Francisco Tejedor

Francisco Tejedor
Born	Francisco Tejedor (1966-06-20) June 20, 1966 Barranquilla, Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Other names	La Araña
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light flyweight Flyweight Bantamweight Super bantamweight
Height	5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm)
Reach	74 in (188 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	69
Wins	46
Wins by KO	31
Losses	21
Draws	2

Francisco Tejedor (born June 20, 1966) is a retired Colombian boxer. He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Professional career

He turned professional in 1986 and won 28 consecutive fights before unsuccessfully challenging Humberto González for the WBC light flyweight title. Tejedor would work his way back to another title shot and on February 18, 1995 he beat José Luis Zepeda for the vacant IBF world title by way of 7th-round TKO. He would go on to lose the belt in his first title defense to Danny Romero in April of the same year. He lost his final 10 fights and retired from the sport in 2004.

See also

• List of flyweight boxing champions

External links

• Boxing record for Francisco Tejedor from BoxRec (registration required)