Name Jose Varela Role Boxer | Division Minimumweight | |
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José Luís Varela Bustamente (born September 27, 1978 in El Vigía, Mérida) is a Venezuelan professional boxer who has challenged four times for a world minimumweight championship: the WBO title in 2006, and both the WBA and IBF (twice) titles in 2008.
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Amateur career
Varela represented Venezuela at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He was defeated in the round of 32 by Cuba's eventual bronze medalist Maikro Romero.
Professional career
Varela won his first professional title, the WBA Fedebol minimumweight title, on September 24th, 2004, with a unanimous decision victory over Miguel Tellez. He has unsuccessfully challenged for a minimumweight world title four times in his career. He firstly was defeated by Iván Calderón on October 21st, 2006, via unanimous decision in a bout for Calderón's WBO minimumweight title. He then lost to WBA champion Yutaka Niida on March 1st, 2008, via sixth-round knockout. Valera was then defeated by IBF champion Raúl García on September 13th, 2008, via unanimous decision. García defeated Valera in a rematch exactly three months later, again by unanimous decision, to retain the title again.