Alejandro Berrio

Alejandro Berrio ( born August 7, 1976 in Cartagena ( Colombia) Alejandro Berrio Hernández ) is a Colombian boxer.

Professional career

1997 Berrio was in his home country professional and won most of his fights by knockout. Early defeats he suffered in 1998 against his unknown compatriot Jairo Jesus Siris, 2001 against the then completely unknown Henry Porras (who later lost to all well-known opponents like Brähmer, Danilo Haussler, Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch ) and 2003 against the unknown American Eric Mitchell.

In 2005 he managed a knockout against multiple Canadian world title challenger Syd Vanderpool first international respect for success. In the next fight he lost in Germany against Robert Stieglitz in an IBF eliminator of the Association without proper preparation for a fourth time prematurely.

A victory against the unbeaten American Yusaf Mack brought him but then in the rankings to the top. In March 2007 he won in a rematch against Stieglitz in Rostock for the vacant IBF title by TKO in round three. In the IWBR computer rankings, he was placed at this time at position 17, goldfinch on 15 Before the fight was Berrio been taken by Wilfried Sauerland, who had to fight very nearly bought for his boxing stable under contract.

On 19 October 2007 he competed against unbeaten mandatory challenger Lucian Bute make his first title defense and lost the belt to the Romanians by technical knockout in the eleventh round.