Carlos Negrón

Carlos José Negrón Colón (born March 5, 1988) is a professional boxer who competes in the heavyweight division. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico at numerous international events. Among the achievements reached during this stage of his career are winning bronze medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and winning gold in the first Olympic qualifier tournament.

Amateur career

Early life and introduction to boxing Negrón was born in the municipality of Villalba, in the central region of Puerto Rico's main island. Several members in his family were active members in the Police Department of Puerto Rico. His father is Lt. José Adolfo Negrón, and his two older brothers, José Alberto Negrón and José Alfredo Negrón also selected police service as their career. In the following round, Negrón was paired against Cristian Bautista of the Dominican Republic, winning by referee stopping contest (RSC). He subsequently ascended to the light heavyweight division. Negrón participated in the 25th Independence Cup, held in Santiago de los Caballeros from March 13–18, 2006. In the quarterfinals Negrón defeated Victor Alexander Segura of the Dominican Republic by points, 13:0. In the quarterfinals Negrón defeated Melanio Flores of Panama by points, 17:1. In the preliminary round he eliminated Patricio Pitto by RSC. In this year he won the Golden Golves. In the quarterfinals Negrón dominated Azea Augustama of Haiti, with scores of 11:0. In a USA vs. Puerto Rico Dual held on April 26, 2008, Negrón defeated Siju Shabazz by RSC in the third round. Before the Olympics, Negrón participated in the XXXVIII International Golden Belt Tournament, in Constanţa, Romania. His first match was against local boxer Vonstantin Irimia; Negrón defeated him by technical knockout in the second round. In the finals he fought Martiney Ferenec of Hungary, defeating him by technical knockout after Ferenec abandoned the fight.

On July 8, 2008, Puerto Rico's Sports and Recreation Department offered up to $48,000 to the five Olympics-eligible boxers, if they chose to continue for a second Olympic cycle. Negrón noted that the offer was "very good" and expressed his intention to discuss it once the games were over. As part of their training the boxing team moved to South Korea to become accustomed to the time zone. After training and participating in a series of exhibition matches, the team traveled from South Korea to Beijing. In his first Olympic fight, Negrón defeated Mehdi Ghorbani of Iran on points, 13-4. Using his height and reach advantage, he managed to gain control of the score in the first round, scoring a knockdown in the third. In the second round, Negrón lost to Yerkebuian Shynaliyev of Kazakhstan by points, 9:3. The pugilist closed his amateur career after 102 fights, with a balance of 93 wins and 9 losses. Negrón debuted on March 28, 2009, as part of a card titled "Noche de Campeones", which was held in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. His opponent, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, also debuted on that night. Negrón scored a knockdown in the first round, which he followed with a right punch for a second fall. His opponent for this contest was Tyler Hughes, who entered the fight with an experience of 52 fights, including a loss to Joe Calzaghe. Negrón dominated the fight, scoring two knockdowns. On June 28, 2009, Negrón competed in the undercard of López's title defense against Olivier Lontchi. Negrón injured his opponent, Kenneth George, by the first punch. Negrón used this to his advantage, scoring two knockdowns before the referee stopped the fight at the 1:18 mark. His next opponent was Gevonte Davis (not to be confused with world champion boxer Gervonta Davis), who scored a knockdown in the first round, before losing by technical knockout in the second.

On September 12, 2009, Negrón defeated Larry Carter by technical knockout. Less than a month later, he defeated Larry Pryor by unanimous decision in four rounds. On January 23, 2010, Negrón defeated Garrett Wilson by unanimous decision, in his last fight in the light heavyweight division. In the undercard of "Haciendo Historia", which featured a fight between Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. and Marvin Sonsona in the main event, he defeated Roy Ashworth by knockout in the first round, after scoring three knockdowns. On April 17, 2010, Negrón defeated William Bailey by knockout in the first round. His next contest was in the undercard of a card titled "The Challenge: Juan Manuel López vs. Bernabé Concepción", where he was matched against Gustavo Enríquez, winning by unanimous decision.

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