Joel Casamayor
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| Real name | Joel Casamayor Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | El Cepillo ("The Brush") | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 69 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July 12, 1971 Guantánamo, Cuba |
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| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joel Casamayor Johnson (born July 12, 1971) is a Cuban American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2011. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA super featherweight title from 2000 to 2002; the WBC lightweight title from 2006 to 2007; the Ring magazine and lineal lightweight titles from 2006 to 2008; and the WBO interim lightweight title in 2008. As an amateur, Casamayor won a gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 1992 Olympics, after which he defected to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Olympics.
Casamayor's amateur record stands at 363 wins and 30 losses.
He won the NABF Super Featheweight title in 1999 by beating Jose Luis Noyola. Later that year, he won the WBA Super Featherweight title by stopping Jong-Kwon Baek in 5 rounds. In 2002, he lost that title in a controversial unification bout with WBO champion Acelino Freitas. At one point in the fight, Casamayor slipped and the referee ruled it a knockdown. Casamayor also had a point deducted for a late hit. Many believe Casamayor should have won the fight. In 2004, Diego Corrales, whom Casamayor stopped in 2003 for the Vacant IBA Super Featherweight Title, defeated him for the vacant WBO Super Featherweight title via a very close and controversial 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 over Castillo. After the disputed loss to Castillo, Casamayor's career appeared to be in a downward spiral and he was set up with undefeated rising prospect Almazbek Raiymkulov in June 2005. In a close, spirited battle the bout ended in a draw, with many believing that Casamayor's best days were behind him.
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