David Grimán
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Real name | David Grimán Méndez | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Venezuelan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Los Teques, Venezuela | March 10, 1967||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
No contests | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Grimán (born March 10, 1967 in Los Teques) is a former Venezuelan professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight (112 lb) champion.
Amateur highlights[]
- 1986 — Bronze Medalist at the Goodwill Games in the Men's Flyweight
- Defeated Joe Lawlor (Ireland) 5:0
- Defeated Lernik Papyan (Soviet Union) 4:1
- Lost to Arthur Johnson (United States) 2:3
- 1986 — Silver Medalist at the World Championships in Reno, United States in the Men's Flyweight
- Defeated (France), 5:0
- Defeated (West Germany), 5:0
- Defeated Eyüp Can (Turkey), 3:2
- Lost to Pedro Orlando Reyes (Cuba), 0:5
- 1987 — Silver Medalist at the Pan American Games in the Men's Flyweight
- Defeated (Dominican Republic), 5:0
- Defeated (Panama), 5:0
- Defeated Rafael Ramos (Puerto Rico), 5:0
- Lost to (Cuba), 0:5
- 1988 — Represented Venezuela at the Olympic Games in the Men's Flyweight
- Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria) points
Professional career[]
Grimán turned professional in 1989 and captured the WBA flyweight title in 1992 with a decision win over Aquiles Guzmán. He defended it twice before losing to Saen Sor Ploenchit by Unanimous decision in 1994.
See also[]
- List of flyweight boxing champions
- List of Venezuelans
External links[]
Categories:
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Los Teques
- Flyweight boxers
- Super-flyweight boxers
- World flyweight boxing champions
- World Boxing Association champions
- Boxers at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Venezuela
- Venezuelan male boxers
- Pan American Games medalists in boxing
- AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
- Goodwill Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Venezuelan boxing biography stubs