Rudy Cisneros
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Rudy Cisneros
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Born August 9, 1981
Nationality US American
Residence Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
United States
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Classification Middleweight
Middleweight
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Boxing Record
Fights 13
Wins (KO
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s)
11 (10)
Losses 3
Draws 0
Results on Contender season 2
First Round Lost to Norberto Bravo
Norberto Bravo
Norberto Bravo is a Mexican-American professional boxer, and is a contestant on the ESPN reality show "Contender Season 2". As was revealed on the show in a web clip, Bravo suffers from colorblindness...

 on points


Rudy Cisneros (born August 9, 1981) is a professional boxer, and was a contestant on the ESPN
ESPN
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 reality show "Contender Season 2". He is also studying architecture
Architecture
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 at Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University
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.

He became a professional at age 22, after a stellar amateur career. Cisneros won the 1997 Chicago C.Y.O. Jr. Middleweight Championship, winning a split decision over Matthew Podgorski. He was a 1999 Chicago Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves
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 Open division runner-up, as he lost a close bout to Jimmy Gonzalez in the 147 lb. division, and won the 2000 Chicago Golden Gloves Open division 156 lb. Title, by beating David Estrada. He boxed internationally in 1997, with several wins in Ireland. In addition, he won a bronze medal in the 2004 US Olympic
Olympic Games
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 trials.

On the show "Contender Season 2", Cisneros was a member of the Gold Team. He fought in the second contest of the first round, having been chosen to face Norberto Bravo
Norberto Bravo
Norberto Bravo is a Mexican-American professional boxer, and is a contestant on the ESPN reality show "Contender Season 2". As was revealed on the show in a web clip, Bravo suffers from colorblindness...

 by the Blue Team, due to Cisneros' problems making weight for the upcoming bout. Bravo won a split decision, with judge Max DeLuca scoring 49-46 Bravo, judge Lou Moret scoring 48-47 Cisneros, and judge Fritz Warner scoring 49-46 Bravo.

On May 13, 2011, former Puerto Rican Olympist Jonathan González outboxed and systematically broke Cisneros' will, forcing his corner to surrender the contest when he was helplessly pinned against the ropes receiving body punches.

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