Yudel Johnson Cedeno (born 6 June 1981) is a Cuban

Cubans

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 welterweight professional boxer, who is best known for winning Olympic Light-Welterweight silver 2004 as an amateur.
Some sources write the family name Jhonson.

Amateur career

Southpaw Johnson won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1999 PanAm Games. He moved up afterwards but skipped lightweight as the dominant Mario Kindelán was Cuban champ.

Johnson added a silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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 in the Light-Welterweight Boxing

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...

 division Dilshod Mahmudov

Dilshod Mahmudov

Dilshod Mahmudov is a boxer from Uzbekistan who has won several medals in international tournaments.-Career:Formally of Uzbekistan Dilshod Mahmudov now based at BHS boxing gym in Blacktown, where he calls home...

 and Boris Georgiev

Boris Georgiev

Boris Georgiev is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight class.- Career :...

 but losing to Manus Boonjumnong

Manus Boonjumnong

Manus Boonjumnong is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics . He is the brother of Non Boonjumnong.-Amateur career:...

 in the final. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from April 4 to April 11, 2004. The competition was the final opportunity for amateur boxers from North-, Central- and South America to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prior to the Athens Games he won the 2004 Acropolis Boxing Cup

2004 Acropolis Boxing Cup

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 in Athens, Greece by defeating Turkey's Mustafa Karagollu in the final of the light welterweight division.

Johnson also won at the 2006 Central American Games but had strong domestic competition in Inocente Fiss

Inocente Fiss

Inocente Fiss Carballosa is a Cuban boxer best known to win bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's junior welterweight division.-Amateur career:...

. In 2008 he fought at welter losing to Carlos Banteaux

Carlos Banteaux

Carlos Banteux Suárez is a Cuban amateur boxer from Santiago de Cuba best known for qualifying for the 2008 Olympics at welterweight. His name is also spelled Banteaur by some sources outside Cuba.-Career:...

 in the final of the national championships.

Olympic results

• Received a bye in the 1st round
• Defeated Davis Mwale
  Davis Mwale
  Davis Mwale is a boxer from Zambia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Light welterweight division by Cuba's eventual runner-up Yudel Johnson Cedeno.Mwale won the bronze medal in the same division one year...
  
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• Defeated Dilshod Mahmudov
  Dilshod Mahmudov
  Dilshod Mahmudov is a boxer from Uzbekistan who has won several medals in international tournaments.-Career:Formally of Uzbekistan Dilshod Mahmudov now based at BHS boxing gym in Blacktown, where he calls home...
  
   (Uzbekistan) 32-18
• Defeated Boris Georgiev
  Boris Georgiev
  Boris Georgiev is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight class.- Career :...
  
   (Bulgaria) 13-9
• Lost to Manus Boonjumnong
  Manus Boonjumnong
  Manus Boonjumnong is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics . He is the brother of Non Boonjumnong.-Amateur career:...
  
   (Thailand) 11-17

Professional career

Johnson defected along with Guillermo Rigondeaux and Yordanis Despaigne

Yordanis Despaigne

Yordanis Despaigne Herrera is a Cuban professional boxer who, as an amateur boxer, has medaled repeatedly in international tournaments as a middleweight.-Career:...

 to the United States and made his pro debut on May 22, 2009 in Miami. As of September 2011 he is undefeated with 11 wins, 7 of which were by way of knockout.

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|12 Wins (8 Knockouts), 0 Defeats, 0 Draws
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|12-0
|align=left| Dominican Republic Eduardo Mercedes
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|11-0
|align=left| Colombia Jose Miguel Torres
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|10-0
|align=left| Colombia Richard Gutierrez
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|Win
|9-0
|align=left| Dominican Republic Joseph De los Santos
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|Win
|8-0
|align=left| United States Steve Verdin
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|Win
|7-0
|align=left| Brazil Juliano Ramos
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|6-0
|align=left| United States Chris Grays
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|5-0
|align=left| Dominica Dorian Beaupierre
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|4-0
|align=left| United States Louie Leija
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|3-0
|align=left| Puerto Rico Frankie Santos
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|2-0
|align=left| United States Justin Paulo
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|1-0
|align=left| United States Greg Weathers
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External Links

• PanAm Games 1999
• Central Americans 2006