Shawn Estrada
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Shawn Estrada is an undefeated Mexican American
professional boxer
in the Super Middleweight
division and was a U.S. Olympian at the 2008 Summer Olympics
.
Shawn is currently a candidate running for the city council in Commerce, California
.
, Estrada is the son of former 1968 Mexican Olympic team boxer Juan Estrada and the youngest of 16 siblings. He credits the sport of boxing as the force that kept him out of gangs growing up, His father had hoped to travel to the Beijing Olympics with his son, but his failing health kept him home in Maywood. On August 17, 2008 he's father died at St. Vincent Medical Center.
but won the Olympic qualification beating highly touted Danny Jacobs
twice. He lost at the first American Olympic qualifier 3:13 to Carlos Góngora
but won three bouts at the second qualifier. At the World Championships 2007 he Beat Israel's Artur Zlatopolski and then Japan's Ryota Murata, but was upset by Konstantin Buga
of Germany 11-11.
Estrada won against Argentina's Ezequiel Maderna
but lost to the eventual gold medalist England's James DeGale
5-11 in his second bout.
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| || ||align=left|TBA
| || ? || 2011-10-28 ||align=left|
Bally's Event Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
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|Win|| 13-0-0 ||align=left|
Alvaro Enriquez
| || 3 , ?:?? || August 13, 2011 ||align=left| Convention Center, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
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|Win || 12-0-0 ||align=left| Byron Tyson
| || 1 , (1:27) || May 15, 2011 ||align=left|
Home Depot Center, Carson, California
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|Win || 11-0-0 ||align=left| Jon Schmidt
| || 1 , (1:48) || January 28, 2011 ||align=left| Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, California
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|Win || 10-0-0 || align=left| Tony Hirsch
||| 6 || November 8, 2010 || align=left|
Corrosion Hangar, Camp Lejuene
, North Carolina
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|Win || 9-0-0 ||align=left| Nathan Bedwell
||| 1 , (0:28) || October 7, 2010 ||align=left| Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California
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|-align=center
|Win || 8-0-0 ||align=left| Alex Armenta
||| 1 , (0:57) || August 13, 2010 ||align=left| Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California
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|-align=center
|Win || 7-0-0 ||align=left| Eddie Hunter
||| 1 , (0:53) || July 23, 2010 ||align=left| Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California
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|-align=center
|Win || 6-0-0 ||align=left| Cory Jones
||| 1 , (1:31) || May 16, 2009 ||align=left| Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
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|-align=center
|Win || 5-0-0 ||align=left| Nick Runningbear
||| 1 , (3:00) || April 23, 2009 ||align=left| Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California
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|Win || 4-0-0 ||align=left| Omar Coffi
||| 3 , (0:47) || April 11, 2009 ||align=left|
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
, Las Vegas, Nevada
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|Win || 3-0-0 ||align=left| Ray Craig
||| 1 , (1:41) || March 27, 2009 ||align=left| Nokia Theater, Los Angeles
, California
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|Win || 2-0-0 || align=left| Shaun Spaid
||| 1 , (0:43) || December 13, 2008 ||align=left| Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa
, Cabazon, California
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|Win || 1-0-0 || align=left| Lawrence Jones
||| 1 , (1:00) || November 29, 2008 ||align=left| Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California
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Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
in the Super Middleweight
Super middleweight
Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...
division and was a U.S. Olympian at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
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Shawn is currently a candidate running for the city council in Commerce, California
Commerce, California
Commerce is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 12,823 at the 2010 census, up from 12,568 at the 2000 census. It is bordered by Vernon on the west, Los Angeles on the northwest, East Los Angeles on the north, Montebello on the east, Downey...
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Early life
Raised in East Los AngelesEast Los Angeles, California
East Los Angeles is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States...
, Estrada is the son of former 1968 Mexican Olympic team boxer Juan Estrada and the youngest of 16 siblings. He credits the sport of boxing as the force that kept him out of gangs growing up, His father had hoped to travel to the Beijing Olympics with his son, but his failing health kept him home in Maywood. On August 17, 2008 he's father died at St. Vincent Medical Center.
Amateur career
Estrada had an outstanding amateur record of 110-7. He won the 2000 Junior Olympic Championship at age 14 and the 2001 Pan-American Games Gold Medal, beating the top Cuban and Puerto Rican boxers in his weight class and age bracket. However, Estrada’s junior amateur career ended abruptly after his brother was killed in a gang-related shooting. In 2007 he lost to Shawn PorterShawn Porter
Shawn Porter is an undefeated American professional boxer in the Welterweight division. He is known for being Manny Pacquiao's main sparring partner in his super bout against Miguel Cotto...
but won the Olympic qualification beating highly touted Danny Jacobs
Daniel Jacobs (boxer)
Daniel Jacobs is an American professional boxer and is the former NABO and NABF Middleweight champion.-Early life:Jacobs was born and raised in the Brooklyn residential neighborhood of Brownsville to a Antiguan father and African-American mother. He was raised by his mother, Yvette Jacobs, his...
twice. He lost at the first American Olympic qualifier 3:13 to Carlos Góngora
Carlos Góngora
Carlos Góngora Mercado is an amateur boxer from Ecuador best known to win a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio in the men's middleweight division.-Career:...
but won three bouts at the second qualifier. At the World Championships 2007 he Beat Israel's Artur Zlatopolski and then Japan's Ryota Murata, but was upset by Konstantin Buga
Konstantin Buga
Konstantin Buga is a German amateur boxer best known for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics as a middleweight.-Career:Buga came to Germany in 1996 and received a German passport in 2002...
of Germany 11-11.
Olympic results
At the 2008 Olympics2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
Estrada won against Argentina's Ezequiel Maderna
Ezequiel Maderna
Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna is a boxer in the Light Heavyweight division. He is also a former Olympian for Argentina in the men's middleweight division.-Amateur career:...
but lost to the eventual gold medalist England's James DeGale
James DeGale
He is European super middleweight championJames Frederick DeGale MBE is an English boxer and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Harlesden, London. He started amateur boxing at the Trojan club at the age of 10 before moving to Dale Youth boxing club...
5-11 in his second bout.
Pro career
On November 29, 2008 Shawn made his Pro debut with a first round K.O. of veteran boxer Lawrence Jones. He's had layoffs because of back injuries and then had to undergo surgery for a ruptured tendon in his hand.Professional record
|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"|align="center" colspan=8|13 Wins (12 knockouts), 0 Losses, 0 Draw
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| || ? || 2011-10-28 ||align=left|
Bally's Event Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States|align=left|
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|Win|| 13-0-0 ||align=left|
Alvaro Enriquez| || 3 , ?:?? || August 13, 2011 ||align=left|
Convention Center, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico|align=left|
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|Win || 12-0-0 ||align=left|
Byron Tyson | || 1 , (1:27) || May 15, 2011 ||align=left|
Home Depot Center, Carson, CaliforniaCarson, California
Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, Carson had a total population of 91,714. Located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport, it is known as a suburb of the city....
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|Win || 11-0-0 ||align=left|
Jon Schmidt| || 1 , (1:48) || January 28, 2011 ||align=left|
Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, CaliforniaTemecula, California
Temecula is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States with a population of 100,097 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it the lowest populated American city over 100,000 population. It was incorporated on December 1, 1989...
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|Win || 10-0-0 || align=left|
Tony Hirsch||| 6 || November 8, 2010 || align=left|
Corrosion Hangar, Camp LejueneMarine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a United States military training facility in North Carolina. The base's of beaches make it a major area for amphibious assault training, and its location between two deep-water ports allows for fast deployments.The main base is supplemented by five satellite...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
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|Win || 9-0-0 ||align=left|
Nathan Bedwell||| 1 , (0:28) || October 7, 2010 ||align=left|
Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, CaliforniaLemoore, California
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...
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|Win || 8-0-0 ||align=left|
Alex Armenta||| 1 , (0:57) || August 13, 2010 ||align=left|
Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CaliforniaOntario, California
Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, United States, 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire region, it lies just east of the Los Angeles county line and is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area...
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|Win || 7-0-0 ||align=left|
Eddie Hunter||| 1 , (0:53) || July 23, 2010 ||align=left|
Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, CaliforniaLemoore, California
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...
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|Win || 6-0-0 ||align=left|
Cory Jones||| 1 , (1:31) || May 16, 2009 ||align=left|
Oracle Arena, Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
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|Win || 5-0-0 ||align=left|
Nick Runningbear||| 1 , (3:00) || April 23, 2009 ||align=left|
Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, CaliforniaLemoore, California
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...
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|Win || 4-0-0 ||align=left|
Omar Coffi||| 3 , (0:47) || April 11, 2009 ||align=left|
Mandalay Bay Resort & CasinoMandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino is a 44-story luxury hotel casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is owned by MGM Resorts International. Five floors of the main hotel building are occupied by the five-star and AAA Five-Diamond Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas...
, Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
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|Win || 3-0-0 ||align=left|
Ray Craig||| 1 , (1:41) || March 27, 2009 ||align=left|
Nokia Theater, Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
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Shaun Spaid||| 1 , (0:43) || December 13, 2008 ||align=left|
Morongo Casino, Resort & SpaMorongo Casino, Resort & Spa
Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa is an Indian gaming casino, of the Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, located in Cabazon, California, USA, near San Gorgonio Pass. The casino has 310 rooms and suites. A , 27-story resort, Morongo is one of the largest casinos in California...
, Cabazon, California
Cabazon, California
Cabazon is a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 2,535 at the 2010 census, up from 2,229 at the 2000 census.-History:...
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|Win || 1-0-0 || align=left|
Lawrence Jones||| 1 , (1:00) || November 29, 2008 ||align=left|
Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CaliforniaOntario, California
Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, United States, 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire region, it lies just east of the Los Angeles county line and is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area...
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