Nick Acevedo
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Nick Acevedo is a professional boxer. He has won the IBA Intercontinental Welterweight
title.
Acevedo became a professional boxer at age 19, and amassed a near-perfect 15–1–0 record in 17 fights (one bout was ruled a No contest
due to Acevedo receiving an accidental headbutt in the 1st round that rendered him unfit to continue due to cuts) before retiring in 2003. He decided to make a comeback on the ESPN
reality show "Contender Season 2", where he was a member of the Blue Team. He won his first bout on the show, a unanimous decision over Jeff Fraza
, but lost in the quarterfinals to Steve Forbes.
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...
title.
Acevedo became a professional boxer at age 19, and amassed a near-perfect 15–1–0 record in 17 fights (one bout was ruled a No contest
No contest (boxing)
No contest is a technical term used in some combat sports to describe a fight that ends for reasons outside the fighters' hands.-Boxing:...
due to Acevedo receiving an accidental headbutt in the 1st round that rendered him unfit to continue due to cuts) before retiring in 2003. He decided to make a comeback on the ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
reality show "Contender Season 2", where he was a member of the Blue Team. He won his first bout on the show, a unanimous decision over Jeff Fraza
Jeff Fraza
Jeffery Toney "Hell Raza" Fraza is a professional boxer.He was a contestant on the NBC reality TV show The Contender...
, but lost in the quarterfinals to Steve Forbes.