Omar Figueroa ( Eng. Omar Figueroa ) ( December 13, 1989 in Weslaco , Texas , USA ) is an American professional boxer performing in the Lightweight category. World Champion (according to the WBC , 2013-2014).
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| Birth name | English Omar figueroa |
| Full name | Omar Figueroa |
| Nickname | Panther Spanish Panterita |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | December 13, 1989 (29 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Weslaco , Texas , USA |
| Accommodation | Weslaco , Texas , USA |
| Weight category | Lightweight (up to 61.2 kg) |
| Rack | Righty |
| Growth | 171 cm |
| Arm span | 185 cm |
| Ratings | |
| Boxrec Rating Position | 18 (260.6 points) |
| Best Boxrec Ranking Position | 5 (384 points) |
| Professional career | |
| First fight | June 21, 2008 |
| The last battle | July 20, 2019 |
| Championship belt | WBC (2013—2014) |
| Number of battles | thirty |
| Number of wins | 28 |
| KOs | nineteen |
| Defeat | one |
| No one's | one |
| Failed | 0 |
Professional career
After an amateur career in which he spent 40 fights, he made his debut in June 2008 in a professional ring in the second light weight category.
On January 6, 2012, after 14 win-win battles, he knocked out an American, Michael Perez , and won the youth title of WBO Intercontinental World Champion.
On April 20, 2013, he knocked out in the first round of the Puerto Rican, Abner Cotto [1] .
On July 27, 2013 Figueroa won on points in spectacular combat, the Japanese, Nihito Arakawa , and won the title of interim WBC lightweight world champion [2] .
On April 26, 2014, in a fight for the title of full-fledged world champion according to the WBC , he barely outboxed points by a separate decision of the judges, American Jerry Belmontes [3] .
Links
- Figueroa, Omar (eng.) - professional boxing statistics for BoxRec
Notes
- ↑ Omar Figueroa knocked out Abner Cotto in the first round . Championship.com . Date of appeal September 27, 2013.
- ↑ Figueroa defeated Arakawa . BOXNEWS.com.ua. Date of appeal September 27, 2013.
- ↑ Omar Figueroa defended the WBC title, having hardly defeated Belmontes . vRINGe.com. Date of treatment April 27, 2014.