Jorge Teron

Jorge Luis Teron (born June 5, 1985) is a Puerto Rican-American professional boxer. Teron is the former NABO Lightweight champion.

Amateur career Born and raised in the Bronx, Teron is the median kid of family, has two brothers. Carlos Teron, born in 1992, his younger brother is also a young amateur. Teron had begun boxing at the age of 13, with his father's collimation at Webster PAL. Teron would suffer his second loss to Rios.

Personal life Teron worked with Mark Breland, a former World and Olympic champion since his 10th pro bout against Marcus Luck. His manager was Steven Heid.

He studied successively at JFK High School in his native borough and, at the Business Administration Department of Bronx Community College. He sparred with Dmitriy Salita and Edgar Santana at Gleason's Gym.

According to Showbox pro-fight preview for the fight against Michael Lozada, Teron grew up with his grandmother due to his mother is in a wheelchair. Additionally, this fight was broadcast live on Pan-European sports channel Eurosport, as its first ever bout in European TVs, on August 1, 2008.

He also trained with WBO world title contender Zahir Raheem for a while in Atlanta.