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:

• Defeated Eddie Saenz (Nicaragua) 23-14
• Defeated Steven Chungu (Namibia) 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.

External links

• Professional boxing record for Victoriano Sosa from BoxRec