Carlos De León

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Carlos De León boxer
Data
Birth Name Carlos De León
Weight class Cruiser weight
nationality Puerto Rican
birthday May 3, 1959
place of birth Rio Piedras
Date of death January 1, 2020
style Left delivery
size 1.83 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 61
Victories 52
Knockout victories 32
Defeats 8th
draw 1

Carlos De León (born May 3, 1959 in Rio Piedras , Puerto Rico , † January 1, 2020 ) was a Puerto Rican boxer. He was a multiple world cruiserweight champion .

Career

Carlos De León turned pro in 1974 at the age of 15. In 1976 and 1977 he lost two development fights against unknown opponents, but then started a winning streak with clarified counter-boxing.

On November 25, 1980, he won the newly created cruiserweight division against the first WBC title holder in the class, Marvin Camel , and became world champion. In his first title defense in February 1982 he beat the same opponent by technical knockout before he was defeated by the hard hitting but little respected ST Gordon that same year .

In 1983 he defeated Leon Spinks prematurely in a non-title fight and won the WBC title back with a points win over Gordon. In a defense he beat the light heavyweight legend Yaqui Lopez prematurely, but then lost again in 1985 with Alfonso Ratliff against a little respected man, this time on points. However, he won the title back against his conqueror Bernard Benton .

After three more title defenses, he lost in 1988 to Evander Holyfield , who owned the other two titles of the WBA and IBF , prematurely in a unification fight.

When Holyfield rose to the heavyweight division, De Leon won the WBC title for the fourth time and defended it with a draw against Johnny Nelson of England, but then lost to Italian Massimiliano Duran by disqualification and never fought for a world championship belt again.

At the end of his career he lost in the heavyweight division to Corrie Sanders and Brian Nielsen .

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predecessor Office successor
Marvin Camel Cruiserweight Boxing Champion ( WBC )
November 25, 1980 - June 27, 1982 		ST Gordon
ST Gordon Cruiserweight Boxing Champion ( WBC )
June 17, 1983 - June 6, 1985 		Alfonso Ratliff
Bernard Benton Cruiserweight Boxing Champion ( WBC )
March 22, 1986 - April 9, 1988 		Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield Cruiserweight Boxing Champion ( WBC )
May 17, 1989 - July 27, 1990 		Massimiliano Duran
personal data
SURNAME De León, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican boxer
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio Piedras
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2020