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Carlos Manuel Baldomir

Carlos Manuel Baldomir (born April 30, 1974 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine boxer and current WBC/Ring Magazine world welterweight champion. Baldomir failed to pay sanctioning fees imposed by the WBA and IBF, when he beat Zab Judah for the WBC world title, so, nominally at least, Judah remains the world champion for the IBF, while the WBA championship reverted to another boxer, Luis Collazo. (Some unconfirmed reports have it that Baldomir did not wish to pay the fees for those organizations out of loyalty to the WBC, which gave him the opportunity to fight for a world title.) April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Santa Fe is the capital city of the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Dominguez (left) vs. ... The World Boxing Council (WBC) has operated since 1963 as a competitor to Venezuelas World Boxing Association (WBA) and, according to its founders, a way to improve professional boxings standards. ... Front cover of the first issue of Ring Magazine Ring Magazine is a boxing magazine that was first published in 1922. ... Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. ... World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of many organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC, WBO, and a dozen or so others. ... Zab (Super) Judah is a professional boxer formerly in the Junior Welterweight 140 lb (63. ...


Baldomir beat Judah on January 7 2006 in the mandatory challenge fight for the Welterweight title that took place in the Madison Square Garden. By unanimous decision (115-113, 114-113 and 115-112), Baldomir was crowned World Champion in that category, after 6 months of preparations in Los Angeles with Amílcar Brusa. After the fight, he said "This is a tribute to [Argentine boxing legend] Monzón". January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Scheduled events March March 14: 68th annual NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship begins March 15–March 26: XVIII Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia March 20-March 26: World Figure Skating Championship in Calgary, Canada March 25-March 26: World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championship in Montreal, Canada... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Carlos Monzón (August 7, 1942- January 8, 1995) was an Argentinian boxer who held the world middleweight title for 7 years, during which he made a then-division record of 14 defenses. ...


Technical data

  • Category:Welterweight
  • 57 Fights: 42 Wins (12 KOs), 9 Losses, 6 Draws
  • Weight: 146.25 Pounds (66.30 Kg) (January 7, 2006)
  • Reach:67
  • Stance:Orthodox
  • Height:5'7 (170 cm)

External links

  • Career record
  • Biography
  • Boxrec Boxing Encyclopedia


 
 

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