Nehomar Andrés Cermeño Febres (born June 7, 1979) is a Venezuelan

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who held the

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title from 2016 to 2017. He also held the WBA

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s at

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and super bantamweight between 2009 and 2014. As an

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, Cermeño represented Venezuela at the

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as a bantamweight, reaching the Round of 16, where he lost to Agasi Agaguloglu.

Olympic results

*Defeated Riaz Durgahed (Mauritius) 16-4 *Lost to Agasi Agaguloglu (Turkey) 3-11

Professional career

Cermeno vs. Mijares

Cermeño turned professional on November 13, 2004. In 2009, he scored a major upset by defeating

Cristian Mijares Cristian Ricardo Lucio Mijares (born 2 October 1981) is a Mexican former professional boxer. He is a two-time super flyweight champion, having held the unified WBC and WBA (Unified) titles from 2006 to 2008 and the IBF title from 2010 to 2011. ...

to win the WBA

. He later beat Mijares in a rematch. In 2010 Cermeno lost both of his two bids to defeat world champion

Anselmo Moreno Anselmo Moreno (born 28 June 1985) is a Panamanian professional boxer. He held the WBA bantamweight title from 2008 to 2014 (promoted to super champion status in 2011), making him the longest reigning bantamweight world champion of all time, ...

Cermeno vs. Escandon

In 2013, Cermeño defeated

Óscar Escandón Oscar Eduardo Escandón Berrío (born July 10, 1984) is a Colombian professional boxer who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native South American country. There he was stopped in the round of sixteen of the Flyweight (– 51 ...

by split decision to win the WBA

interim title.

Cermeno vs. Xiaojun

After being stripped of the title due to inactivity, Cermeño returned in 2015 and won his first full world title by defeating

Qiu Xiaojun Qiu Xiaojun (裘晓君) (born June 30, 1990 in Hangzhou, China) is a Chinese professional boxer and the current WBC Silver Super Bantamweight Champion. Professional career Qiu made his professional debut in 2010, losing two of his first nine f ...

to win the super bantamweight WBA regular title.

Cermeno vs. Kubo

Shun Kubo Shun Kubo (born April 8, 1990) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) super-bantamweight title in 2017. Professional career Kubo won his first twelve bouts and the WBA (Regular) super-bantamweight title on April 8, 2017, ...

beat Nehomar Cermeno via technical knockout in the 11th round on 9 April 2017.

Cermeno vs. Xu

Cermeno fought Can Xu on 3 October 2017. Can Xu was ranked #2 by the WBA at featherweight. Xu beat Cermeno by technical knockout in the 7th round.

Professional boxing record

References

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External links

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Nehomar Cermeno - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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