Nehomar Cermeño

Nehomar Andrés Cermeño Febres (born June 7, 1979) is a Venezuelan professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) super bantamweight title from 2016 to 2017. He also held the WBA interim titles at bantamweight and super bantamweight between 2009 and 2014. As an amateur, Cermeño represented Venezuela at the 2000 Olympics as a bantamweight, reaching the Round of 16, where he lost to Agasi Agaguloglu.

Olympic results Defeated Riaz Durgahed (Mauritius) 16-4 Lost to Agasi Agaguloglu (Turkey) 3-11

Professional career

Cermeno vs. Mijares Cermeño turned professional on November 13, 2004. In 2009, he scored a major upset by defeating Cristian Mijares to win the WBA bantamweight interim title. He later beat Mijares in a rematch. In 2010 Cermeno lost both of his two bids to defeat world champion Anselmo Moreno.

Cermeno vs. Escandon In 2013, Cermeño defeated Óscar Escandón by split decision to win the WBA super bantamweight interim title.

Cermeno vs. Xiaojun After being stripped of the title due to inactivity, Cermeño returned in 2015 and won his first full world title by defeating Qiu Xiaojun to win the super bantamweight WBA regular title.

Cermeno vs. Kubo Shun Kubo beat Nehomar Cermeno via technical knockout in the 11th round on 9 April 2017.

Cermeno vs. Xu Cermeno fought Can Xu on 3 October 2017. Can Xu was ranked #2 by the WBA at featherweight. Xu beat Cermeno by technical knockout in the 7th round.

Professional boxing record