Yudel Johnson

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Johnson and the second or maternal family name is Cedeno.

Yudel Jhonson
Statistics
Real name	Yudel Jhonson Cedeno
Rated at	Light Middleweight
Nationality	Cuban
Born	(1981-06-06) 6 June 1981 Cuba
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	12
Wins	12
Wins by KO	8
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0

Yudel Johnson
Medal record

Men's Boxing
Competitor for Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver	2004 Athens	Light-Welterweight
Pan American Games
Gold	1999 Winnipeg	Featherweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold	2006 Cartagena	Light Welterweight

Yudel Johnson Cedeno (born 6 June 1981) is a Cuban welterweight professional boxer, who is best known for winning an Olympic Light-Welterweight silver 2004 as an amateur. Some sources write the family name Jhonson.

Amateur career

Southpaw Johnson won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1999 PanAm Games. He moved up afterwards but skipped lightweight as the dominant Mario Kindelán was Cuban champ.

Johnson added a silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light-Welterweight Boxing division Dilshod Mahmudov and Boris Georgiev but losing to Manus Boonjumnong in the final. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prior to the Athens Games he won the 2004 Acropolis Boxing Cup in Athens, Greece by defeating Turkey's Mustafa Karagollu in the final of the light welterweight division.

Johnson also won at the 2006 Central American Games but had strong domestic competition in Inocente Fiss. In 2008 he fought at welter losing to Carlos Banteaux in the final of the national championships.

Olympic results

Received a bye in the 1st round
Defeated Davis Mwale (Zambia) RSC-3 (1:49)
Defeated Dilshod Mahmudov (Uzbekistan) 32-18
Defeated Boris Georgiev (Bulgaria) 13-9
Lost to Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand) 11-17

Professional career

Johnson defected along with Guillermo Rigondeaux and Yordanis Despaigne to the United States and made his pro debut on May 22, 2009 in Miami. As of September 2011 he is undefeated with 11 wins, 7 of which were by way of knockout.

Professional boxing record

12 Wins (8 Knockouts), 0 Defeats, 0 Draws^[1]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	12-0	Eduardo Mercedes	TKO	3 (8), 1:00	2011-10-15	Coliseo Carlos 'Teo' Cruz, Santo Dominigo
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	11-0	Jose Miguel Torres	UD	10	2011-06-03	A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida	Retained WBC FECARBOX Light Middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	10-0	Richard Gutierrez	TKO	7 (10), 1:09	2011-03-25	Cosmopolitan Resort Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won vacant WBC FECARBOX Light Middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	9-0	Joseph De los Santos	UD	6	2010-12-03	Magic City Casino, Miami, Florida
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	8-0	Steve Verdin	TKO	1 (6), 1:51	2010-09-24	Paragon Casino, Marksville, Louisiana
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	7-0	Juliano Ramos	TKO	8 (10), 2:40	2010-06-04	FIU Fuchs Pavilion, Miami, Florida
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	6-0	Chris Grays	KO	1 (6), 2:04	2010-04-10	BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	5-0	Dorian Beaupierre	TKO	1 (6), 2:18	2010-02-05	NSU Arena, Don Taft University Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	4-0	Louie Leija	KO	1 (8), 0:28	2009-12-04	La Covacha, Miami, Florida
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	3-0	Frankie Santos	UD	8	2009-09-18	Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	2-0	Justin Paulo	UD	4	2009-07-17	Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" \|Win	1-0	Greg Weathers	TKO	1 (4), 0:52	2009-05-22	Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida	Professional Debut

References

↑ Yudel Jhonson's Professional Boxing Record. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-11.

External links

v t e Pan American Boxing Champions in Men's Featherweight

1951 – 2007: up to 57 kg

1951: Francisco Núñez (ARG) 1955: Oswaldo Cañete (ARG) 1959: Carlos Aro (ARG) 1963: Rosemiro Mateus (BRA) 1967: Miguel García (ARG) 1971: Juan García (MEX) 1975: David Armstrong (USA) 1979: Bernard Taylor (USA) 1983: Adolfo Horta (CUB) 1987: Kelcie Banks (USA) 1991 – 1995: Arnaldo Mesa (CUB) 1999: Yudel Johnson (CUB) 2003: Likar Ramos (COL) 2007: Idel Torriente (CUB)

Persondata
Name	Johnson, Yudel
Alternative names
Short description	Boxer
Date of birth	6 June 1981
Place of birth	Cuba
Date of death
Place of death

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