Victoriano Sosa
Victoriano Damián Sosa (born April 17, 1974 in La Vega, Dominican Republic) is a boxer.
Personal
Sosa is second cousin of Major League Baseball player Sammy Sosa.
Amateur career
Member of the 1992 Dominican Olympic Team as a Featherweight. His results were:[1]
- Defeated by Anand Kumar Ray (India) 23-14
- Defeated Steven Chungu (Zambia) 11-9
- Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria) 13-4
Pro career
His career boxing record is 42-4-2- (31 KOs). Earlier in his career, Sosa won minor titles—the WBC Fecarbox and Dominican Republic lightweight titles. He has been a contender in the lightweight division, challenging world champions such as Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto (going the distance and getting KOed respectively), as well as Paul Spadafora.
Professional boxing record
| 48 fights | 42 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 31 | 2 |
| By decision | 11 | 2 |
| Draws | 2 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Win | 42–4–2 |  |
TKO | 10 (10) | 9 December 2005 |  |
|
| 47 | Win | 41–4–2 |  |
KO | 2 (8) | 18 June 2005 | |
|
| 46 | Win | 40–4–2 |  |
KO | 3 (10) | 11 April 2005 | |
|
| 45 | Win | 39–4–2 | |
TKO | 1 (12) | 18 October 2004 | |
Won Dominican Republic Lightweight title |
| 44 | Win | 38–4–2 | |
UD | 10 | 11 June 2004 | |
|
| 43 | Loss | 37–4–2 |  |
TKO | 4 (12) | 28 February 2004 | |
For WBC International Super Lightweight title |
| 42 | Win | 37–3–2 | |
TKO | 4 (10) | 5 January 2004 | |
|
| 41 | Win | 36–3–2 |  |
UD | 10 | 10 October 2003 | |
|
| 40 | Loss | 35–3–2 | |
UD | 12 | 19 April 2003 | |
For WBC Lightweight title |
| 39 | Win | 35–2–2 | |
TKO | 6 (10) | 21 February 2003 | |
|
| 38 | Draw | 34–2–2 | |
SD | 12 | 9 November 2002 | |
|
| 37 | Win | 34–2–1 | |
KO | 1 (12) | 2 March 2002 | |
Won Dominican Republic Lightweight title |
| 36 | Win | 33–2–1 | |
TKO | 3 (8) | 18 October 2001 | |
|
| 35 | Win | 32–2–1 | |
TKO | 2 (8) | 1 September 2001 | |
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| 34 | Win | 31–2–1 | |
KO | 3 (8) | 30 June 2001 | |
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| 33 | Win | 30–2–1 | |
PTS | 10 | 20 April 2001 | |
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| 32 | Win | 29–2–1 | |
PTS | 10 | 29 December 2000 | |
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| 31 | Win | 28–2–1 | |
UD | 10 | 3 November 2000 | |
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| 30 | Win | 27–2–1 | |
PTS | 10 | 8 October 2000 | |
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| 29 | Win | 26–2–1 | |
KO | 1 (8) | 26 June 2000 | |
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| 28 | Win | 25–2–1 | |
TKO | 3 (8) | 29 April 2000 | |
|
| 27 | Loss | 24–2–1 | |
UD | 12 | 3 March 2000 | |
For IBF Lightweight title |
| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 | |
TKO | 10 | 1 February 2000 | |
|
| 25 | Win | 23–1–1 | |
PTS | 12 | 25 October 1999 | |
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| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | |
TKO | 2 (10) | 9 October 1999 | |
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| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | |
KO | 1 (10) | 19 July 1999 | |
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| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | |
KO | 1 (10) | 31 May 1999 | |
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| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 | |
PTS | 12 | 27 March 1999 | |
Retained WBC FECARBOX Lightweight title |
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | |
KO | 2 (10) | 16 February 1999 | |
|
| 19 | Win | 17–1–1 | |
PTS | 12 | 15 December 1998 | |
Retained WBC FECARBOX Lightweight title |
| 18 | Win | 16–1–1 | |
KO | 4 (12) | 4 November 1998 | |
Retained WBC FECARBOX Lightweight title |
| 17 | Win | 15–1–1 | |
TKO | 8 (10) | 21 October 1998 | |
|
| 16 | Win | 14–1–1 | |
TKO | 2 (12) | 29 June 1998 | |
Retained WBC FECARBOX Lightweight title |
| 15 | Win | 13–1–1 | |
PTS | 12 | 30 April 1998 | |
|
| 14 | Win | 12–1–1 |  |
KO | 2 (10) | 26 February 1998 | |
Won World Boxing Council Lightweight title |
| 13 | Win | 11–1–1 | |
TKO | 5 (6) | 15 December 1997 | |
|
| 12 | Win | 10–1–1 | |
TKO | 8 (12) | 31 July 1997 | |
Won Dominican Republic Lightweight title |
| 11 | Win | 9–1–1 | |
TKO | 4 (6) | 28 May 1997 | |
|
| 10 | Win | 8–1–1 | |
TKO | 2 (6) | 9 May 1997 | |
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| 9 | Win | 7–1–1 | |
TKO | 2 (6) | 1 February 1997 | |
style="text-align:left;"For Dominican Republic Super Featherweight title |
| 8 | Win | 6–1–1 | |
TKO | 3 (6) | 25 November 1996 | |
style="text-align:left;"For Dominican Republic Super Featherweight title |
| 7 | Loss | 5–1–1 | |
KO | 2 (12) | 23 September 1996 | |
style="text-align:left;"For Dominican Republic Super Featherweight title |
| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | |
KO | 1 (8) | 11 August 1996 | |
|
| 5 | Draw | 4–0–1 | |
PTS | 12 | 25 March 1996 | |
style="text-align:left;"For Dominican Republic Super Featherweight title |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | |
TKO | 3 (8) | 5 August 1995 | |
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  |
KO | 1 (4) | 14 June 1995 | |
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | |
PTS | 4 | 3 April 1995 | |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | |
TKO | 3 (4) | 30 January, 1995 | |
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Victoriano Damián Sosa Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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