Edison Miranda

Infobox_Boxer|name=Edison Miranda

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nickname=Pantera
realname=Edison Miranda
nationality=Colombian
weight=Super middleweight
height=height|ft=6|in=0|wiki=yes
reach=in to cm|num=76.5|abbr=yes|spell=American|precision=0|wiki=yes
birth_date=Birth date and age|1981|1|7|mf=y
death_date=
birth_place=Buenaventura, Colombia
home=Miami, Florida
style=Orthodox
total=33
wins=30
KO=26
losses=3
draws=0
no contests=0

Edison Miranda (born January 7, 1981) is a Colombian professional boxer.

Early life

Miranda was born in 1981 in Buenaventura, Colombia and was abandoned by his mother when he was one month old. [cite web
last =Malinowski
first =Scoop
title =One on One With The Amazing Edison Miranda
publisher =East Side Boxing
date =2006-07-12
url =http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=9152&more=1
accessdate =2008-06-23] At age nine, Miranda escaped from his caretakers to live in the harsh street life of Colombia. Miranda went on a search to find his mother and at a construction site, he ended up confronting his mother's brother. The uncle he never knew told him that if Miranda was really the little boy his sister gave away, then he should have a birthmark on his leg. Miranda unveiled the 2-inch long circular proof. The man led him to his mother's new home, only to be abandoned again by his mother. By the time he was 12, he was working in the plantain fields. The next year, he had a full-time construction job. By the time he was 14, he was working as a cattle butcher. At age 15, Miranda took up boxing, training for a half-year before starting his amateur career. [Tessitore, Joe (2007-03-21). [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2375815 Abandoned child never lost sight of his will to prevail] . ESPN.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.] Miranda won 128 out of 132 fights, winning four Colombian national titles. Miranda won a bronze medal in the 2000 Olympic Trials in Argentina, but failed to qualify for the 2000 Colombian Olympic team.cite web
title =Edison Miranda Bio
publisher =HBO
date =2007-05-21
url =http://www.hbo.com/boxing/fighters/miranda_edison/bio.html
accessdate =2008-06-23]

Professional career

Middleweight

132 fights later, Miranda became a professional boxer, but his journey was only halfway over. March 2002 saw Miranda's arrival in the Dominican Republic. Having been promised a shot at going to the United States to fight the top middleweight fighters in the world, Miranda continued with what he's best at – fighting – both in and out of the ring. Struggling to make ends meet, left homeless and hungry by an unfair contract, Miranda left the Dominican Republic and returned to Barranquilla on December 24, 2004. With the support of friends, he fulfilled his dream of making it as a boxer in the United States when he signed with Warrior’s Boxing Promotions and then had his first American fight in Hollywood, Florida on May 20, 2005. In that fight, Miranda defeated Sam Reese by unanimous decision.

IBF title eliminator

Miranda fought Howard Eastman on March 24, 2006, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Miranda got off to a slow start but showed his tremendous power when consecutive right hands hurt Eastman in the fifth round. The experienced Eastman survived the round and came back strong by hurting Miranda in the next round. Miranda kept throwing his right hand, and in the seventh, he had Eastman hurt badly with a clean right cross to the jaw, followed by a left uppercut and then a vicious right uppercut that nailed Eastman under the chin. The referee stopped the fight, making Miranda the first man to stop Eastman. The victory made Miranda the mandatory challenger for IBF champion Arthur Abraham. [cite web
last =Gregg
first =John
title =Miranda TKO's Eastman
publisher =The Boxing Times
date =2007-03-24
url =http://www.boxingtimes.com/analyses/2006/060324miranda_eastman.html
accessdate =2007-12-13]

IBF title fight

Miranda fought Abraham on September 23, 2006 in Wetzlar, Germany. The fight was not without controversy. After three competitive rounds, Miranda broke Abraham's jaw with a right hand in round four. In round five, Miranda headbutted Abraham on the right side of his face. Abraham was seen turning away hurt with his mouth agape. Referee Randy Neumann stopped the fight and during the five minute break, the doctor recommended to stop the fight to what he saw as a broken jaw from a legal punch. The referee decided to continue the fight and deducted two points from Miranda. Abraham fought the reminder of the fight with a visibly broken jaw that was grossly swollen at the end of the fight. In the seventh round, Miranda was docked two more points for low blows that appeared to be on the beltline. Then in the eleventh round, Miranda landed a body shot that hurt Abraham. Abraham signaled that it was low and the referee took another point form Miranda. Miranda lost the fight by unanimous decision. Without the deduction of any points he would have lost the fight by MD only. [cite web
last =Evan
first =Young
title =Robbery in Germany!
publisher =BoxingForecast.com
date =2006-08-24
url =http://www.boxingforecast.com/blog/index.cfm?commentID=79
accessdate =2008-06-06 ]

Fights with Gibbs & Green

On December 16, 2006, Miranda fought Willie Gibbs in Miami, Florida. Miranda landed a strong right hand that badly hurt Gibbs, causing him to stagger back into the ropes. Miranda then unloaded a volley of punches, concluding with a right hand followed by a left hook that connected flush on Gibbs' chin, sending him down and out in the first round. [cite web
last =Gregg
first =John
title =Miranda Blasts Out Gibbs In One
publisher =The Boxing Times
date =2007-12-16
url =http://www.boxingtimes.com/analyses/2006/061216miranda_gibbs.html
accessdate =2007-12-14]

On March 3, 2007, Miranda won a unanimous decision over Allan Green at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Green knocked down Miranda with a left hook that landed on Miranda's chin in round eight. Despite that, Miranda dominated most of the fight and knocked Green down twice in the final round. The fight was fought at a catchweight of 162 lbs, foreshadowing Miranda's problems at making weight. [cite web
last =Escobar
first =Luis
title =Hard Hitting Miranda Grinds Down Green
publisher =The Boxing Times
date =2007-03-03
url =http://www.boxingtimes.com/analyses/2007/070303miranda_green.html
accessdate =2007-12-14]

WBC title eliminator

On May 19, 2007, after losing nearly every round, Miranda was brutally stopped in the seventh round by Kelly Pavlik at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. After getting knocked down the first time in round six, Miranda spit out his mouthpiece, leading to a one-point deduction. It did not help him survive, since he was knocked down again in round six and once more in round seven. Referee Steve Smoger halted the fight with Miranda still down. [cite web
last =Young
first =Evan
title =Kelly Pavlik KO7 Edison Miranda
publisher =BoxingForecast.com
date =2007-05-21
url =http://www.boxingforecast.com/blog/index.cfm?commentID=174
accessdate =2007-12-15] The fight was a WBC title eliminator with the winner getting a shot at middleweight champion Jermain Taylor. Pavlik went on to beat Taylor.

uper middleweight

After the loss to Pavlik, Miranda moved up to super middleweight and fought Henry Porras on October 30, 2007, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Miranda started out slowly, but soon found both his range and rhythm. Porras was a game opponent in the first two rounds, but as Miranda became more comfortable, he found openings in Porras’ defense. Miranda unloaded a powerful barrage of punches on a defenseless Porras to force the referee to step in and stop the fight in the fifth round. [cite web
last =Mattox
first =Christopher
title =Miranda scores 5th-round TKO over Porras
work =Broward Times
date =2007-11-02
url =http://www.browardtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=684&Itemid=90
accessdate =2007-12-15]

On January 11, 2008, Miranda viciously knocked out David Banks in the third round at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The fight began with two feeling out rounds that saw Miranda use a consistent left jab to set up rights over the top and underneath of Banks' guard. In round three, Miranda landed a big right hand that caused Banks to collapse backwards and fall awkwardly halfway through the ropes. [cite web
last =Escobar
first =Luis
title =Miranda Blasts Out Banks
publisher =The Boxing Times
date =2008-01-11
url =http://boxingtimes.com/analyses/2008/080111miranda_banks.html
accessdate =2008-01-12]

Rematch with Abraham

On June 21, 2008, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Miranda lost to Arthur Abraham by fourth round technical knockout. The fight took place at a catch weight of convert|166|lb|kg|, so Abraham's IBF middleweight title was not on the line. Abraham spent much of the first and second rounds with his gloves high to his head and his back against the ring ropes, while Miranda threw power punches. Abraham blocked many of Miranda’s punches, but a low blow drew a warning to Miranda and a brief rest period for Abraham. Abraham began to open up in the third round, landing right and left hands to Miranda’s head. About 30 seconds into the fourth round, Abraham landed a clean left hook to the temple that knocked Miranda down. He got to his feet, but was caught by a sweeping left hook that knocked Miranda down again. Abraham ended the fight seconds later with a third left hand to the head that sent Miranda down again, bringing an automatic stoppage via the three-knockdown rule. [cite web
title =Abraham batters Miranda
publisher =Yahoo! Sports
date =2008-06-22
url =http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=AosuteyNsZ8j_axLevLWztuUxLYF?slug=ap-abraham-miranda&prov=ap&type=lgns
accessdate =2008-06-23]

Professional record

References

External links

* [http://www.panteramiranda.com Edison Miranda's official website]
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* [http://www.boxen-artur.de/eng_page_1184391052505.html Boxing-Encyclopedia]