Angel Acosta

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Ángel Acosta (* 8. October 1990 in San Juan , Puerto Rico as Ángel Acosta Gómez ) is a Puerto Rican boxer in the flyweight and current world champion of the WBO ..

Amateur career

Among the amateurs, Acosta's greatest achievement was winning the gold medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2010 in Mayagüez , Puerto Rico.

Professional career

On November 17, 2012, Acosta debuted with a victory by technical knockout in round 3 over his compatriot Alexis Diaz.

He competed against Kosei Tanaka in May 2017 for the WBO World Championship and was unanimously defeated on points.

On December 2 of the same year he boxed against Juan Alejo again for the world title of the association WBO and won by TKo in the 10th round.

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