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Juan Carlos Gómez
Juan Carlos Gómez (born 26 July 1973) is a Cuban former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2014. He held the WBC cruiserweight title from 1998 to 2002, and challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title in 2009. Amateur career *Amateur Record: 158–12 *1990 – Gold Medal World Junior Championships in Lima at 75 kg *1994 – Represented Cuba at the Chemistry Cup, his results were: Defeated Jan Schwank (Germany) 9–4 Lost to Sven Ottke (Germany) 9–9 *1994 – Competed at the USA Vs Cuba Cup in Ledyard, US Defeated Antonio Tarver (USA) 10–10 *1995 – Represented Cuba at the Chemistry Cup, his results were: Lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany) 12–16 Professional career Cruiserweight The southpaw turned pro as a cruiser for Universum box promotions. On 21 February 1998, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Gómez won the WBC Cruiserweight title from reigning champion, Marcelo Fabian Dominguez via a unanimous decision. Nicknamed "Black Panther", Gómez ruled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiserweight (boxing)
Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class (boxing), weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. Professional boxing The current weight limit for the division is . When originally established, the weight limit was . The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division. While many great heavyweight champions (such as Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis) weighed around 190 pounds during their careers, during the 1970s it became fairly standard that fit heavyweight boxers weighed at least . Many boxing authorities felt that asking men weighing between and to fight these larger men was unfair. The North American Boxing Federation (NABF) was the first sanctioning body to recogniz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |