Juan Palacios is a boxer from Managua

Managua

Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in...

, Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

, with a professional record of 24 wins and three losses. He is the former WBC Interim Minimumweight Champion, winning the vacant title against Omar Soto of Puerto Rico on August 2, 2008, in Ponce

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...

, Puerto Rico. On November 27, 2009, he lost his title in a unification match against WBC Champion Oleydong Sithsamerchai

Oleydong Sithsamerchai

Oleydong "The Deadly Candy" Sithsamerchai is a professional boxer from Thailand. He fights in the strawweight division and is the former WBC Strawweight World champion...

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