Engels Pedroza (born 26 September 1966 in San Carlos,

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

) is a former Venezuelan boxer. In 1985 he represented Venezuela on the amateur World Cup in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

, gaining a silver medal in lightweights. The same year he scored a victory over future professional world champion Joey Gamache in a USA-Venezuela duel meet. One year later he participated on the

1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Reno, United States from May 8 to 18. The fourth edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing b ...

Reno Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the ...

, where he again won a silver medal in lightweights after losing in the final to three-time amateur world champion Adolfo Horta of

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

. Still in 1986 he turned professional, and after a successful career start he was named Ring Magazine Prospect of the Year in 1987. This award existed between 1983 and 1988, and among others it was issued to future world champions

Mark Breland Mark Anthony Breland (born May 11, 1963) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1997, and held the WBA welterweight title twice between 1987 and 1990. He later became an actor with a wide range of movie and television ...

, Mike Tyson and

Michael Moorer Michael Lee Moorer (born November 12, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2008. He won a world championship on four occasions in two weight classes, having held the WBO light heavyweight title from 1988 t ...

. He lost his first professional bout after 19 victories in 1988 against Mike Johnson via a ninth-round TKO, clearly being ahead on all three scorecards. After going 7-1 in his next eight bouts, he was matched up against Young Dick Tiger for the IBF intercontinental welterweight title, and won by a third round TKO. He defended his title once, but then vacated the belt and continued his career against mostly journeyman opposition. He fought on for various minor titles, but came up short all times, including a seventh round TKO loss against future world champion Bronco McKart in 1994. Finally in 1996 he managed to capture another title, the WBA Fedecentro light middleweight belt. However on his first title defense he lost to future world title challenger Pedro Ortega and retired afterwards. His professional career record concluded 42-9-0.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedroza, Engels 1966 births Living people People from Cojedes (state) Venezuelan male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Lightweight boxers