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}} Joan Guzmán (born May 1, 1976) is a Dominican former professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Little Tyson",〔(Guzman Outlasts Soto! )〕 Guzmán's professional career spanned seventeen years, during which he won the WBO super bantamweight and super featherweight world titles. ==The beginning== Having started boxing at nine, Guzman won 310 out of 320 bouts as an amateur boxer. Included in these victories was a gold medal winning bout at the 1995 Pan American Games. He also competed in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia where he lost to future record setting world champion Omar Andrés Narváez.〔(Boxing In Argentina: Narvaez Retains WBO Title, Passes Monzon's Record )〕 Guzmán began his professional boxing career in the United States. His debut fight, on September 23, 1997, was held in Phoenix, Arizona. There, he knocked out Juan Miguel Rivera in two rounds. After another second round knockout win (this time at the Madison Square Garden in New York City), he returned to the Dominican Republic. He took off two years from boxing, then he came back for his first fight in his homeland. On March 11, 1999, he outpointed Orlando Mateo over eight rounds at Santo Domingo. He fought six more times before being given a title try for the Dominican featherweight title. During his two-year lay-off, he dropped off in weight, from the featherweight division to the super bantamweight division. On October 25, 1999, he knocked out Francisco de Leon in round eleven to win the national title. He retained the title once, with a two round knockout of Santiago Matos. He later knocked out Hector Julio Avila in the second round on August 9, 2001, for the vacant NABO regional super bantamweight title. Another win was especially significant, since it was for the WBO's Latino title, as well as for the WBO's vacant intercontinental title and for Guzman's NABO title. Guzman added those two new regional championships and retained the one he already owned, by beating Edel Ruiz by decision, in a fight held in Tacoma, Washington on September 29, 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joan Guzmán」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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