Joel Casamayor (El Cepillo) is a 53-year-old retired Cuban professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 15 years, 1 month, and 23 days, Casamayor amassed a record of 38-6-1, which includes 22 wins via KO, 5 of which were in world-title fights.
Joel Casamayor was born in Guantánamo, Cuba on July 12, 1971. He made his professional debut at the age of 25 years on September 20, 1996 against David Chamendis. Casamayor defeated Chamendis via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Casamayor became a world champion at the age of 28 after 20 professional fights. He challenged Baek Jong-kwon for the WBA super-featherweight title and stopped the champion in the 5th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the lightweight (WBC) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Casamayor's last fight was an 8th-round TKO loss to Timothy Bradley at age 40, on November 12, 2011, in which he was fighting for the WBO super-lightweight title.
Some of Joel Casamayor's best fights have been against Michael Katsidis, Diego Corrales (HOFer), Nate Campbell, and Robert Garcia. For a complete list of Casamayor's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Joel Casamayor".
Casamayor has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Joel Casamayor Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
45 | Nov 12, 2011 | 40 | Timothy Bradley 28 27-0 | loss | TKO 8 |
44 | Mar 11, 2011 | 39 | Manuel Leyva | win | SD 10 |
43 | Jul 31, 2010 | 39 | Robert Guerrero 27 26-1-1 | loss | UD 10 |
42 | Nov 06, 2009 | 38 | Jason Davis | win | UD 8 |
41 | Sep 13, 2008 | 37 | Juan Manuel Márquez 35 48-4-1 | loss | TKO 11 |
40 | Mar 22, 2008 | 36 | Michael Katsidis 27 23-0 | win | TKO 10 |
39 | Nov 10, 2007 | 36 | José Santa Cruz | win | SD 12 |
38 | Oct 07, 2006 | 35 | Diego Corrales 29 40-3 | win | SD 12 |
37 | Jul 07, 2006 | 34 | Lamont Pearson | win | TKO 9 |
36 | Feb 24, 2006 | 34 | Antonio Ramirez | win | KO 5 |
35 | Jun 11, 2005 | 33 | Almazbek Raiymkulov | draw | SD 12 |
34 | Dec 04, 2004 | 33 | José Luis Castillo 30 50-6-1 | loss | SD 12 |
33 | Jul 03, 2004 | 32 | Daniel Seda | win | UD 10 |
32 | Mar 06, 2004 | 32 | Diego Corrales 26 37-2 | loss | SD 12 |
31 | Oct 04, 2003 | 32 | Diego Corrales 26 37-1 | win | TKO 6 |
30 | Jan 25, 2003 | 31 | Nate Campbell 30 23-0 | win | UD 10 |
29 | Dec 20, 2002 | 31 | Yoni Vargas | win | TKO 5 |
28 | Jun 08, 2002 | 30 | Juan Jose Arias | win | TKO 8 |
27 | Jan 12, 2002 | 30 | Acelino Freitas 26 30-0 | loss | UD 12 |
26 | Sep 29, 2001 | 30 | Joe Morales | win | TKO 8 |
25 | May 05, 2001 | 29 | Edwin Santana | win | UD 12 |
24 | Jan 06, 2001 | 29 | Robert Garcia 25 33-2 | win | TKO 9 |
23 | Sep 16, 2000 | 29 | Radford Beasley | win | TKO 5 |
22 | Jul 22, 2000 | 29 | Bernard Harris | win | UD 10 |
21 | May 21, 2000 | 28 | Baek Jong-kwon | win | TKO 5 |
20 | Nov 20, 1999 | 28 | David Santos | win | UD 12 |
19 | Aug 21, 1999 | 28 | Luis Enrique Valenzuela | win | TKO 2 |
18 | Jun 19, 1999 | 27 | Antonio Hernández | win | UD 12 |
17 | Apr 18, 1999 | 27 | Jay Cantù | win | KO 6 |
16 | Mar 14, 1999 | 27 | Russell Stoner Jones | win | UD 10 |
15 | Jan 30, 1999 | 27 | Jose Luis Noyola | win | UD 12 |
14 | Nov 13, 1998 | 27 | Raymond Flores | win | TKO 2 |
13 | Sep 26, 1998 | 27 | Eugene Johnson | win | UD 6 |
12 | Aug 22, 1998 | 27 | Miguel Figueroa | win | TKO 2 |
11 | Jul 21, 1998 | 27 | Gary Triano | win | TKO 4 |
10 | Jan 23, 1998 | 26 | Javier Diaz | win | UD 8 |
9 | Oct 04, 1997 | 26 | Julio Gervacio | win | TKO 2 |
8 | Aug 19, 1997 | 26 | Pat Chavez | win | UD 6 |
7 | Jul 12, 1997 | 26 | Salvador Montes | win | TKO 2 |
6 | May 04, 1997 | 25 | Raul Munoz | win | TKO 1 |
5 | Apr 18, 1997 | 25 | Francisco Valdez | win | TKO 3 |
4 | Jan 18, 1997 | 25 | Vidal Padilla | win | TKO 1 |
3 | Dec 14, 1996 | 25 | Roberto Sierra | win | KO 1 |
2 | Nov 01, 1996 | 25 | Oscar Junior Gonzalez | win | UD 4 |
1 | Sep 20, 1996 | 25 | David Chamendis | win | KO 1 |