1. Cletus Seldin was born on September 11,1986 and is an American professional boxer.
12 Facts About Cletus Seldin
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Cletus Seldin was named after former New York Yankee third baseman Clete Boyer, who was a close friend of his grandparents.
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At Longwood High School in Middle Island, New York, Cletus Seldin played cornerback and wide receiver on the Longwood Lions football team, which won the 2004 Long Island championship.
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Cletus Seldin is trained and managed by Pete Brodsky, and promoted by Joe DeGuardia.
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Cletus Seldin wears a Star of David on his trunks, as did former Jewish boxers Benny Leonard and Barney Ross.
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Cletus Seldin began boxing as a professional in 2011, when he was 25 years old.
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Cletus Seldin made his national television debut in July 2014 on ESPN against Bayan "the Mongolian Mongoose" Jargal at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, Long Island, New York.
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Cletus Seldin defeated him by a technical knockout in the ninth round, winning the World Boxing Council International Silver Light Welterweight title.
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Cletus Seldin won with a technical knockout against Johnny Garcia on ESPN's Friday Night Fights on February 27,2015, headlining as the main event in a fight for Seldin's WBC title.
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The WBC ruled that Cletus Seldin was suspended from participating in any WBC-sanctioned bouts for six months, or until Aug 1,2017, and that VADA would design a specific random testing protocol for Cletus Seldin at his own cost that would go on for one year.
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On November 11,2017, Cletus Seldin made his HBO Boxing debut fighting and winning in a third-round TKO against Roberto Ortiz, resulting in Ortiz's second-ever loss.
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Cletus Seldin is the reigning Super Lightweight Champion of the North American Boxing Association; in 2020 he broke his own record by winning 25 of 26 fights, with 21 knockouts, when he fought Luis Florez.