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Fres Oquendo (born April 1, 1973) is a Puerto Rican professional heavyweight boxer. He had a successful amateur record before turning professional in 1997. He had a successful amateur record before turning professional in 1997.
Having been promoted to full WBA champion following Roy Jones Jr.'s return to Light heavyweight, John Ruiz signed to the make his first defence against Fres Oquendo, who in his last bout lost a somewhat debatable decision against Chris Byrd. Both had been criticized for fighting dirty throughout their career.
Middleweight. Christopher Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having first won the WBO title in 2000 after an upset corner stoppage over then-undefeated Vitali Klitschko. In his first title defense later that year, he lost to ...
David Tua. Faumuina To'aletai Mafaufau David Tua ONZM (born 21 November 1972), best known as David Tua, is a Samoan-New Zealand former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2013. A highly ranked heavyweight contender for most of his career, Tua was known for his formidable punching power, especially in his devastating left hook.
Bruce Samuel Seldon (born January 30, 1967) is an American former professional boxer and current boxing trainer, who competed from 1988 to 1996, and 2004 to 2009. He held the WBA heavyweight title from 1995 to 1996, most notably losing to Mike Tyson via knockout in his second defense.
1. Gonzalo Omar Basile (born March 30, 1974) is an Argentine professional boxer and truck driver who befriended the syndicalist Hugo Moyano, who is sponsoring his boxing career in the Heavyweight division. [1] As of July 2013, Gonzalo was the WBC Latino Heavyweight Champion. On April 20, 2019, Basile added the South American Heavyweight title ...
Fres Oquendo: September 2, 2001 – April 13, 2002 0 29 David Tua: April 13, 2002 – March 29, 2003 s: 0 30 Joe Mesi: June 24, 2003 – September 19, 2003 0 31 Eliecer Castillo: September 19, 2003 – April 17, 2004 1 Castillo won the interim title on June 6, 2003, and was later promoted to full champion after Mesi failed to defend the title; 32
After beating Evander Holyfield in 2002 to win the IBF title, Byrd has successfully defended the IBF belt four times against Fres Oquendo, Andrew Golota, Jameel McCline, and DaVarryl Williamson. At the time he was ranked as the best Heavyweight in the world by Ring magazine (Wladimir Klitschko was 8th). [3]