Félix Verdejo

Name: Felix Verdejo
Alias: El Diamante
Birth Name: Felix G Verdejo Sanchez
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 175cm
Reach: 182cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Alias: “El Diamante” (The Diamond)
• Promoter: Top Rank
• Trainer/Manager: Ricky Marquez

Olympic results

Represented Puerto Rico at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, boxing as a Lightweight (60 kg)

• Round 1/16 - Defeated Juan Huertas (Panama) 11-5
• Round 1/8 - Defeated Ahmed Mejri (Tunisia) 16-7
• Quarterfinal - Lost to Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) 9-14

Other Amateur Highlights

Reported Record: 106-17

• 2010 Pan American Youth Championships Gold medalist at bantamweight, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
  • Defeated Yunior Ribalta (Cuba) 7-4
  • Defeated Juan Jonelvi Medina (Dominican Republic) 14-2
  • Defeated Gilson Barros (Brazil) 3-2
• 2010 World Youth Championships participant at bantamweight, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • Defeated Sho Nakhayawa (Japan) 12-1
  • Lost to Vadim Semin (Russia) (6-7)
• 2011 1st Pan Am Qualifier Silver medalist at bantamweight, in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
  • Defeated Luis Feliciano (United States) 13-6
  • Defeated Luis Salazar (Dominican Republic) +5-5
  • Lost to Lazaro Alvarez (Cuba) 6-6+
• 2011 Pan American Games participant at bantamweight, in Guadalajara, Mexico.
  • Lost to Robenilson De Jesus (Brazil) 3-13
• 2012 America´s Olympic Qualifier Gold medalist at lightweight, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Defeated Isaac Gutierrez (Chile) 14-3
  • Defeated Juan Reyes (Guatemala) 14-7
  • Defeated Angel Gutierrez (Mexico) 17-8
  • Defeated Eduard Marriaga (Colombia) 21-7
  • Defeated Wellington Arias Romero (Dominican Republic) 13-7

Regional & Minor Titles

• WBO Latino Lightweight Title (2015-17)