Yudel Johnson

Yudel Johnson Cedeno (born 6 June 1981) is a Cuban welterweight professional boxer, who is best known for winning an Olympic Light-Welterweight silver 2004 as an amateur. Some sources write the family name Jhonson.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Johnson and the second or maternal family name is Cedeno.
Yudel Jhonson
Statistics
Real nameYudel Jhonson Cedeno
Weight(s)Light Middleweight
NationalityCuba Cuban
Born (1981-06-06) 6 June 1981
Cuba
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights20
Wins17
Wins by KO9
Losses3
Draws0
No contests0
Yudel Johnson
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Light-Welterweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg Featherweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Light Welterweight

Amateur career

Southpaw Johnson won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1999 PanAm Games. He moved up afterwards but skipped lightweight as the dominant Mario Kindelán was Cuban champ.

Johnson added a silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light-Welterweight Boxing division Dilshod Mahmudov and Boris Georgiev but losing to Manus Boonjumnong in the final. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prior to the Athens Games he won the 2004 Acropolis Boxing Cup in Athens, Greece by defeating Turkey's Mustafa Karagollu in the final of the light welterweight division.

Johnson also won at the 2006 Central American Games but had strong domestic competition in Inocente Fiss. In 2008 he fought at welter losing to Carlos Banteaux in the final of the national championships.

Olympic results

Professional career

Johnson defected along with Guillermo Rigondeaux and Yordanis Despaigne to the United States and made his pro debut on May 22, 2009, in Miami. As of September 2011 he is undefeated with 11 wins, 7 of which were by way of knockout.

References
  1. Yudel Jhonson's Professional Boxing Record. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-11.
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