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Gusmyr Perdomo (born September 7, 1977) is a Venezuelan professional boxer who fights at super middleweight and cruiserweight. Perdomo is perhaps best known for unsuccessfully challenging Mikkel Kessler for the WBA World super middleweight title on September 12, 2009. He has twice won the WBA Fedelatin super middleweight title, first in 2006 and again in 2008 against Héctor Javier Velazco.
Amateur career
As an amateur, Perdomo fought 96 times, winning 85 and becoming 7 time Venezuelan Champion.
Professional career
Perdomo made his professional debut on June 5, 2002, stopping Dominican Jose Diaz by TKO. In his next ten fights, Perdomo would go unbeaten, with half of his wins coming by knockout or stoppage. On October 22, 2005, Perdomo suffered his first defeat, against World champion, Mario Veit from Germany. Three wins later Perdomo won the WBA Fedelatin super middleweight title against Edison Francisco Guedes, a feat he would achieve again after vacating the title, when he defeated Hector Javier Velazco in 2008.
On September 12, 2009, Perdomo fought World Champion Mikkel Kessler at Messecenter Herning in Denmark. Kessler stopped Perdomo after four rounds.