Edison Miranda
| Edison Miranda | |
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Miranda in 2009
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| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | Pantera ("Panther") |
| Rated at |
Middleweight Super middleweight Light heavyweight Cruiserweight |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Reach | 77 1⁄2 in (197 cm) |
| Nationality | Colombian Puerto Rican |
| Born |
January 7, 1981 Buenaventura, Colombia |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 46 |
| Wins | 36 |
| Wins by KO | 31 |
| Losses | 10 |
Edison Miranda (born January 7, 1981) is a Colombian-Puerto Rican professional boxer. He has challenged twice for a middleweight and super middleweight world title, and was once considered to be one of the most dangerous contenders at middleweight due to his knockout percentage.
Miranda was born in 1981 in Buenaventura, Colombia and was abandoned by his mother when he was one month old. At age nine, Miranda escaped from his caretakers to live in the harsh street life of Colombia. Miranda went on a search to find his mother and at a construction site, he ended up confronting his mother's brother. The uncle he never knew told him that if Miranda was really the little boy his sister gave away, then he should have a birthmark on his leg. Miranda unveiled the 2-inch long circular proof. The man led him to his mother's new home, only to be abandoned again by his mother. By the time he was 12, he was working in the plantain fields. The next year, he had a full-time construction job. By the time he was 14, he was working as a cattle butcher. At age 15, Miranda took up boxing, training for a half-year before starting his amateur career. Miranda won 128 out of 132 fights, winning four Colombian national titles. Miranda won a bronze medal in the 2000 Olympic Trials in Argentina, but failed to qualify for the 2000 Colombian Olympic team.
132 fights later, Miranda became a professional boxer, but his journey was only halfway over. March 2002 saw Miranda's arrival in the Dominican Republic. Having been promised a shot at going to the United States to fight the top middleweight fighters in the world, Miranda continued with what he's best at – fighting – both in and out of the ring. Struggling to make ends meet, left homeless and hungry by an unfair contract, Miranda left the Dominican Republic and returned to Barranquilla on December 24, 2004. With the support of friends, he fulfilled his dream of making it as a boxer in the United States when he signed with Warrior’s Boxing Promotions and then had his first American fight in Hollywood, Florida on May 20, 2005. In that fight, Miranda defeated Sam Reese by unanimous decision.
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