Yudel Johnson

Yudel Johnson
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing Cuba
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Goodwill Games

Yudel Jhonson
Yudel Jhonson
Born	Yudel Jhonson Cedeno; 6 June 1981 (age 42); Cuba
Nationality	Light Middleweight
Stance	Southpaw
	Boxing record
Total fights	20
Wins	17
Wins by KO	9
Losses	3
Draws	0
No contests	0

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

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

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
Win	16–1	Norberto Gonzalez	UD	10	2014-06-06	Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York, USA	Won vacant WBC FECARBOX Light Middleweight title and vacant NABA Light Middleweight title
Win	15–1	Lenwood Dozier	UD	8	2013-04-18	Convention Center, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA
Win	14–1	Humberto Toledo	KO	1 0:48	2013-04-05	UTESA, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Win	13–1	Dashon Johnson	UD	1O	2013-01-12	BB&t Center, Sunrise, Florida, USA
Lose	12–1	Willie Nelson	UD	1O	2012-05-11	Texas Station Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	12–0	Eduardo Mercedes	TKO	3 (8), 1:00	2011-10-15	Santo Dominigo
Win	11–0	Jose Miguel Torres	UD	10	2011-06-03	Tampa, Florida	Retained Light Middleweight title
Win	10–0	Richard Gutierrez	TKO	7 (10), 1:09	2011-03-25	Las Vegas, Nevada	Won vacant Light Middleweight title
Win	9–0	Joseph De los Santos	UD	6	2010-12-03	Miami, Florida
Win	8–0	Steve Verdin	TKO	1 (6), 1:51	2010-09-24	Paragon Casino, Marksville, Louisiana
Win	7–0	Juliano Ramos	TKO	8 (10), 2:40	2010-06-04	Miami, Florida
Win	6–0	Chris Grays	KO	1 (6), 2:04	2010-04-10	BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida
Win	5–0	Dorian Beaupierre	TKO	1 (6), 2:18	2010-02-05	NSU Arena, Don Taft University Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Win	4–0	Louie Leija	KO	1 (8), 0:28	2009-12-04	Miami, Florida
Win	3–0	Frankie Santos	UD	8	2009-09-18	Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
Win	2–0	Justin Paulo	UD	4	2009-07-17	Las Vegas, Nevada
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

Boxing record for Yudel Johnson from BoxRec (registration required)
PanAm Games 1999
Central Americans 2006

[boxer-1] Yudel Jhonson's Professional Boxing Record. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-11.

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