Félix Machado
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Félix Machado (born August 22, 1972 in
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) is a
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featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, ...
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. He currently resides in Bolívar,
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. He is a former IBF
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champion, defeating Julio Gamboa on July 22, 2000 for the vacant title. Machado successfully defended the title three times before losing to Luis Alberto Pérez by a
split decision A split decision (SD) is a winning criterion in boxing, most commonly in full-contact combat sports, in which two of the three judges score one particular competitor as the winner, while the third judge scores for the other competitor. A split de ...
on January 4, 2003.Edgard Rodríguez Centeno Un día perfecto - 2006 Page 160 "Luis Pérez tiene en su historial una corona mundial de boxeo, se mueve en un Mustang deportivo de seis cilindros, ... del 2003 en Washington, Estados Unidos, tras vencer al venezolano Félix Machado mediante una decisión unánime."


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* 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Bolívar (state) Southpaw boxers International Boxing Federation champions Venezuelan male boxers Featherweight boxers 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{venezuela-boxing-bio-stub