Nick Name | El Cepillo |
DOB | 12 July 1971 |
Place of Birth | Guantanamo |
National Team | Cuba |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weighted At | Lightweight |
Stance | Southpaw |
Reach | - |
Joel \"El Cepillo\" Casamayor Johnson is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.He won the NABF Super Featheweight title in 1999 by beating Jose Luis Noyola. Later that year, he won the WBA Super Featherweight title by stopping Jong-Kwon Baek in 5 rounds. In 2002, he lost that title in a controversial unification bout with WBO champion Acelino Freitas.