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champion

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on 3 December 2022, at the Desert Diamond Arena in

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. He stepped in as a replacement for

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, who withdrew from the bout with a neck injury, on a month's notice. He lost the fight by majority decision, with scores of 118–111, 117–112 and 114–114.

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