Victoriano Damián Sosa (born April 17, 1974 in La Vega,

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) is a

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Personal

Sosa is second cousin of Major League Baseball player

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Amateur career

Member of the 1992 Dominican Olympic Team as a Featherweight. His results were: *Defeated by Anand Kumar Ray (India) 23-14 *Defeated Steven Chungu (Zambia) 11-9 *Lost to

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(Algeria) 13-4

Pro career

His career boxing record is 42-4-2- (31 KOs). Earlier in his career, Sosa won minor titles—the WBC Fecarbox and Dominican Republic

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titles. He has been a contender in the lightweight division, challenging world champions such as

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and

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(going the distance and getting KOed respectively), as well as

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Professional boxing record

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* 1974 births Lightweight boxers Living people People from La Vega Province Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic male boxers {{DominicanRepublic-boxing-bio-stub