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Juan Urango

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Record 22 (17 ko's) + 3 + 1 = 26
Nick Iron Twin
Weight division Welterweight (147 lbs)
Positions in ratings 7 - WBC Welterweight (May 2009)
14 - WBA Super Lightweight (January 2006)
5 - IBF Super Lightweight (December 2010)
15 - WBO Super Lightweight (March 2008)
Nationality Colombia   Colombia
Lives & trains Colombia   Colombia,
Born Colombia   Colombia,
Profdebut30 Apr 2002
Birthday4 Oct 1980
Stance Orthodox
Boxrec ID 214425

Records list

# Date Opponent Record Location Result
606.03.2010 USA Devon Alexander[19-0-0, 12]USA  USA, UncasvilleL TKO 8 (12)more...
528.08.2009 USA Randall Bailey[39-6-0, 35]USA  USA, HollywoodW TKO 11 (12)more...
430.05.2009 USA Andre Berto[24-0-0, 19]USA  USA, HollywoodL UD 12 (12)more...
330.01.2009 Cameroon Herman Ngoudjo[17-2-0, 9]Canada  Canada, MontrealW UD 12 (12)more...
220.01.2007 United Kingdom Ricky Hatton[41-0-0, 30]USA  USA, Las VegasL UD 12 (12)more...
130.06.2006 Australia Naoufel Ben Rabah[24-1-0, 13]USA  USA, HollywoodW UD 12 (12)more...







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Alexander: Speed kills 7 Mar 2010 11:49

Alexander: Speed kills

Undefeated Devon Alexander “The Great” stunned Juan “Iron Twin” Urango with two knockdowns in the eighth round that led to a spectacular technical knockout win on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn.. Alexander took Urango’s IBF title at 140 pounds and added it to his WBC super lightweight championship. “My coach told me to stay focused when Urango started bleeding [from the nose in the third round]. My coach said ‘Don’t stand there and get hit,’ read more ...
Alexander Stops Urango 7 Mar 2010 11:02

Alexander Stops Urango

WBC super lightweight Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KOs) retained his title and captured the IBF title as he stopped former champion Juan Urango (22-3-1, 17 KOs) at 1:12 of round number eight at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Uncasville, CT in the main event of HBO’s Boxing After Dark. Urango looked solid throughout the first seven rounds of the bout as he seemingly landed the better and harder punches during the fight read more ...
Bonsu-Bailey in Talks, Branco To Cruiser, Sprott 19 Jan 2010 21:16

Bonsu-Bailey in Talks, Branco To Cruiser, Sprott

Former EBU welterweight champ Jackson Osei Bonsu and former WBO jr welterweight king Randall Bailey might clash March 12 or 19 in Belgium. No deal is made yet but there are ongoing negotiations read more ...
Juan Urango Would Love The Ricky Hatton Rematch 14 Jan 2010 12:08

Juan Urango Would Love The Ricky Hatton Rematch

It’s official. Ricky Hatton is coming back to boxing – as a fighter. After months of speculation, Hatton officially announced his return on Wednesday. He plans to start training in February for a tentative return in the next few months. No opponent has been set - but Hatton mentioned IBF junior welterweight champion Juan Urango as a possibility. Hatton won a twelve round decision over Urango in January 2007 read more ...
Urango stops Bailey in thriller 29 Aug 2009 12:45

Urango stops Bailey in thriller

IBF junior welterweight titleholder Juan Urango (22-1-1, 17 KOs) successfully defended his title with an exciting knockdown-filled eleventh round stoppage over former two-time champion Randall Bailey (39-7, 35 KOs) on Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida. read more ...
Urango-Bailey August 28th 3 Jul 2009 10:29

Urango-Bailey August 28th

Word has it that IBF junior welter champion Juan Urango (21-2-1, 16 KOs) could defend his title against former world champion and mandatory challenger Randall Bailey (39-6, 35 KOs) Friday,August 28th. Its possible that the bout could take place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida and possibly televised on ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights series read more ...
Berto outpoints Urango! 31 May 2009 16:05

Berto outpoints Urango!

Undefeated WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KOs) retained his title with a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over IBF junior welterweight champion Juan Urango (21-2-1, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL. Berto’s speed and agility allowed him to negate Urango’s pressure as he compiled a 117-111, 118-110, 118-110 win. The “Iron Twin” Urango, will now move read more ...
Urango regains IBF title! 31 Jan 2009 06:33

Urango regains IBF title!

Junior welterweight Juan Urango (21-1-1, 16 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Hermann Ngoudjo (17-3, 9 KOs) to reclaim the vacant IBF world championship on Friday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Urango floored Ngoudjo twice in round three and pressed the action throughout to win by scores of 118-108, 120-106, 116-110. It was later read more ...
Hatton reclaims IBF title; Castillo survives Ngoudjo! 21 Jan 2007 07:09

Hatton reclaims IBF title; Castillo survives Ngoudjo!

Unbeaten Ricky Hatton (42-0, 30 KOs) regained the IBF junior welterweight championship with a twelve round unanimous decision over defending champion Juan Urango (17-1, 13 KOs) Saturday night at Paris Las Vegas. Hatton was much quicker and outboxed Urango over the first four rounds. Urango has his best round in the fifth, landing some murderous body punches on "the Hitman." Hatton, however, was able to adjust and regained read more ...
Hatton 139, Urango 139; Castillo 139, Ngoudjo 140! 20 Jan 2007 16:00

Hatton 139, Urango 139; Castillo 139, Ngoudjo 140!

IBF junior welterweight champion Juan Urango (17-0, 13 KOs) and former two-division champion Ricky Hatton (41-0, 30 KOs) both weighed in at 139 lbs. at Friday's official weigh-in for Saturday's big fight card at Paris Las Vegas. Also, former two-time champion Jose Luis Castillo (54-7-1, 47 KOs), who has notoriously had problems making in recent fights (at lightweight), weighed in at 139 lbs. for his WBC 140lb eliminator against read more ...
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