Guillermo Jaime JorrÃn (born November 12, 1969), known as Willie JorrÃn, is a
Mexican-American
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former
professional boxer
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who competed from 1993 to 2003. He held the
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title from 2000 to 2002. JorrÃn was trained by five-time
Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach
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.
Amateur career
JorrÃn holds an amateur win over
Wayne McCullough
Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough (born Wayne William McCullough; 7 July 1970) is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held the WBC bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997, becoming the first boxer fr ...
in McCullough's home country of
Northern Ireland
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.
Professional career
Willie made his professional debut on February 12, 1993, with a first round
knockout
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victory over Esau Diegues. This was the first of three consecutive first round knockout victories for JorrÃn. On October 1 of that year, Pat Chávez became the first person to go the distance with JorrÃn, losing a six-round decision to the Sacramento fighter.
He faced Enrique Jupiter on June 7, 1997. Jupiter was a ranked contender and JorrÃn beat him by a ten round unanimous decision. JorrÃn then became a ranked challenger by the
WBC. Jorrin outpointed Juan Luis Torres, also over ten rounds, on December 4, 1997.
JorrÃn won all three of his fights in 1998, including a four round knockout over Enrique Valenzuela. He kept his winning ways in 1999, winning three fights, among them, a twelve round decision over Aristead Clayton and a five round knockout over Juan Luis Torres in a rematch. After those wins, he was ranked as the world's number one contender by the WBC.
WBC Super Bantamweight Championship
In September 2000, JorrÃn took on the road, going to Manchester, England, where he became world champion by beating
Michael Brodie
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Boxing career
Brodie boxed as an amateur before turning professional in October 1994 ...
on September 9 with a majority decision for the WBC's world Super Bantamweight title, the same belt that
Wilfredo Gómez
Wilfredo Gómez Rivera[Lupe Pintor
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, among others, had had before JorrÃn.
For his first defense, he won over
Óscar Larios
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by decision in twelve back home in Sacramento on an
ESPN
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televised
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fight on January 19, 2001. He then went to Japan, where he dropped Osamu Sato in round three of his second defense, but was only given a draw (tie) by the judges on February 5, 2002.
Then Willie lost to Larios in a rematch, JorrÃn lost his WBC's world title.
JorrÃn started a quest to try to recover his world title almost immediately, and on April 25, 2003, he beat John Hoffman by a knockout in two rounds at
Rosemont, Illinois
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. In his next fight, on November 6 at
Phoenix
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, however, he suffered a setback, losing by unanimous decision in ten rounds to Christen Favela.
See also
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List of Mexican boxing world champions
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List of super bantamweight boxing champions
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* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often rec ...
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List of WBC world champions
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References
External links
Willie JorrÃnon
Myspace
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Living people
1969 births
American male boxers
Super-bantamweight boxers
World Boxing Council champions
World super-bantamweight boxing champions
American boxers of Mexican descent
Boxers from Sacramento, California