Joan Guzmán
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Reach | 67 in (170 cm) |
| Nationality | Dominican |
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May 1, 1976 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 37 |
| Wins | 34 |
| Wins by KO | 20 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
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Joan Guzmán (born May 1, 1976) is a Dominican former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2014. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBO junior featherweight title from 2002 to 2005, and the WBO junior lightweight title from 2006 to 2008.
Having started boxing at nine, Guzman won 310 out of 320 bouts as an amateur. Included in these victories was a gold medal winning bout at the 1995 Pan American Games. He also competed in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia where he lost to future record setting world champion Omar Andrés Narváez.
Guzmán began his professional career in the United States. His debut fight, on September 23, 1997, was held in Phoenix, Arizona. There, he knocked out Juan Miguel Rivera in two rounds. After another second-round knockout win (this time at the Madison Square Garden in New York City), he returned to the Dominican Republic.
He took off two years from boxing, then he came back for his first fight in his homeland. On March 11, 1999, he outpointed Orlando Mateo over eight rounds at Santo Domingo. He fought six more times before being given a title try for the Dominican featherweight title.
During his two-year lay-off, he dropped off in weight, from the featherweight division to the super bantamweight division.
On October 25, 1999, he knocked out Francisco de Leon in round eleven to win the national title. He retained the title once, with a two-round knockout of Santiago Matos. He later knocked out Hector Julio Avila in the second round on August 9, 2001, for the vacant NABO regional super bantamweight title.
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