Francisco Tejedor

Colombian boxer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroColombian boxer
PlacesColombia
isAthlete Boxer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth20 June 1966, Barranquilla, Atlántico Department, Colombia
Age58 years
Star signGemini
The details

Biography

Francisco Tejedor (born June 20, 1966 in Colombia) is a retired Colombian boxer. He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Professional career

He turned professional in 1986 and won 28 consecutive fights before unsuccessfully challenging Humberto González for the WBC light flyweight title. Tejedor would work his way back to another title shot and on February 18, 1995 he beat José Luis Zepeda for the vacant IBF world title by way of 7th-round TKO. He would go on to lose the belt in his first title defense to Danny Romero in April of the same year. He lost his final 10 fights and retired from the sport in 2004.

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