Jesús Marcelo Andrés Cuéllar (born December 28, 1986) is an Argentine

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. He held the

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title from 2015 to 2016.

Amateur career

Cuellar had an

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record of 230 wins and 10 losses, and was a member of the Argentina national team.

Professional career

Cuellar was trained by former world champion and 2012 Trainer of the Year, Robert García.

Cuellar vs. Marrero

On August 23, 2013, Cuellar defeated

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for the WBA interim

title, in a close fight. Cuellar was the more aggressive fighter and scored a knockdown in the 6th round.

Cuellar vs. Mares

On December 10, 2016, Cuellar defended his WBA (Regular) featherweight title against

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who was ranked #6 by the WBA at featherweight. Mares defeated Cuellar via split decision, scoring 117-110, 116-111 and 112-115 on the scorecards.

Cuellar vs. Davis

After coming off his third loss and 2 years of layoff, Cuellar returned to the ring against

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. On March 5, 2018 the fight was finalized for the vacant WBA (Regular) super featherweight title. And for the fight Cuellar had to move up from featherweight to super featherweight. Prior to the fight, Alberto Machado, the WBA (Super) champion at the same weight class, was inexplicably downgraded to 'Regular' champion, and the Davis-Cuellar fight was upgraded to be for Machado's WBA (Super) super featherweight title. On April 21, 2018 Davis knocked Cuellar down three times en route to a third round knockout win.

Cuellar vs. Fortuna

On November 2, 2019, Cuellar faced

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. Cuellar suffered his fourth loss as Fortuna dominated and dropped him twice en route to a second round knockout win.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Jesus Cuellar - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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