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Carlos Adames (born 7 May 1994) is a Dominican professional boxer. He has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight title since May 2024. He previously challenged for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim light middleweight title in 2019.




Professional career


Adames represented the Dominican Republic in the World Series of Boxing between 2014 and 2015, accumulating a 4–2 record.




= Adames vs. Souffrant

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Adames made his professional debut in July 2015, defeating Jeff Souffrant by unanimous decision after four rounds.




= Adames vs. Figueroa

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Adames won the vacant WBA Fedecaribe welterweight title in his seventh bout, beating Kelly Figueroa.




= Adames vs. Lopez

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He won another vacant title in his next fight, defeating Patrick Lopez with a fourth-round technical knockout for the WBA Fedelatin title.




= Adames vs. Molina

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In July 2017, he defeated welterweight contender Carlos Molina by unanimous decision (110–98, 110–98, 109–99) after eleven rounds. Adames put on a dominant performance, dropping Molina in round two and outclassing him through the rest of the fight. However, the fight ended a ten-fight knockout streak for Adames.
On November, Adames was scheduled to face Frank Rojas in a welterweight bout as part of the 96th WBA Convention in Medellín, but the bout was called off after he failed to make weight.




= Adames vs. Teixeira

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On 30 November 2019, Adames faced Patrick Teixeira for the vacant WBO interim super welterweight title. Teixeira was ranked #2 by the WBO and #12 by both the WBC and the WBA. Teixeira beat Adames by unanimous decision. The scorecards were announced as 111–116, 113–114, 113–114 in favor of Teixeira.




= Adames vs. Derevyanchenko

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On 5 December 2021, Adames fought Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Derevyanchenko was ranked #4 by The Ring, #3 by the WBC and #14 by the WBA at middleweight. Adames beat Derevyanchenko by majority decision, with the scorecards reading 95-95, 93–97, 94–96 in his favor.




= Adames vs Montiel

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On the 8th of October, 2022, at the Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, U.S., Adames went up against Uruguayan boxer Juan Macias "Juanito" Montiel for the WBC (Interim) Middleweight title. Adames would go on to win that secondary title by knocking out Montiel in the 3rd round of their scheduled 12-round bout.




= Adames vs Williams

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Adames made the first defense of his WBC (Interim) Middleweight title against Philadelphia's own Julian "J-Rock" Williams on the 24th of June, 2023, at the Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. He would go on to stop Williams in the 9th round of their scheduled 12-round bout.




= Championship Status Elevation

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On May 7, 2024, just mere hours after reigning middleweight champion Jermall Charlo was stripped of the title due to a DWI arrest, the World Boxing Council (WBC) elevated Adames from interim champion to full-fledged champion of the middleweight division.




= Adames vs. Gausha

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Adames was scheduled to defend his WBC middleweight title against Terrell Gausha at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on June 15, 2024. Adames won the fight by unanimous decision.




Professional boxing record






See also


List of world middleweight boxing champions




Notes






References






External links


Boxing record for Carlos Adames from BoxRec (registration required)
Carlos Adames - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live

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