![]() Demetrius defeated his next ten opponents, including five fights ending by KO and the others ending by unanimous decision.Īn opportunity arose in the Summer of 2013 when the vacant WBO light middleweight title would be decided by one match between Andrade and Armenian contender Vanes Martirosyan (33-0-1, 21 KOs). Andrade’s record jumped to an impressive 9-0 record after demolishing Italian boxer Bernardo Guereca, with a 1st-round KO. Īndrade went on to defeat John Williams by TKO in the 6th round, and Chris Chatman by unanimous decision. On Jhe won in a unanimous decision against Tony Hirsch and followed up with another KO against Chad Greenleaf in the second round. Only 2 weeks later, Demetrius beat Arnulfo Javier Romero in a second-round KO. ![]() He went on to win a TKO over Eric Marriott before making his Friday Night Fights debut against Tom Joseph on March 6 with a 1st-round TKO victory. He defeated Patrick Cape at Northern Quest Casino, Airway Heights, Washington in a second-round knockout. Professional career Light middleweight Early career ĭemetrius Andrade became a professional boxer and had his first pro fight in October 2008. Though unable to win an Olympic Gold Medal that year, Andrade decided to end his exceptional amateur campaign and become a professional. He overcame Kakhaber Zhvania and the highly regarded Russian Andrey Balanov 14:3 to advance to the quarterfinals but he was shocked by Korean veteran Kim Jung-Joo 9:11 ( Olympic results) in a controversial loss. At the Olympic trials he defeated hard-punching Keith Thurman 27:13 In 2008, Demetrius Andrade was honored with the satisfaction of representing the USA in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and he became known as one of the favorites to win a gold medal. Īndrade attempted one last amateur endeavor before deciding to become professional. He beat Non Boonjumnong of Thailand in the finals, a match in which Andrade inflicted a standing eight count upon Boonjumnong and was leading by a score of 11-3 in the second round when Boonjumnong retired with an injury to his right arm. He won gold at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, where he beat Kakhaber Zhvania, Dmitrijs Sostaks, 2005 silver medalist Magomed Nurutdinov, future champion Jack Culcay-Keth, and Adem Kılıççı in the semifinal round. However, he won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, losing in the gold medal match to Brazilian hometown favorite Pedro Lima by a narrow 7-6 margin. ![]() Īndrade initially struggled at the international level, losing to Eastern Europe opponents at the World Cup in 20. He again won the National Golden Gloves in 2007, but did not compete in the U.S. His nickname "Boo Boo" quickly became well known amongst the locals and he later became a recognized name across the United States.Īndrade won the United States Amateur Boxing Championship in 2005, and repeated it in 2006 when he also won the National Golden Gloves. A Providence native of Cape Verdean descent, southpaw Andrade began boxing in 1994 at the age of 6. ![]() Amateur career ĭemetrius Andrade obtained arguably the most successful amateur boxing reputation amongst all Rhode Island fighters in history. at the 2008 Olympics all in the welterweight division.Īs of April 2021, Andrade is ranked as the world's third best active middleweight by The Ring magazine and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and fourth by BoxRec. ![]() national championships and Golden Gloves twice each, a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships, and represented the U.S. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO light middleweight title between 2013-2015, the WBA (Regular) title in 2017, and the WBO middleweight title from 2018 to 2022. Demetrius Cesar Andrade ( / ˈ æ n d r eɪ d/ AN-drayd born February 26, 1988) is an American professional boxer. ![]()
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