Samuel Carmona: Spanish Flyweight and WBC Title Challenger
Samuel Carmona Heredia is a Spanish flyweight boxer born in Las Palmas on May 28, 1996. The WBA profile lists his height as 5 ft 4 in and records a professional debut in September 2019.
Boxing career and major results
Before turning professional, Carmona represented Spain in the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 46–49 kg division. He reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Colombia’s Yuberjen Martínez, who went on to win silver. The official Rio boxing results book records the bout and Carmona’s fifth-place finish.
On December 3, 2022, Carmona challenged WBC flyweight champion Julio César Martínez. Carmona entered unbeaten, but Martínez retained the title by majority decision after 12 rounds; the judges scored it 114–114, 117–111, and 116–112. The WBC’s fight report records the result.
The Spanish Boxing Federation’s profile lists Carmona as WBA International flyweight champion in 2022 and EBU Silver flyweight champion from 2023 to 2024. His career includes major amateur competition and professional title success alongside the loss in his WBC world-title challenge.
Carmona’s record bridges amateur and professional competition: an Olympic quarterfinal in Rio came before his unbeaten run to the Martínez challenge. The majority decision was close enough to include one even scorecard, though two judges favored the champion. His later regional and European titles show that the WBC loss did not end his pursuit of championship bouts.
Sources
Career records and reporting: wbcboxing.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
