Edison Miranda was born on January 7,1981 and is a Colombian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2021.
30 Facts About Edison Miranda
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Edison Miranda challenged once each for the IBF middleweight and super middleweight world titles, and was considered to be one of the most dangerous contenders at middleweight due to his exceptionally high knockout-to-win percentage.
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At age 9, a precocious Edison Miranda began a quest to locate his mother.
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Edison Miranda hitched rides on truck beds over the course of hundreds of miles and was able to find his uncle working at a construction site.
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Edison Miranda's uncle informed him that if he was really the little boy his sister gave away, then he should have a birthmark on his leg whereas Miranda unveiled the 2-inch long circular proof.
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At age 15, Edison Miranda took up boxing, training for a half-year before starting his amateur career.
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Edison Miranda won 128 out of 132 fights, winning four Colombian national titles.
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Edison Miranda won a bronze medal in the 2000 Olympic Trials in Argentina, but failed to qualify for the 2000 Colombian Olympic team.
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In that fight, Edison Miranda defeated Sam Reese by unanimous decision.
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Edison Miranda fought Howard Eastman on March 24,2006, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
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Edison Miranda got off to a slow start but showed his tremendous power when consecutive right hands hurt Eastman in the fifth round.
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Edison Miranda kept throwing his right hand, and in the seventh, he had Eastman hurt badly with a clean right cross to the jaw, followed by a left uppercut and then a vicious right uppercut that nailed Eastman under the chin.
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Edison Miranda fought Abraham on September 23,2006 in Wetzlar, Germany.
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In round five, Edison Miranda head-butted Abraham on the right side of his face.
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Edison Miranda would have lost even without the deduction of any points.
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On December 16,2006, Edison Miranda fought Willie Gibbs in Miami, Florida.
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Edison Miranda landed a strong right hand that badly hurt Gibbs, causing him to stagger back into the ropes.
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Edison Miranda then unloaded a volley of punches, concluding with a right hand followed by a left hook that connected flush on Gibbs' chin, sending him down and out in the first round.
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On March 3,2007, Edison Miranda won a unanimous decision over Allan Green at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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On May 19,2007, after losing nearly every round, Edison Miranda was brutally stopped in the seventh round by Kelly Pavlik at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Edison Miranda started out slowly, but soon found both his range and rhythm.
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Porras was a game opponent in the first two rounds, but as Edison Miranda became more comfortable, he found openings in Porras' defense.
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Edison Miranda unloaded a powerful barrage of punches on a defenseless Porras to force the referee to step in and stop the fight in the fifth round.
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On January 11,2008, Edison Miranda viciously knocked out David Banks in the third round at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
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In round three, Edison Miranda landed a big right hand that caused Banks to collapse backwards and fall awkwardly halfway through the ropes.
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On June 21,2008, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Edison Miranda lost to Arthur Abraham by fourth-round technical knockout.
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Abraham spent much of the first and second rounds with his gloves high to his head and his back against the ring ropes, while Edison Miranda threw power punches.
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Edison Miranda got to his feet, but was caught by a sweeping left hook that knocked Miranda down again.
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Edison Miranda lost the first two rounds and he was knocked out during the third round with a solid right uppercut to the jaw.
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Edison Miranda got back on his feet but the referee decided to stop the fight seconds after.