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Fres Oquendo was born April 1 1973 in Puerto Rico, and is a professional heavyweight
Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or boxing weight classes, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization....
 boxer. He had a successful amateur background and has shown huge potential as a pro.

Professional career Known as "Fast Fres" and "The Big O", Oquendo turned pro in 1997 and won his first 22 bouts, including impressive victories over Duncan Dokiwari
Duncan Dokiwari

Duncan DaInajeneso Danagogo Dokiwari is a Nigerian boxing. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a Men's Olympic medalists in boxing, together with Aleksey Lezin of Russia....
, Bert Cooper
Bert Cooper

Bert Cooper , also known as Smokin' Bert Cooper was a U.S. professional heavyweight boxing. Cooper was the first boxer to knock down Evander Holyfield and the only boxer to defeat former Olympian Willie DeWitt....
, Clifford Etienne
Clifford Etienne

Clifford Etienne , also known as "The Black Rhino", fought as a heavyweight boxing in the United States. He is currently serving a 150 year prison sentence....
, David Izon, and Obed Sullivan
Obed Sullivan

Obed Benjamin Sullivan, born January 17, 1968 in Gulfport, MS, was a heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed "The Fighting Marine", Sullivan was at times a highly-ranked heavyweight who fought many significant fighters of his era....
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Fres Oquendo was born April 1 1973 in Puerto Rico, and is a professional heavyweight
Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or boxing weight classes, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization....
 boxer. He had a successful amateur background and has shown huge potential as a pro.

Amateur career


As an amateur, Oquendo was the 1993 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion.

Professional career

Known as "Fast Fres" and "The Big O", Oquendo turned pro in 1997 and won his first 22 bouts, including impressive victories over Duncan Dokiwari
Duncan Dokiwari

Duncan DaInajeneso Danagogo Dokiwari is a Nigerian boxing. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a Men's Olympic medalists in boxing, together with Aleksey Lezin of Russia....
, Bert Cooper
Bert Cooper

Bert Cooper , also known as Smokin' Bert Cooper was a U.S. professional heavyweight boxing. Cooper was the first boxer to knock down Evander Holyfield and the only boxer to defeat former Olympian Willie DeWitt....
, Clifford Etienne
Clifford Etienne

Clifford Etienne , also known as "The Black Rhino", fought as a heavyweight boxing in the United States. He is currently serving a 150 year prison sentence....
, David Izon, and Obed Sullivan
Obed Sullivan

Obed Benjamin Sullivan, born January 17, 1968 in Gulfport, MS, was a heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed "The Fighting Marine", Sullivan was at times a highly-ranked heavyweight who fought many significant fighters of his era....
. In 2002, while at his peak, Oquendo took on fading David Tua
David Tua

David Tua is a heavyweight boxer and former title challenger currently rising again in the heavyweight rankings....
. Oquendo controlled the fight until the late rounds, and Tua stopped him in the 9th. In 2003 Oquendo came from behind to TKO Maurice Harris
Maurice Harris

Wilbur Maurice Harris , nicknamed Mo Bettah, is a light heavyweight turned heavyweight American boxer....
 in the 10th, setting up a shot at IBF Heavyweight Title holder Chris Byrd
Chris Byrd

Chris Cornelius Byrd in Flint, Michigan where he attended Flint Northwestern High School is a 6'1" / 185.4 cm. tall Southpaw boxing, who was nicknamed "Rapid Fire"....
. Byrd took a close decision. In 2004, Oquendo got another shot at a belt, WBA Heavyweight Title holder John Ruiz
John Ruiz

John ?The Quiet Man" Ruiz , currently residing in Las Vegas metropolitan area is a professional Puerto Rico-United States Boxing and former two-time WBA World Heavyweight champion.....
. In a close fight, Ruiz was able to come up with a late surge to stop Oquendo in the 11th. Oquendo then took a two-year hiatus from the ring, returning in early 2006.

Oquendo lost a controversial unanimous decision to four-time former world heavyweight chamipion Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
 on November 10, 2006 at the Alamodome
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 in San Antonio, Texas.