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Bairoa Gym is a boxing gym located in Caguas, Puerto Rico. [1] El gimnasio Bairoa , as it is known in Spanish, is the most famous boxing gym in Puerto Rico because of the list of world champions and top contenders who have trained there.
In Puerto Rico, boxing is considered a major sport, having produced more amateur and professional world champions than any other sport in its history. [1] Puerto Rico ranks 5th worldwide between countries with most boxing world champions in history (only behind USA, Mexico, UK and Japan). [2]
Álamo made his professional debut on 27 April 2013, defeating Carlos Acevedo via first-round technical knockout (TKO) in under a minute in Caguas, Puerto Rico.He signed an exclusive promotional contract with Miguel Cotto Promotions and H2 Entertainment the following month, [2] although he would soon switch to Carlos Maldonado's Black Tiger Promotions.
Josue Marquez Acevedo (November 30, 1946, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico [1] – May 10, 2018, Caguas, Puerto Rico) was a Puerto Rican who was once a world title challenging boxer. Not known for his punching power, (Marquez only won 7 of his 46 professional boxing fights by knockout), Marquez nevertheless gave many of the top boxers of his era trouble ...
Acosta made his professional debut on November 12, 2012, in Caguas, Puerto Rico, defeating Alexis Díaz by knockout in three rounds. [1] He opened the following year with a second-round knockout of Christian López that won the card's "El Palo De La Noche de Palo Viejo" (equivalent to "Best KO") bonus prize. [25]
Pedraza and Raymundo Beltran ingrained themselves into the Mexico vs. Puerto Rico boxing rivalry's history when, on Saturday, August 25, 2018, they faced each other for Mexican Beltran's WBO world Lightweight title at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Pedraza became a two-division world champion when ...
Boxing record: Total fights: 33: Wins: 27: ... Draws: 2: No contests: 1: Jesus Manuel Rojas Diaz (born December 26, 1986, in Caguas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican ...
Iván Calderón Marrero (born January 27, 1975) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2012. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBO mini flyweight title from 2003 to 2007 (making eleven successful defenses and being recognized as super champion by the organization), and the WBO, Ring magazine, and lineal light flyweight titles from 2007 to 2010 ...