Jorge Teron
Encyclopedia
Jorge Luis Teron is a Puerto Rican-American professional boxer
, fighting out of New York City. Teron is the former New York State and a former NABO
Lightweight
champion.
s in early 2005. His ascending trend continued with 10 straight victories until his fight against Armando Cordoba which finalized as a draw in June 30, 2006. The duo had a revenge just 26 days later and Teron dispatched his opponent by unanimous decision after 6 rounds. Teron then achieved one more pretty successful victory row, sum of 12 fights since July 2006.
In December, 2008, Teron lost the first bout of his professional career against Aldo Valtierra. Teron defeated Valtierra in a rematch 5 months later. In February 2010, Teron fought top Lightweight
contender, Mexican American
Brandon Rios
for the vacant NABF
Lightweight
title. Teron would suffer his second loss to Rios
.
, a former World and Olympic champion since his 10th pro-bout against Marcus Luck. His manager is Steven Heid.
He studied successively at JFK High School in his native borough and, at the Business Administration Department of Bronx Community College. He sparred with Dmitriy Salita and Edgar Santana at Gleason's Gym.
According to Showbox pro-fight preview for the fight against Mexican
Michael Lozada, Teron grew up with his grandmother due to his mother is in a wheelchair. Additionally, this fight was broadcasted live on Pan-European sports channel Eurosport
, as its first ever bout in European TVs, on August 1, 2008.
He also trained with WBO world title contender Zahir Raheem
for a while in Atlanta.
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...
, fighting out of New York City. Teron is the former New York State and a former NABO
North American Boxing Organization
The North American Boxing Organization is one of several regulators of boxing that works in North America. The NABO is one of the regional bodies that is part of the World Boxing Organization.Legendary Roy Jones Jr is former Light heavyweight champion....
Lightweight
Lightweight
Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
champion.
Amateur career
Born and raised in the Bronx, Teron is the median kid of family, has two brothers. Carlos Teron, born in 1992, his younger bother is also a young amateur. Teron had begun boxing at the age of 13, with his father's collimation at Webster PAL. His amateur record consists 86–9, achieved three times consecutive New York Golden Gloves championship in two different weight divisions, featherweight-novice, and lightweight-open between 2002 and 2004.Professional career
Teron turned into professional when he was 20, in 2005. Teron started his career with flashing results, finishing his first 4 bouts with KOKo
Ko or KO may refer to:* Ko , a Tamil action movie directed by K.V. Anand released in April 2011* Ko , the romanization of the Japanese kana こ and コ* Ko Mountain, the second highest peak in Sikhote-Alin*Ko, Lamphun, Thailand...
s in early 2005. His ascending trend continued with 10 straight victories until his fight against Armando Cordoba which finalized as a draw in June 30, 2006. The duo had a revenge just 26 days later and Teron dispatched his opponent by unanimous decision after 6 rounds. Teron then achieved one more pretty successful victory row, sum of 12 fights since July 2006.
In December, 2008, Teron lost the first bout of his professional career against Aldo Valtierra. Teron defeated Valtierra in a rematch 5 months later. In February 2010, Teron fought top Lightweight
Lightweight
Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
contender, Mexican American
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
Brandon Rios
Brandon Rios
Brandon Lee Ríos is an undefeated Mexican-American/Native American boxer and the current WBA lightweight champion. Brandon is trained by former IBF super featherweight champion Roberto García.-Amateur career:...
for the vacant NABF
North American Boxing Federation
The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...
Lightweight
Lightweight
Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
title. Teron would suffer his second loss to Rios
Brandon Rios
Brandon Lee Ríos is an undefeated Mexican-American/Native American boxer and the current WBA lightweight champion. Brandon is trained by former IBF super featherweight champion Roberto García.-Amateur career:...
.
Personal life
Teron is working with Mark BrelandMark Breland
Mark Anthony Breland is a former world champion boxer, who won five New York Golden Gloves Titles and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics...
, a former World and Olympic champion since his 10th pro-bout against Marcus Luck. His manager is Steven Heid.
He studied successively at JFK High School in his native borough and, at the Business Administration Department of Bronx Community College. He sparred with Dmitriy Salita and Edgar Santana at Gleason's Gym.
According to Showbox pro-fight preview for the fight against Mexican
Mexico
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Michael Lozada, Teron grew up with his grandmother due to his mother is in a wheelchair. Additionally, this fight was broadcasted live on Pan-European sports channel Eurosport
Eurosport
Eurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events...
, as its first ever bout in European TVs, on August 1, 2008.
He also trained with WBO world title contender Zahir Raheem
Zahir Raheem
Zahir Raheem is an American boxer. Known as "Z-Man", his current professional record stands at 30 wins, 3 losses with 17 knockouts....
for a while in Atlanta.