Milton Núñez (born September 25, 1979) is a Colombian
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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boxer. Nunez's biggest fight was against
Gennadiy Golovkin for the interim
WBA middleweight title. In this title fight, Milton lost by
knockout
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in 58 seconds.
Milton also fought, and lost, against fellow Colombian
Nilson Julio Tapia. Milton fought former
IBF light middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the Intern ...
title challenger
Deandre Latimore on
Showtime
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on February 24, 2012, where Milton lost by
majority decision
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.
Other world champion or world title challenger opponents of Milton include
Sergio Mora,
Daniel Jacobs,
Dmitry Chudinov, and
Matt Korobov – all ending in losses.
References
External links
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Middleweight boxers
1987 births
Living people
Colombian male boxers
Boxers from Barranquilla
20th-century Colombian people
21st-century Colombian sportsmen
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