Jonatan Eccehomo Romero Preciado (born December 14, 1986 in Cali, Colombia) is a Colombian boxer best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at bantamweight. His name is sometimes spelled ''Jonathan'' or ''Jhonatan'' in press reports but not by the major Colombian media.

Amateur career

Romero who is known by his nickname 'Momo' hails from a boxing family from the "El Retiro" neighbourhood of

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in the Valle del Cauca region. His older brother René, a national amateur champion himself, was shot in 2002. Romero won bronze at the Boxing at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games where he lost his semifinal to

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by walkover but didn't participate in the 2007 PanAmerican games due to a shoulder injury. At the

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he bested Chawazi Chatsygov, PanAm Games silver medalist

Claudio Marrero Claudio Marrero Guzman (born 6 March 1989) is a Dominican professional boxer who held the WBA interim, and IBO featherweight titles in 2017. Amateur career Marrero was the silver medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games in the bantamweight d ...

19:3 but lost to

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9:23. By reaching the quarterfinals he joined teammate Darley Perez in qualifying for Beijing 2008.

Professional career

His record is (23-1, 12 KOs). He won the IBF Super Bantamweight on February 16, 2013 against Alejandro Lopez (24-3, 7 KOs) to claim the vacant title. He lost his title in an upset against Kiko Martinez on August 17, 2013 by TKO.

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Central American Games 2006

1986 births Living people Bantamweight boxers International Boxing Federation champions Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Colombia Colombian male boxers Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Cali 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-boxing-bio-stub