Milton Núñez
Boxer
- Born
- 25 September 1987, Barranquilla
- Citizenship
- Colombia
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- middleweight
- Occupation
- boxer
Milton Núñez (born September 25, 1979) is a Colombian boxer. Núñez's biggest fight was against Gennadiy Golovkin for the interim WBA middleweight title. In this title fight, Núñez lost by knockout in 58 seconds.
Núñez also fought, and lost, against fellow Colombian Nilson Julio Tapia. Milton fought former IBF light middleweight title challenger Deandre Latimore on Showtime on February 24, 2012, where Milton lost by majority decision.
In 2016, Núñez fought future middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly in his debut, losing by a first-round TKO. Other world champion or world title challenger opponents of Núñez include Sergio Mora, Daniel Jacobs, Dmitry Chudinov, and Matt Korobov—all ending in losses.
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