Antonio Cermeño (6 March 1969 – 25 February 2014) was a Venezuelan
professional boxer
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who competed from 1990 to 2006. He is a
world champion in two weight classes, having held the
WBA 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 1995 to 1997 and the WBA
featherweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
History
A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this ...
title from 1998 to 1999.
Personal life and death
According to his wife, on 24 February 2014, the two of them and others were kidnapped in east
Caracas
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. His wife escaped when the kidnappers released her after refueling the car, but Cermeño remained captive. He was found shot to death the next morning at kilometer 78 of the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho highway.
[Police: Antonio Cermeno kidnapped, killed]
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Professional boxing record
References
External links
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1969 births
2014 deaths
2014 murders in Venezuela
Male murder victims
People from Miranda (state)
Featherweight boxers
People murdered in Venezuela
Deaths by firearm in Venezuela
Kidnapped Venezuelan people
Kidnappings in Venezuela
Venezuelan male boxers
Venezuelan murder victims
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