Joel Casamayor : biography

Joel "El Cepillo" Casamayor Johnson (born July 12, 1971 in Guantánamo, Cuba) is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The nickname "El Cepillo", literally translated to "the brush", comes from his uppercut, which rakes his opponents across the face. Also, for his ability to "brush off" punches from his opponents.

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|38 Wins (22 Knockouts), 6 Defeats (2 Knockouts), 1 Draw. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-28. |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;" | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res. | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes |-align=center |Loss |38-6-1 |align=left| Timothy Bradley | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |38-5-1 |align=left| Manuel Leyva | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |37-5-1 |align=left| Robert Guerrero | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |37-4-1 |align=left| Jason Davis | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |36-4-1 |align=left| Juan Manuel Márquez | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |36-3-1 |align=left| Michael Katsidis | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |35-3-1 |align=left| José Santa Cruz | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |34-3-1 |align=left| Diego Corrales | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |33-3-1 |align=left| Lamont Pearson | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |32-3-1 |align=left| Antonio Ramirez | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw |31-3-1 |align=left| Almazbek Raiymkulov | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |31–3 |align=left| José Luis Castillo | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |31–3 |align=left| Daniel Seda | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |30–2 |align=left| Diego Corrales | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |30–1 |align=left| Diego Corrales | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |29–1 |align=left| Nate Campbell | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |28–1 |align=left| Yoni Vargas | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |27–1 |align=left| Juan Jose Arias | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |26–1 |align=left| Acelino Freitas | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |26–0 |align=left| Joe Morales | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |25–0 |align=left| Edwin Santana | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |24–0 |align=left| Robert Garcia | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |23–0 |align=left| Radford Beasley | | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |22–0 |align=left| Bernard Harris | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |21–0 |align=left| Jong-Kwon Baek | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |20–0 |align=left| David Santos | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |19–0 |align=left| Luis Enrique Valenzuela | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |18–0 |align=left| Antonio Hernandez | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |17–0 |align=left| Jay Cantu | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |16–0 |align=left| Russell Stoner Jones | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |15–0 |align=left| Jose Luis Noyola | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |14–0 |align=left| Raymond Flores | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |13–0 |align=left| Eugene Johnson | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |12–0 |align=left| Miguel Figueroa | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |11–0 |align=left| Gary Triano | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |10–0 |align=left| Javier Diaz | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |9–0 |align=left| Julio Gervacio | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |8–0 |align=left| Pat Chavez | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |7–0 |align=left| Salvador Montes | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |6–0 |align=left| Raul Munoz | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |5–0 |align=left| Francisco Valdez | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |4–0 |align=left| Vidal Padilla | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |3–0 |align=left| Roberto Sierra | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |2–0 |align=left| Oscar Junior Gonzalez | | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |1–0 |align=left| David Chamendis | | | |align=left|{} |align=left|