Julio César Ceja Pedraza (born November 18, 1992) is a Mexican
professional boxer. He held the
WBC
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super bantamweight title from 2015 to 2016.
Professional career
IBF title fight
On May 11, 2013 Ceja lost to
Jamie McDonnell for the
IBF
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Counci ...
bantamweight world title by majority decision after
Léo Santa Cruz vacated the title to move up in weight.
WBC Silver title fight
On October 12, 2013 Ceja defeated
Juan José Montes
Juan José Montes Valderrama (born 15 July 1989) is a Mexican professional boxer. He challenged for the WBC super flyweight title in 2011.
Professional career
Montes defeated Francisco Reyes for the second time in over a year to retain the WBC ...
by 10th-round technical knockout to win the WBC Silver bantamweight title.
WBC interim title fight
Ceja defeated
Hugo Ruiz
Hugo Ruiz Dominguez (born September 21, 1988) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the former WBC Super bantamweight and WBA interim Bantamweight champion.
Professional career
In September 2010, Ruiz beat the veteran Jesús Vázquez to win ...
for the interim WBC World super bantamweight title. The interim title was made available due to
Léo Santa Cruz moving to featherweight. Ceja was later elevated to full title holder after Santa Cruz vacated.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of super-bantamweight boxing champions
This is a list of world super-bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often rec ...
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List of Mexican boxing world champions
In Mexico, boxing is considered a major sport, having produced over 200 world champions in professional boxing. Mexico ranks first worldwide between countries with most boxing world champions and is the second country to have world champions accred ...
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
Boxers from the State of Mexico
People from Tlalnepantla de Baz
Super-flyweight boxers
Bantamweight boxers
Super-bantamweight boxers
World super-bantamweight boxing champions
World Boxing Council champions