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Yamil Peralta

Yamil Peralta

Argentine boxer

Yamil Alberto Peralta Jara[lower-alpha 1] (born 16 July 1991 in Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine boxer who won Heavyweight Bronze at the PanAm Games 2011 and later qualified for the Olympics.

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Career

At the 2010 South American Games, Peralta competed at light heavyweight. He reached the semifinals, where he was defeated by Carlos Gongora,[1] therefore winning the bronze medal. After these Games, he moved up to the heavyweight division.

At the 2011 Pan American Games he lost the heavyweight semifinal to eventual champion Lenier Pero 9:13. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost his first bout to Canadian Samir El Mais, whom he beat 15:12 at the Olympic qualifier in a rematch. This result was enough ensure his qualification for the 2012 Olympics although he lost the final to Michael Hunter 10:12.[2]

At the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight he defeated Chouaib Bouloudinat but lost to Tervel Pulev 10:13.[3]

At the 2013 World Championships, he won a bronze medal.[4]

In 2014 he turned professional.[4]

In 2022, Yamil remained undefeated at 13-0 until he fought Canadian Ryan Rozicki (15-1) on 7 May for the WBC International Cruiserweight title in Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada.[5] In a statement made by Rozicki's promoter Dan Otter, the rematch has been scheduled for the fall of 2022.[6]

Professional boxing record

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Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peralta and the second or maternal family name is Jara.

References

  1. [1]
    Results 2010
  2. [2]
    Qualifier results
  3. [3]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yamil Peralta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Yamil PERALTA - 91 KG". AIBA. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Boxing News: Rozicki edges Peralta in Nova Scotia » May 23, 2022". fightnews.com. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. [6]
    Fraser, Jeremy. "Cape Breton's Ryan Rozicki's rematch with Yamil Peralta set for October in Sydney: Promoter | SaltWire". www.saltwire.com. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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