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Carlos Negrón
Born
Carlos José Negrón Colón

(1988-03-05) March 5, 1988 (age 36)
Nationality Puerto Rico
Statistics
Weight(s)Light heavyweight
Height6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Reach83"
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights10
Wins10
Wins by KO7
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0
Carlos Negrón
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing Puerto Rico
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Cartagena Light heavyweight

Carlos Negrón Colón (born March 5, 1988) is an professional boxer who competes in the light heavyweight division. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico at numerous international events. Among the achievements reached during this stage of his career are winning bronze medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and winning gold in the first Olympic qualifier tournament.

Amateur career

Early life and introduction to boxing

Negrón was born in the municipality of Villalba, located in the central region of Puerto Rico's main island. Several members in his family were active members in the Police Department of Puerto Rico.[1] His father is lieutenant José Adolfo Negrón, while his two older brothers, José Alberto Negrón and José Alfredo Negrón also selected this office as their career.[1] One of his uncles and several of his cousins are also police officers. Consequently, Negrón was appealed by the office, but after he was introduced to boxing, he gained more interest in this sport.[1] His brother, José Alberto, used taught him the discipline and served as his trainer.[1] At the age of 15, Negrón won his division’s bronze medal at the 2003 Junior Olympics, which prompted him to pursue the sport as a career.[1]

Pan American and Central American Games

In 2005, Negrón entered the Pan American championship, competing in the middleweight division. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Leonel Murature of Argentina by points, 19:10.[2] In the following round, Negrón was paired against Cristian Bautista of the Dominican Republic, winning by referee stopping contest (RSC).[2] However, after advancing he was unable to compete against Emilio Correa in the finals, automatically losing by walkover.[3] He subsequently ascended to the light heavyweight division. Negrón participated in the 25th Independence Cup, held in Santiago de los Caballeros from March 13–18, 2006.[4] In the quarterfinals, he defeated Victor Alexander Segura of the Dominican Republic by points, 13:0.[4] In the following round, Negrón defeated Cristian Gálvez, another local pugilist, by RSC in the third round.[4] On the tournament's last date, he won the Cup's championship versus Washington Silva, with scores of 20:6.[4]

Negrón's only participation in the Central American and Caribbean Games took place in 2006. In the preliminaries, he eliminated Fitzroy Richardson of Guyana by RSC in the second round.[5] In the quarterfinals, Negrón advanced by defeating Melanio Flores of Panama by points, 17:1.[5] In the next round, he suffered his only defeat of the tournament, losing to Yusiel Napoles by points, with scores of 14:2. With this performance, Negrón won the competition's light heavyweight bronze medal.[5] Negrón represented Puerto Rico at the Pan American Qualifier, held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela from February 2–8, 2007.[6] In the Preliminary round, he eliminated Patricio Pitto by RSC.[6] In the quarterfinals, he defeated Christopher Downs of the United States by points, 30:14.[6] However, following an injury he abandoned the tournament, with his scheduled opponent, Yusiel Nápoles, being declared the winner by walkover.[6] In the 2007 Pan American Games, Negrón lost to Julio Castillo of Ecuador by points (15:5) in the quarterfinals.[7] In this year he won the Golden Golves.[1]

2008 Summer Olympics

To enter the 2008 Summer Olympics, Negrón participated in the first of two qualifying tournaments, held in Trinidad and Tobago. In the preliminaries, he eliminated Joshua Garza of Mexico by points, 13:2.[8] In the quarterfinals, Negrón dominated Azea Augustama of Haiti, with scores of 11:0.[8] In the following round, he participated in a rematch with Silva, whom he defeated by eight points, 12:4.[8] In the finals, Negrón won the tournament's championship, defeating Luis González of Venezuela by points, with scores of 17:5.[8]

On February 10, 2008, he defeated Roberto Acevedo in the finals of the Campeonato Nacional Isaac Barriento de Boxeo Aficionado tournament.[9] In a USA vs. Puerto Rico Dual held on April 26, 2008, Negrón defeated Siju Shabazz by RSC in the third round.[10] Before the Olympics, Negrón participated in the XXXVIII International Golden Belt Tournament, which was organized in Constanţa, Romania. His first match was against local boxer Vonstantin Irimia, defeating him by technical knockout in the second round. In the finals he fought Martiney Ferenec of Hungary, defeating him by technical knockout after Ferenec abandoned the fight.[11]

On July 8, 2008, Puerto Rico's Sports and Recreation Department offered up to $48,000 to the five boxers classified to the Olympics, if the boxers choose to continue in the team for a second Olympic cycle.[12] Negrón noted that the offer was "very good" and expressed his intention to discuss it once the games were over.[13] As part of their training the boxing team moved to South Korea to become accustomed to the time zone.[14] After training and participating in a series of exhibition matches, the team traveled from South Korea to Beijing.[15] In his first Olympic fight, Negrón defeated Mehdi Ghorbani of Iran on points, 13-4. Using his height and reach advantage, he managed to gain control of the score since the first round, scoring a knockdown in the third.[16] In the second round, Negrón lost to Yerkebuian Shynaliyev of Kazakhstan by points, nine to three.[17]

The pugilist closed his amateur career after 102 fights, with a balance of 93 wins and 9 losses.[18]

Professional career

After the Olympic Games, Negrón announced his intention of abandoning the amateur circuit to pursue a professional contract. On March 3, 2009, PR Best Boxing Promotions announced the signing of the pugilist.[18] Negrón debuted on March 28, 2009, as part of a card titled "Noche de Campeones", which was held in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.[19] His opponent, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, also debuted on that night. Negrón scored a knockdown in the first round, which he followed with a right punch for a second fall.[19] Consequently, Jiménez's corner submitted the fight by "throwing in the towel", awarding Negrón a technical knockout victory.[19]

On April 25, 2009, he returned to action as part of an event titled "Campeón vs Campeón," where Juan Manuel López fought Gerry Peñalosa in the main event.[20] His opponent for this contest was Tyler Hughes, who entered the fight with an experience of 52 fights, including a loss to Joe Calzaghe. Negrón dominated the fight, scoring two knockdowns.[20] Hughes was able to stand up before the referee's protection count concluded twice, but his corner intervened, awarding the pugilist the second first round technical knockout of his career.[21] On June 28, 2009, Negrón competed in the undercard of López's title defense against Olivier Lontchi. His opponent, Kenneth George, was injured by the first punch that he received. Negrón used this to his advantage, scoring two knockdowns before the referee stopped the fight once the 1:18 mark had passed.[22] His next opponent was Gevonte Davis, who scored a knockdown in the first round, before losing by technical knockout in the second.[23]

On September 12, 2009, Negrón defeated Larry Carter by technical knockout. Less than a month later, he defeated Larry Pryor by unanimous decision in four rounds.[24] On January 23, 2010, Negrón defeated Garrett Wilson by unanimous decision, in what was his last fight in the light heavyweight division.[25] In the undercard of "Haciendo Historia", which featured a fight between Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. and Marvin Sonsona in the main event, he defeated Roy Ashworth by knockout in the first round, after scoring three knockdowns.[26] On April 17, 2010, Negrón defeated William Bailey by knockout in the first round.[27] His next contest was in the undercard of a card titled "The Challenge: Juan Manuel López vs. Bernabé Concepción", where he was matched against Gustavo Enríquez, winning by unanimous decision.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f José A. Sánchez Fournier (2010-01-20). "Deportes". Carlos Negrón: Ejemplo de disciplina (in Spanish). Puerto Rico: El Nuevo Día. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Panamerican Championships - Teresopolis, Brasil - September 27 - October 2 2005". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  3. ^ Roberto Ramírez. "Final perfecta selló triunfo esperado" (in Spanish). Órgano de la Central de Trabajadores de Cuba. Retrieved 2009-03-29. {{cite web}}: Text "October 5, 2005" ignored (help)
  4. ^ a b c d "25th Independence Cup Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic - March 13-18 2006" (PDF). International Boxing Association. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  5. ^ a b c "20th Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia - July 20-28 2006" (PDF). International Boxing Association. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  6. ^ a b c d "Pan American Qualifier I". United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  7. ^ "Pan American Games". United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  8. ^ a b c d "1st AIBA Americas Olympic Qualification Tournament" (PDF). International Boxing Association. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  9. ^ ""Isaac Barrientos" National Championships - Catano - February 6-10(?) 2008". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  10. ^ "USA vs. Puerto Rico Dual". United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  11. ^ Víctor Pillot Ortiz (2008-06-16). "Deportes". Gestión dorada en Rumania. Puerto Rico: El Nuevo Día. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Rey Colón (2008-07-09). Tentadora oferta a cinco boxeadores (in Spanish). El Vocero. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ Rey Colón (2008-07-09). Pone en balanza McWilliams Arroyo (in Spanish). El Vocero. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ Rey Colón (2008-07-09). A foguearse en Corea los boxeadores (in Spanish). El Vocero. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ Lester Jiménez (2008-07-31). "Listos para soltar puños y batallar por las medallas" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2008-07-31. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ Lester Jiménez (2008-08-09). "Negrón nos da el primer triunfo en boxeo" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2008-08-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ Lester Jiménez (2008-08-14). "Pierde Negrón y no emite declaraciones" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2008-08-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ a b "Activa la "PR Best Boxing Promotions" Mundialmente en el 2009" (in Spanish). BoxeoMundial.com. 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  19. ^ a b c Esteban Pagán Rivera (2009-03-28). "Deslucida victoria para Eric Morel sobre Roberto Bonilla" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2009-03-29. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ a b Carlos González (2009-04-25). "Juan Manuel "Juanma" López se enfrenta al filipino Gerry Peñalosa" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2009-04-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  21. ^ Lee Bates (2009-04-25). "Juanma stops Penalosa!". Fightnews.com. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  22. ^ Dan Rafael (2009-06-27). "Rafael's "Latin Fury" undercard analysis". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  23. ^ Raymond Maldonado (2009-08-21). "Puerto Rico: Resultados cartelera "Guerra Civil Dominicana"" (in Spanish). BoxeoMundial.com. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  24. ^ José Ayala Gordián (2009-10-10). "Fácil triunfo por decisión unánime para Carlos Negrón" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2009-11-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  25. ^ José Ayala Gordián (2010-01-23). "Fácil triunfo de Carlos Negrón por decisión unánime" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2010-01-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  26. ^ Carlos González (2010-02-27). "Jonathan Oquendo conquista el cetro latino supergallo de la OMB" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2010-02-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  27. ^ "Carlos Negrón, McWilliams y McJoe Arroyo vencen a sus rivales" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2010-04-18. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)