Casamayor

Joel "El Cepillo" Casamayor Johnson born July 12, 1971 in Guantanamo is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro in 1992 after he had won an Olympic gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The nickname "El Cepillo", literally translated to "the hairbrush", comes from his uppercut, which rakes his opponents across the face.He won the NABF Super Featheweight title in 1999. Later that year, he won the WBA Super Featherweight title. In 2002, he lost that title in a unification bout with WBO champion Acelino Freitas. In 2004, Diego Corrales, whom Casamayor stopped in 2003, defeated him for the vacant WBO Super Featherweight title. Casamayor failed to take the WBC Lightweight title from José Luis Castillo later that year. After the loss to Castillo Casamayor's career appeared to be in a downward spiral and he was set up with rising prospect Almazbek Raiymkulov in June of 2005. In a spirited battle the bout ended in a draw, with many believing that Casamayor's best days were behind him. After two bouts against little known opposition, in October of 2006, Casamayor yet again took on the popular Diego Corrales, and defeated him by split decision, winning the WBC Lightweight title. Recently the WBC took his Lightweight belt away for the wrong reasons and he is ranked No. 1 in the Lightweight division and is recognized as the true Lightweight champion of boxing. Get your layout at Myspace