Yonnhy Perez

Name: Yonnhy Perez
Alias: El Colombiano
Hometown: Santa Fe Springs, California, USA
Birthplace: Cartagena, Colombia
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 168cm
Reach: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: Danny Zamora
Promoter: Thompson Boxing Promotions

Amateur Career

• Had 247 amateur bouts.
• 1996 World Junior Championships participant at flyweight, in Havana, Cuba.
  • Lost to Gerald Tucker (United States) 9-10
• 1997 Central American & Caribbean Championships participant at flyweight, in Tijuana, Mexico.
  • Lost to Yosvany Aguilera (Cuba) 9-18
• 1997 Pan American Boxing Championships Bronze medalist at flyweight, in Medellin, Colombia.
  • Defeated Lorenzo Parra (Venezuela) RSC 1
  • Lost to Omar Andres Narvaez (Argentina) 10-17
• 1998 Central American & Caribbean Games Silver medalist at flyweight, in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
  • Defeated Conrad Scott (Jamaica) RSC 1
  • Defeated Eudy Mendez (Dominican Republic) RSC 2
  • Lost to Manuel Mantilla (Cuba) 7-15
• 2000 1st America´s Olympic Qualifier participant at flyweight, in Tampa, United States.
  • Lost to Andrew Kooner (Canada) 8-8+
• 2000 2nd America´s Olympic Qualifier participant at flyweight, in Tijuana, Mexico.
  • Lost to Carlos Valcarcel (Puerto Rico) 2-6
• 2002 Central American & Caribbean Games Silver medalist at bantamweight, in San Salvador, El Salvador.
  • Defeated Michel Agard (Trinidad & Tobago) RSC-OS 3
  • Defeated Alexander Espinoza (Venezuela) 23-19
  • Lost to Abner Mares (Mexico) 32-43
• 2003 Pan American Games Bronze medalist at bantamweight, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
  • Defeated Carlos Guevara (Nicaragua) 19-9
  • Defeated Cleber Santos (Brazil) 27-26
  • Lost to Abner Mares (Mexico) 19-26
• 2004 1st America´s Olympic Qualifier Bronze medalist at bantamweight, in Tijuana, Mexico.
  • Lost to Argenis Mendez (Mexico) 16-29
• 2004 2nd America´s Olympic Qualifier Bronze medalist at bantamweight, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Defeated Edward Lopez (El Salvador) 22-12
  • Lost to Alexander Espinoza (Venezuela) 22-27

Regional & Minor Titles

• NABF Bantamweight Title (2008)
• WBC Continental Americas Bantamweight Title (2007)

World Titles

• IBF Bantamweight Title

Preceded by: Joseph Agbeko

IBF Bantamweight Champion 2009 Oct 31 – 2010 Dec 11

Succeeded by: Joseph Agbeko