Jeffrey Resto
Encyclopedia
Jeffrey Resto is a Puerto Rican-American professional boxer
in the Welterweight
division.
at the Cipriani's Restaurant in New York City
, New York
.
Light Welterweight
Champion Victor Ortíz
. The bout was held on the undercard of Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
in the Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division.
Pro Career
In August of 2002, Jeffrey beat the title contender Emmanuel ClotteyEmmanuel Clottey (boxer)
Emmanuel Clottey is a Ghanaian professional boxer in the Welterweight division. He's the brother of fringe contender Judas Clottey and former world champion Joshua Clottey.-Pro Career:...
at the Cipriani's Restaurant in New York City
New York City
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, New York
New York
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.
WBO NABO Championship
On December 6, 2008 Resto was knocked out by WBO NABOWorld Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
Light Welterweight
Light welterweight
-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...
Champion Victor Ortíz
Victor Ortíz
Victor Ortiz is an American professional boxer of Mexican descent and the former WBC welterweight champion.He was previously in the light welterweight division, where he held the USBA & NABO title....
. The bout was held on the undercard of Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao.