Fernando Montiel Martinez was born on March 1,1979 and is a Mexican professional boxer.
19 Facts About Fernando Montiel
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Fernando Montiel is a multiple-time former world champion in three weight classes, having held the WBO flyweight title from 2001 to 2002, the WBO junior bantamweight title twice between 2002 and 2008, and the unified WBC and WBO bantamweight titles from 2010 to 2011.
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Fernando Montiel is the youngest child of Manuel Montiel Sr.
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Fernando Montiel made his professional debut on December 6,1996, at the age of 16.
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Fernando Montiel won the bout by seventh-round TKO to become champion at age 20.
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Fernando Montiel defended the Flyweight title three times against Olympic medalist Zoltan Lunka, former champion Juan Domingo Cordoba and future champion Jose "Carita" Lopez.
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Fernando Montiel defended the super flyweight title against Roy Doliguez and defeated former champion Ruben Sanchez Leon, but then lost the title to Mark Johnson by majority decision.
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Fernando Montiel won all three of his bouts in 2004 then regained the WBO title by knocking out champion Ivan Hernandez, who had recently knocked out Johnson.
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Fernando Montiel defended his super flyweight title against Evert Briceno and Pramuansak Posuwan.
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Fernando Montiel returned to the super flyweight division and continued defending his title by defeating Z Gorres, Cecilio Santos, Luis Melendez, and former champion Martin Castillo.
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On May 31,2008, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Fernando Montiel defeated Luis Maldonado by third-round technical knockout to successfully defend his WBO title for the eighth time.
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Fernando Montiel knocked Maldonado down in rounds one and three and the bout was stopped during Fernando Montiel's follow-up barrage.
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On September 12,2009, Fernando Montiel faced fellow Mexican Alejandro Valdez at the Palenque de la Feria in Tepic, Nayarit.
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On February 13,2010, Fernando Montiel defeated Filipino prospect Ciso Morales via KO at the 1st round, successfully defending his WBO Bantamweight title.
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Fernando Montiel, who was a heavy underdog leading up to the bout, knocked out Hasegawa in the fourth round, putting an end to the Japanese fighter's 5-year title reign.
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On October 30,2010, Fernando Montiel successfully defended his titles against Rafael Concepcion.
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Fernando Montiel dropped Concepcion to the canvas twice in the second round before knocking him out in the third round.
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Fernando Montiel suffered his first TKO loss in the second round.
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Fernando Montiel announced in the Mexican media that he would return to the ring in the super bantamweight division, as he had difficulties making the 118 pound bantamweight limit during his fight against Donaire.