Juan Carlos Payano (born April 12, 1984) is a Dominican professional boxer who held the WBA (Undisputed) and then concurrently the IBO bantamweight titles between 2014 and 2016. As an amateur he won two silver medals at the Pan American Games and a gold medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
Amateur career At the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, he lost to Cuba's Yuriorkis Gamboa in the Flyweight final, winning the silver medal.
He won the gold medal at the 2006 Cartagena games after defeating Cuban Yoandris Salinas.
At the 2007 Pan American Games, he won silver again after losing to Puerto Rico's McWilliams Arroyo in the final.
He compiled a record of 421 wins and 25 losses.
Olympic Games results 2004 Defeated Bato-Munko Vankeev 26–18 Lost to Jérôme Thomas 10–15
2008 Defeated Jérôme Thomas 10–6 Lost to Vincenzo Picardi 4–8
Professional career
Payano vs. Inoue On October 7, 2018, Payano battled Naoya Inoue for the WBA bantamweight title, as a part of the World Boxing Super Series quarter-final. Inoue caught Payano with a left jab, right hook combination just 1 minute and 10 seconds into the fight, sending Payano to the canvas for the KO win. This was Payano's first professional career knockout loss.
Payano vs. Vazquez In his next fight, Payano bounced back with a unanimous decision win against Damien Vazquez. Payano was in control for most of the fight, winning almost every round on the judges' scorecards, 79–73, 80–71, 80–71.
Payano vs. Nery In his following fight, Payano battled against Luis Nery. Payano was considered the underdog against the undefeated Mexican. Nery had his own way for most of the fight, landing the cleaner shots throughout the fight. In the ninth round, a perfectly placed left hook to the body by Nery send Payano to the canvas. Writhing in pain, Payano was not even able to attempt to beat the count, leading to a ninth-round KO win for Nery.
Payano vs. Roman On September 26, 2020, Payano fought former champion Daniel Roman, who was ranked #3 by the Ring, WBA and WBC, and #4 by the WBO and #6 at super bantamweight at the time. Payano lost the fight via unanimous decision. Despite boxing off his back foot, Payano had a strong start in the fight. However, Roman turned up the pressure in the championship rounds, and was aggressive enough to secure the win.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Win23–5Raymond TabugonRTD5 (8), Aug 14, 202127Win22–5Luis de la Rosa5 (10)Jul 10, 202126Loss21–5Gary Antonio RussellTD7 (10), Dec 19, 202025Loss21–4Daniel RomanUD12Sep 26, 202024Loss21–3Luis NeryKO9 (12), Jul 20, 201923Win21–2Damien VazquezUD8Mar 9, 201922Loss20–2Naoya InoueKO1 (12), Oct 7, 201821Win20–1Mike PlaniaUD10Mar 23, 201820Win19–1Alexis SantiagoUD10Aug 22, 201719Win18–1Isao Gonzalo CarranzaTKO7 (8), Jan 13, 201718Loss17–1Rau'shee Warren12Jun 18, 201617Win17–0Rau'shee Warren12Aug 2, 201516Win16–0Anselmo Moreno6 (12)Sep 26, 201415Win15–0Germán MerazUD8Feb 22, 201414Win14–0Jundy MaraonKO7 (10), Jun 14, 201313Win13–0Jhon Alberto MolinaTKO2 (10), May 10, 201312Win12–0Jose Luis AraizaUD10Nov 30, 201211Win11–0Jhon Alberto MolinaTKO9 (10), Jul 21, 201210Win10–0Luis MaldonadoUD10May 18, 20129Win9–0Jose SilveriaUD10Mar 2, 20128Win8–0Leshaun BlairTKO1 (6), Dec 3, 20117Win7–0Dinoel ReynosoTKO2 (6), Sep 5, 20116Win6–0Luis Angel PanetoUD6Apr 23, 20115Win5–0Cristobal Ramos2 (6), Mar 4, 20114Win4–0Norberto JimenezTKO2 (6)Oct 9, 20103Win3–0Luis HinojosaUD4Sep 18, 20102Win2–0Daniel Veras3 (4)Aug 28, 20101Win1–0Aneudy Mesa4Aug 21, 2010
See also List of southpaw stance boxers List of world bantamweight boxing champions
References
External links
Juan Carlos Payano - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live
Amateur record