Victoriano Damián Sosa (born April 17, 1974 in La Vega, Dominican Republic) is a boxer.

Personal

Sosa is second cousin of Major League Baseball player Sammy Sosa.

Victoriano Sosa

Amateur career

Member of the 1992 Dominican Olympic Team as a Featherweight. His results were: Defeated by Anand Kumar Ray (India) 23-14 Defeated Steven Chungu (Zambia) 11-9 Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria) 13-4

Victoriano Sosa

Pro career

His career boxing record is 42-4-2- (31 KOs). Earlier in his career, Sosa won minor titles—the WBC Fecarbox and Dominican Republic lightweight titles. He has been a contender in the lightweight division, challenging world champions such as Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto (going the distance and getting KOed respectively), as well as Paul Spadafora.

Victoriano Sosa

Professional boxing record

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1974 births

Lightweight boxers

Living people

People from La Vega Province

Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Olympic boxers for the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic male boxers