Rudy Cisneros
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Born | August 9, 1981 | |
Nationality | US American | |
Residence | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
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Classification | Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897... |
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Fights | 13 | |
Wins (KO Ko Ko or KO may refer to:* Ko , a Tamil action movie directed by K.V. Anand released in April 2011* Ko , the romanization of the Japanese kana こ and コ* Ko Mountain, the second highest peak in Sikhote-Alin*Ko, Lamphun, Thailand... s) |
11 (10) | |
Losses | 3 | |
Draws | 0 | |
Results on Contender season 2 | ||
First Round | Lost to Norberto Bravo Norberto Bravo Norberto Bravo is a Mexican-American professional boxer, and is a contestant on the ESPN reality show "Contender Season 2". As was revealed on the show in a web clip, Bravo suffers from colorblindness... on points |
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Rudy Cisneros (born August 9, 1981) is a professional boxer, and was a contestant on the ESPN
ESPN
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reality show "Contender Season 2". He is also studying architecture
Architecture
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at Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest...
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He became a professional at age 22, after a stellar amateur career. Cisneros won the 1997 Chicago C.Y.O. Jr. Middleweight Championship, winning a split decision over Matthew Podgorski. He was a 1999 Chicago Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves
The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States. The Golden Gloves is often the term used to refer to the National Golden Gloves competition, but it also can represent several other amateur tournaments, including regional golden gloves...
Open division runner-up, as he lost a close bout to Jimmy Gonzalez in the 147 lb. division, and won the 2000 Chicago Golden Gloves Open division 156 lb. Title, by beating David Estrada. He boxed internationally in 1997, with several wins in Ireland. In addition, he won a bronze medal in the 2004 US Olympic
Olympic Games
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trials.
On the show "Contender Season 2", Cisneros was a member of the Gold Team. He fought in the second contest of the first round, having been chosen to face Norberto Bravo
Norberto Bravo
Norberto Bravo is a Mexican-American professional boxer, and is a contestant on the ESPN reality show "Contender Season 2". As was revealed on the show in a web clip, Bravo suffers from colorblindness...
by the Blue Team, due to Cisneros' problems making weight for the upcoming bout. Bravo won a split decision, with judge Max DeLuca scoring 49-46 Bravo, judge Lou Moret scoring 48-47 Cisneros, and judge Fritz Warner scoring 49-46 Bravo.
On May 13, 2011, former Puerto Rican Olympist Jonathan González outboxed and systematically broke Cisneros' will, forcing his corner to surrender the contest when he was helplessly pinned against the ropes receiving body punches.