Joel Casamayor

Name: Joel Casamayor
Alias: El Cepillo
Birth Name: Joel Casamayor Johnson
Hometown: Miramar, Florida, USA
Birthplace: Guantanamo, Cuba
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 170cm
Reach: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainers: Joe Goossen, James (Buddy) McGirt
Joel Casamayor Gallery

Amateur Highlights

• Amateur Record: 363-30.
• Amateur Trainer: Pedro Luis Diaz.
• 1989 World Junior Championships Gold medallist in Bayamon, Puerto Rico at bantamweight:
  • Defeated Luis Ojeda (Venezuela) 4-1
  • Defeated Bruno Wartelle (France) 24-19
  • Defeated Javier Cintron (Puerto Rico) KO 3
  • Defeated Myung Jong Kim (South Korea) 28-11
  • Defeated Murat Kasenov (Soviet Union) 21-17
• 1992 Olympic Bantamweight Gold Medalist at Barcelona Olympic Games. His results were:
  • Defeated Venkatesan Devarajan (India) 13-7
  • Defeated Riadh Klai (Tunisia) 16-11
  • Defeated Roberto Jalnaiz (Philippines) KO 1 (2:01)
  • Defeated Mohammed Achik (Morocco) TKO 1 (2:33)
  • Defeated Wayne McCullough (Ireland) 16-8
• 1993 2nd place at bantamweight in World Championships in Tampere, Finland. His results were:
  • Defeated Agathangelos Tsiripidis (Greece) TKO 3
  • Defeated Dirk Krueger (Germany) points
  • Defeated Arthur Mikaelian (Armenia) points
  • Defeated Vladislav Antonov (Russia) points
  • Lost to Alexander Hristov (Bulgaria) points
• 1994 3rd place as a Featherweight at World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand. His results were:
  • Defeated Brian Carr (Scotland) points
  • Defeated Nourredine Medjihoud (Algeria) points
  • Defeated Manuel Cristian Rodriguez (Argentina) points
  • Lost to Falk Huste (Germany) points
• 1994 Featherweight Silver Medalist at Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. His results were:
  • Defeated Kai Kandelin (Finland) TKO 1
  • Defeated Claude Chinon (France) points
  • Lost to Ramazan Paliani (Russia) points
• 1995 competed as a Featherweight at World Championships in Berlin, Germany. His result was:
  • Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia) points

Career Factoids

• Has a record of 6-4 (4 KO) in World Title fights.
• Has a record of 6-6 (4 KO) against former or current world titlists:
  • Won against Julio Gervacio, Jong-Kwon Baek, Roberto Garcia, Nate Campbell, Diego Corrales (twice).
  • Lost against Acelino Freitas, Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo, Juan Manuel Marquez, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley.

World Titles

• Lineal Lightweight Championship (2006-2008, 2 defenses)

• WBA Super Featherweight title (2000-2002, 4 defenses)
• WBC Lightweight title (2006-2007, 0 defenses)

Suspension

Casamayor tested positive for marijuana following his November 2011 bout with WBO Light Welterweight Champion Timothy Bradley. For the offense, the Nevada State Athletic Commission revoked Casamayor's license for one year and fined him $10,000.[1]

External Links

• Amateur Record

Preceded by: Jong-Kwon Baek	WBA Super Featherweight Champion 2000 May 21 – 2002 Jan 12 Lost bid for Super Championship	Succeeded by: Acelino Freitas Super Champion
		Succeeded by: Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai Regular Champion
Preceded by: Diego Corrales Stripped (failed to make weight)	WBC Lightweight Champion 2006 Oct 7 – 2007 Feb 1 Stripped	Succeeded by: David Diaz