Óscar Escandón

Colombian boxer
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IntroColombian boxer
PlacesColombia
isAthlete Boxer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth10 July 1984
Age40 years
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Biography

Oscar Eduardo Escandón Berrío (born July 10, 1984 in Ibagué, Tolima) is a boxer from Colombia, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native South American country. There he was stopped in the round of sixteen of the Flyweight (– 51 kg) division by Germany's Rustamhodza Rahimov. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
On December 11, 2014 he became the WBA Super bantamweight interim champion due to a controversial split decision win over Tyson Cave.

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