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UBO Flashback: When
Jo Jo Showed His Class On Short Notice |
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MARCH 18, 2022 /
BY UBO PRESS OFFICER |
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It
must be said that he did so on many
occasions, but Canada-based Romanian Ionut
Dan Ion, AKA Jo Jo Dan, really showed his
class when he won the Universal Boxing
Organization™ (UBO) Inter-Continental
Welterweight title in July of 2011.
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Jo Jo Dan
was his fighting-name, adopted at some point
around the time he turned professional in
Toronto during the spring of 2004. Seven years
later he had compiled a 28-1 record, losing only
a WBC eliminator to Selcuk Aydin by split
decision in Turkey.
Local man
Floyd Trumpet was supposed to fight Guyana´s
Iwan “Pure Gold” Azore (13-3-3) for the UBO
Inter-Continental title in Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago on July 29, 2011, but had to
pull out not long before the fight.
The
promoters scrambled to find a replacement, and
the call eventually came to the management of
Dan, who agreed to take the trip on short
notice. And the gamble paid off!
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Dan, a
southpaw, was a level or two above Azore, and had
little trouble stopping him in three rounds to
become UBO Champion in very impressive fashion.
In his next
fight Dan lost a rematch to Aydin, again in Turkeu
and by close decision, but after five victories in
a row he went on to challenge Kell Brook for the
IBF world title in 2015, losing when he retired on
his stool after four rounds.
He never
reached the same heights again, and retired in
2017 with a 36-5 (19) record. Besides the UBO
title, he also won NABA and WBC Continental
Americas belts.
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