Euri Cedeño

Euri Cedeño Martínez (born November 1, 1999, in La Romana) is a boxer from the Dominican Republic. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Personal life Cedeño weighs and was born on November 1, 1999 in La Romana.

His father, Aquino Cedeño Severino, was a boxing trainer. He has a younger brother, Hendri and a sister, Imbel, who was also a boxer.

Career 2016 Cedeño won the silver medal in the Youth Pan American Championship held in Garabito, Costa Rica, when he lost 0–3 to Nicaraguan Rommel Caballero.

At Sibur Arena, Saint Petersburg, he participated in November at the Youth World Championships, defeating by technical knockout the Moldovan Alexandru Paraschiv

2017 He was awarded Boxing Athlete of the Year from his native city council and Sport Union.

2018 He lost 0–5 to Diego Moreno in the Central American and Caribbean Games qualifier held in Tijuana, nonetheless, he was selected to participate in the games. During the Central American and Caribbean Games he won 5–0 to Trinidadian and Tobagonian representative Aaron Solomón Prince before falling 1–4 to the 2014 Central American and Caribbean and 2016 Olympic Champion Cuban Arlen López to earn the bronze medal.

Cedeño defeated the Dominican Adonis Johnson, winning the gold medal at the Romana Cup.

2019 He participated in the XXXVIII Independence Cup held in the Dominican city of Santiago de los Caballeros, defeating 5–0 to the Ecuadorian Bryan Angulo to win the gold medal.

He qualified for 2019 Pan American Games with victories over Chilean Diego Guerra and Aaron Prince from Trinidad and Tobago before losing from Cuban Arlen López when he was not able to contest the semifinal bout for injury reasons, winning the bronze medal.

Under the guidance of the Cuban Armando Hernández, National Head Coach, he claimed to be getting ready to bring a medal to his home country, especially preparing to face his biggest rival, Cuban Arlen López. In the games, Cedeño was drafted along with Cuban Arlen López in the 75 kg category quarterfinals, with Cedeño losing the bout 1–4.

He competed in Yekaterinburg, Russia at the World Championships where he and his team arrived late when the tournament already have started, nonetheless, he started winning over Croatian Mladen Sobjeslavski 5–0 in the first round, a win by Referee Stop the Combat by opponent injury against the Swedish Adam Chartoi in the second round and finally falling 1–4 to Cuban Arlen López in the third round.

During the Romana Cup, Euri Cedeño win over Mexican Héctor Aguirre to secure the gold medal.

2021 After the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Cedeño secured a 2020 Summer Olympics spot after being among the top five of his weight division based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas.

As part of the preparations for the Summer Olympics, During the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics tournament, he defeated the Venezuelan athlete competing under the Refugee Olympic Team Eldric Sella when the referee stopped the contest after 67 seconds of the first round.

2025 Cedeno is scheduled to face Abel Mina in a middleweight bout at Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, VA, on June 7, 2025.

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