Joel Casamayor

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Joel Casamayor
Statistics
Real name	Joel Casamayor Johnson
Nickname(s)	El Cepillo
Rated at	Lightweight
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality	Cuban
Birth date	12 July 1971 (1971-07-12) (age 36)
Birth place	Guantánamo,  Cuba
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	40
Wins	36
Wins by KO	22
Losses	3
Draws	1
No contests	0

Medal record
Competitor for  Cuba
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Bantamweight
World Amateur Championships
Silver	1993 Tampere	Bantamweight

Joel "El Cepillo" Casamayor Johnson (born July 12, 1971 in Guantanamo) is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The nickname "El Cepillo", literally translated to "the hairbrush", comes from his uppercut, which rakes his opponents across the face.

Casamayor is a two time champion, and current WBC Lightweight champion, as well as The Ring magazines world champion.

[edit] Amateur career

• 1989 – Gold medal (Bantamweight) at the Junior World Championships
• 1992 – Gold medal (Bantamweight) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain
  • Defeated Venkatesan Devarajan (India) points
  • Defeated Riadh Klaai (Tunisia) points
  • Defeated Roberto Jalnaiz (Philippines) KO 1
  • Defeated Mohammed Achik (Morocco) TKO 1
  • Defeated Wayne McCullough (Ireland) points
• 1993 – Silver medal (Bantamweight) at the 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland
  • Defeated Agathangelos Tsiripidis (Greece) TKO 3
  • Defeated Dirk Krueger (Germany) points
  • Defeated Arthur Mikaelian (Armenia) points
  • Defeated Vladislav Antonov (Russia) points
  • Lost to Alexander Hristov (Bulgaria) points
• 1994 – Bronze medal (Featherweight) at the World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Defeated Brian Carr (Scotland) points
  • Defeated Nourredine Medjihoud (Algeria) points
  • Defeated Cristian Rodriguez (Argentina) points
  • Lost to Falk Huste (Germany) points
• 1994 – Silver Medal (Featherweight) at the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Defeated Kai Kandelin (Finland) TKO 1
  • Defeated Claude Chinon (France) points
  • Lost to Ramazi Paliani (Russia) points
• 1995 – Competed (Featherweight) at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Germany
  • Lost to Raimkul Malachbekov (Russia) points

[edit] Professional career

He won the NABF Super Featheweight title in 1999. Later that year, he won the WBA Super Featherweight title. In 2002, he lost that title in a controversial unification bout with WBO champion Acelino Freitas. Joel slipped and the ref called it a knockdown plus joel had apoint deducted, many believe Joel should have won the fight. In 2004, Diego Corrales, whom Casamayor stopped in 2003, defeated him for the vacant WBO Super Featherweight title via a very close decision. Casamayor failed to take the WBC Lightweight title from José Luis Castillo later that year because the judges scored what seemed to be a clear win for Casamayor for Castillo. After the loss to Castillo, Casamayor's career appeared to be in a downward spiral and he was set up with rising prospect Almazbek Raiymkulov in June 2005. In a spirited battle the bout ended in a draw, with many believing that Casamayor's best days were behind him. After two bouts against little known opposition, in October 2006, Casamayor yet again took on the popular Diego Corrales, and defeated him by split decision, winning the WBC Lightweight title.

On March 22, 2008 Casamayor fought Michael Katsidis and became the first man to defeat the Australian when he won the fight with a TKO in the 10 th round.

Casamayor is a unionized boxer, a member of the Joint Association of Boxers.

[edit] External links

Cuba Portal

• Professional boxing record for Joel Casamayor from Boxrec
• Article about the Joel Casamayor-Diego Corrales rivalry
• On Casamayor's nickname