Yudel Johnson Cedeno (born 6 June 1981) is a Cuban welterweight professional boxer, who is best known for winning an Olympic Light-Welterweight silver 2004 as an amateur. Some sources write the family name Jhonson.

Yudel Jhonson
Born
Yudel Jhonson Cedeno

(1981-06-06) 6 June 1981 (age 43)
Cuba
NationalityCuba Cuban
Statistics
Weight(s)Light Middleweight
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights20
Wins17
Wins by KO9
Losses3
Draws0
No contests0
Yudel Johnson
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Light-Welterweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg Featherweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Light Welterweight
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Brisbane Welterweight

Amateur career

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Southpaw Johnson won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1999 PanAm Games. He moved up afterwards but skipped lightweight as the dominant Mario Kindelán was the Cuban champ.

Johnson added a silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light-Welterweight Boxing division Dilshod Mahmudov and Boris Georgiev but lost to Manus Boonjumnong in the final. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before the Athens Games, he won the 2004 Acropolis Boxing Cup in Athens, Greece by defeating Turkey's Mustafa Karagollu in the final of the light welterweight division.

Johnson also won at the 2006 Central American Games but had strong domestic competition in Inocente Fiss. In 2008 he fought at welter losing to Carlos Banteaux in the final of the national championships.

Olympic results

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Professional career

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Johnson defected along with Guillermo Rigondeaux and Yordanis Despaigne to the United States and made his pro debut on May 22, 2009, in Miami. As of September 2011 he is undefeated with 11 wins, 7 of which were by way of knockout.

Professional boxing record

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12 Wins (8 Knockouts), 0 Defeats, 0 Draws[1]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Win 16–1   Norberto Gonzalez UD 10 2014-06-06   Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York, USA Won vacant WBC FECARBOX Light Middleweight title and vacant NABA Light Middleweight title
Win 15–1   Lenwood Dozier UD 8 2013-04-18   Convention Center, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA
Win 14–1   Humberto Toledo KO 1 0:48 2013-04-05   UTESA, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Win 13–1   Dashon Johnson UD 1O 2013-01-12   BB&t Center, Sunrise, Florida, USA
Lose 12–1   Willie Nelson UD 1O 2012-05-11   Texas Station Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win 12–0   Eduardo Mercedes TKO 3 (8), 1:00 2011-10-15   Coliseo Carlos 'Teo' Cruz, Santo Dominigo
Win 11–0   Jose Miguel Torres UD 10 2011-06-03   A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida Retained WBC FECARBOX Light Middleweight title
Win 10–0   Richard Gutierrez TKO 7 (10), 1:09 2011-03-25   Cosmopolitan Resort Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Won vacant WBC FECARBOX Light Middleweight title
Win 9–0   Joseph De los Santos UD 6 2010-12-03   Magic City Casino, Miami, Florida
Win 8–0   Steve Verdin TKO 1 (6), 1:51 2010-09-24   Paragon Casino, Marksville, Louisiana
Win 7–0   Juliano Ramos TKO 8 (10), 2:40 2010-06-04   FIU Fuchs Pavilion, Miami, Florida
Win 6–0   Chris Grays KO 1 (6), 2:04 2010-04-10   BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida
Win 5–0   Dorian Beaupierre TKO 1 (6), 2:18 2010-02-05   NSU Arena, Don Taft University Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Win 4–0   Louie Leija KO 1 (8), 0:28 2009-12-04   La Covacha, Miami, Florida
Win 3–0   Frankie Santos UD 8 2009-09-18   Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
Win 2–0   Justin Paulo UD 4 2009-07-17   Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 1–0   Greg Weathers TKO 1 (4), 0:52 2009-05-22   Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida Professional Debut

References

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  1. ^ Yudel Jhonson's Professional Boxing Record. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-11.
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