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Factbox: WBC international champion Xiong Chaozhong (updated)

Xinhua, February 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

Factbox on Chinese Xiong Chaozhong who beat Japanese Hiroya Yamamoto to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) international minimumweight championship in Kunming on Sunday:

Born: Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China, on Oct. 3, 1982

Record: 25 wins (14 KOs, 10 decisions), 6 losses, 1 draw

Professional debut on Aug. 15, 2006

Won vacant WBC Asia Council continental light flyweight title on March 21, 2008

Lost WBC Asia Council continental light flyweight title on Nov. 6, 2008

Lost WBC flyweight title fight to Japanese Daisuke Naito on May 26, 2009

Won vacant WBC Asia Council continental light flyweight title on Jan. 24, 2010

Won vacant WBC silver light flyweight title on June 12, 2012

Won vacant WBC minimumweight title against Javier Martinez Resendiz from Mexico on Nov. 24, 2012

Retained WBC minimumweight title against Denver Cuello of the Philippines in Dubai on June 28, 2013

Retained WBC minimumweight title against Lookrad Kiatmungmee of Thailand on Nov. 30, 2013

Lost WBC minimumweight title to Mexico's Oswaldo Novoa on Feb. 5, 2014

Lost IBO and WBA minimumweight title fight against South Africa's Hekkie Budler on Oct. 25, 2014

Won vacant WBC international minimumweight title against Yamamoto on Feb. 22, 2015

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