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What can anyone tell me about this guy?

Is he orthodox or southpaw?

Boxrec doesn't say.

Southpaw Stylist wrote:What can anyone tell me about this guy?

Is he orthodox or southpaw?

Boxrec doesn't say.

No, he's an orthodox fighter.
The rugged, experienced Julio from Cartagena in Colombia held the IBO light-welterweight title in 1998, before challenging Randall Bailey for the WBO light-welterweight title in July 2000. Bailey looked a formidable champion, having won the title with a first round knockout of Mexico's Carlos "Bolillo" Gonzalez and defended with a ninth round stoppage of the first man to beat Julio, Mexico's Hector Lopez.
Bailey, in fact, had stopped or knocked out every one of his 21 opponents and was defending in his own home city of Miami.
But the Colombian proved too sharp. The decision was split, but in Miami, that was as good as a rout.
Frustratingly, the new champion failed to build on that victory (Bailey would bounce back to win the more prestigious WBA title) and lost his first defence to DeMarcus Corley 18 months later in January 2002. Corley put him down twice en route to a unanimous decision - and had previously outscored the Colombian for the USBA title in a closer fight in 1999.
So Julio is used to fighting good men. In his first fight after losing his WBO crown, he engaged in a thrilling 12-round draw with Saul Duran for the WBC Latin-American light-welterweight title in Florida, though has proved less competitive since moving up to welterweight in late 2002 with a routine seventh round stoppage of Gilberto Mena in his native Colombia. Last time out in June, he was comprehensively outpointed by the unbeaten Hercules Kyvelos over 10 rounds in Miami, though the Canadian prospect was 21-0 entering the fight (and is due to challenge Antonio Margarito for the WBO title).
Julio, at his best, is a world class fighter, well capable of unsettling - and hurting - any opponent he meets. Despite a tendency to cut nowadays, he likes to fight inside - and is certainly not shy at dishing out the rough stuff. He was docked two points for hitting DeMarcus Corley on the floor in their rematch in January 2002 after Corley had slipped over.
A busy, seasoned and determined fighter, Ener may still have something to offer at welterweight. His record doesn't suggest too much wear and tear at 25-5-1 [18], and certainly shows he can punch.

Kudos to you Bennie.

didnt he have eye trouble after the Bailey fight???? cataracts???

knockout wrote:didnt he have eye trouble after the Bailey fight???? cataracts???

It would explain why he was out so long before he made his first defence. And he was due to challenge Jawaid Khaliq for the IBO title last year, but about a week before the fight cited "visa problems" and pulled out. Maxim Nesterenko was then drafted in.
For "visa problems" we can read that the Boxing Board weren't happy.

would that be visa problems or "vision problems"?

Matchfixer wrote:would that be visa problems or "vision problems"?

I heard that the Julio-Khaliq match was never going to happen and was always a little bit of propoganda. I have his second fight with DeMarcus Corley and he looked useful and rugged.

steve689 wrote:I heard that the Julio-Khaliq match was never going to happen and was always a little bit of propoganda.

I dunno, Steve.