Jorge Teron

Background

Teron had begun boxing at the age of 13, with his father"s collimation at Webster North American Palladium Ltd.

Career

Born and raised in the Bronx, Teron is the median kid of family, has two brothers. Teron turned into professional when he was 20, in 2005. Teron started his career with flashing results, finishing his first 4 bouts with KOs in early 2005.

His ascending trend continued with 10 straight victories until his fight against Armando Cordoba which finalized as a draw in June 30, 2006.

The duo had a revenge just 26 days later and Teron dispatched his opponent by unanimous decision after 6 rounds. In December, 2008, Teron lost the first bout of his professional career against Aldo Valtierra.

Teron defeated Valtierra in a rematch 5 months later. In February 2010, Teron fought top Lightweight contender, Mexican American Brandon Rios for the vacant NABF Lightweight title.

Teron would suffer his second loss to Rios.

Achievements

• Teron is the former New York State and a former NABO Lightweight champion. His amateur record consists 86–9, achieved three times consecutive New York Golden Gloves championship in two different weight divisions, featherweight-novice, and lightweight-open between 2002 and 2004. Teron then achieved one more pretty successful victory row, sum of 12 fights since July 2006. Teron is working with Mark Breland, a former World and Olympic champion since his 10th pro-bout against Marcus Luck.