Diosbelys Hurtado (born September 4, 1973 in Santiago, Cuba) is a Cuban-Spanish boxer and former NBA, IBA and WBA Light Welterweight(super lightweight ) Champion.

Amateur career Amateur Record: 221-20 1990 Represented Cuba at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru as a Featherweight. His results were: Defeated Bo Hum Baik (Korea) RSC-1 Defeated Paata Gvasalia (URS) 5-0 Lost to Alan Vaughan (England) 16-19 1994 Competed at the Cuban Nationals. His results were: Defeated Joel Casamayor Defeated Julio Gonzalez

Professional career Hurtado, known as "The Oriental Kid", began his professional career in 1994. He won the NBA title by beating Dezi Ford by 10th-round TKO. In 1997, he challenged WBC Welterweight title holder Pernell Whitaker but was TKO'd in the 11th round by Whitaker with Hurtado leading on all three judges' cards. In 1998, he fought Kostya Tszyu for the interim WBC Light Welterweight title. The fight featured a dramatic 1st round, in which Hurtado went down once and Tszyu went down twice. Tszyu won the fight via TKO in the 5th round. On January 4, 2002, he captured the IBA Light Welterweight title from Ricky Quiles then in his next match he won the Vacant WBA Light Welterweight title with a KO win over Randall Bailey. He then lost the 2 belts in his first defence to Vivian Harris via 2nd-round TKO. Having retired from boxing in 2004, he returned to the ring in December 2007, winning 2 unanimous decision's in a row over Rafael Chiruta and Eugen Stan, both of Romania.

Comeback Hurtado came back on April 3, 2009 to beat two-time world title challenger Arturo Morua by Split-Decision to win the vacant WBO Latino Welterweight title, Hurtado was in control until he was caught off balance and knocked down in the 1st round. Hurtado was cut over his right eyebrow and Morua on top of his forehead in the 5th round due to a clash of heads after that Moura had control (due to the profuse bleeding getting into Hurtado's eye) until the 6th round when Hurtado took back control and kept it until the 12th round when Moura would rally to take the round. The scores were 114-113 and 114-113 for Hurtado and 113-114 for Moura.

On June 12 Hurtado defeated Manuel Garnica by UD to retain his WBO Latino title. He returned on June 3, 2011 and defeated journeyman Raul Asencio by knockout in the fifth round and subsequently retired.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes47WinRaul AsencioKO5 (6)3 Jun 201146Win42–3–1Manuel GarnicaUD1212 Jun 200945Win41–3–1Arturo MoruaSD123 Apr 200944Win40–3–1Eugen StanUD67 Mar 200843Win39–3–1Rafael ChirutaUD6 15 Dec 200742Win38–3–1Leo EdwardsTKO2 (8), 3 Jul 200441Win37–3–1Joshua SmithUD81 May 200440Win36–3–1Rudy LovatoTKO3 (8), 17 Oct 200339Loss35–3–1Vivian HarrisTKO2 (12), 19 Oct 200238Win35–2–1Randall BaileyKO7 (12), 11 May 200237Win34–2–1Ricky QuilesUD124 Jan 200236Win33–2–1Henry CokesKO1 (10)21 Nov 200135Win32–2–1Fray Luis SierraKO1 (10), 28 Oct 200034Win31–2–1Cosme RiveraUD12 12 May 200033Draw30–2–1Ricardo MayorgaTD2 (10)27 Nov 199932Win30–2Dillon CarewTKO3 (10)20 Nov 199931Win29–2Lonnie SmithUD1019 Jun 199930Loss28–2Kostya TszyuTKO5 (12), 28 Nov 199829Win28–1Manuel GomezUD1013 Nov 199828Win27–1Darryl TysonTKO5 (10), 4 Sep 199827Win26–1Elias QuirozKO1 (10), 24 Jul 199826Win25–1Leonardo MasTKO3 (10), 7 Jun 199825Win24–1Harold BennettKO2 (10)13 Mar 199824Win23–1Aaron ZarateKO1 (10), 20 Jan 199823Win22–1Emanuel AugustusUD102 Oct 199722Win21–1Jaime BalboaTKO9 (12)21 Jun 199721Loss20–1Pernell WhitakerTKO11 (12)24 Jan 199720Win20–0Antonio RiveraTKO1 (10)1 Nov 199619Win19–0Ed PollardUD820 Sep 199618Win18–0Cesar FloresUD86 Jun 199617Win17–0Anthony IvoryPTS825 May 199616Win16–0Elvin GonzalezKO1 (8)30 Mar 199615Win15–0Dezi FordTKO10 (12)31 Dec 199514Win14–0Juan GalvanKO1 (8)18 Nov 199513Win13–0Javier ValadezTKO1 (6)28 Oct 199512Win12–0Tom CisnerosKO1 (6)21 Oct 199511Win11–0Damone WrightPTS69 Oct 199510Win10–0Julio MelendezTKO1 (6)8 Sep 19959Win9–0Macario DavilaTKO1 (6)18 Aug 19958Win8–0Mark TangKO4 (?)24 Jul 19957Win7–0Francisco RodriguezPTS621 Jun 19956Win6–0Rafael RodriguezKO3 (6)3 Jun 19955Win5–0Rafael RodriguezKO3 (6)29 Apr 19954Win4–0Tommy EaglinPTS625 Mar 19953Win3–0Ramon GomezKO5 (6)25 Feb 19952Win2–0Darrell Walker2 (?)27 Jan 19951Win1–0Heriberto Sosa416 Dec 1994

See also List of world light-welterweight boxing champions

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