Byron Hasael Rojas Hernandez (born 23 June 1990) is a Nicaraguan professional boxer who held the WBA minimumweight title in 2016.
Career Rojas took up boxing after being bullied in his teenage years. He was first trained by Roger Rivas. He became an amateur national champion before turning professional. Rojas drew three times in his first ten fights, and he also lost two bouts around that time, both by split decision.
Rojas won his first regional title, the Nicaraguan minimumweight title, on 30 November 2013, with a unanimous decision win over Jose Aguilar. Rojas defended his title on 22 August 2015, defeating Byron Castellón in a wide unanimous decision (98-93, 97–93, 97–92). On his next fight, Rojas would go on to face WBA and IBO minimumweight champion Hekkie Budler in Kempton Park. Budler was considered a wide favourite prior to the fight, but Rojas won a close fight marred by headbutts via unanimous decision (115-113, 115–113, 115–113). Only the WBA title was at stake, but Budler was stripped of his IBO title after the loss. The WBA then ordered a match-up between Rojas interim champion Knockout CP Freshmart in April 2016. The fight took place on 29 June in Khon Kaen. The fight was widely considered boring, as Knockout clinched through most of the fight to no warning from the referee. Nevertheless, he won the fight by unanimous decision (115-113, 115–113, 115–113) to unseat Rojas.
After losing the world title, Rojas stringed eight wins together, all of them in Nicaragua, and joined trainer Wilmer Hernández. Rojas was named as the WBA's mandatory challenger, and a rematch between Knockout CP Freshmart and Rojas was signed for 28 November 2018. Knockout won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 115–113, 117-111 and 116–112.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes36Win Eliezer GazoUD824 Aug 2019 35NC26–4–3 Byron CastellonNC2 (8), 28 Jun 2019 34Win26–4–3 Byron CastellonSD823 Feb 2019 33Loss25–4–3 Knockout CP FreshmartUD1229 Nov 2018 32Win25–3–3 Daniel MendozaKO3 (8), 28 Jun 2018 31Win24–3–3 Byron Castellon615 Dec 2017 30Win23–3–3 Omar OrtizUD624 Nov 2017 29Win22–3–3 Eddy CastroTKO3 (8), 14 Oct 2017 28Win21–3–3 Nelson LunaUD825 Aug 2017 27Win20–3–3 Carlos OrtegaUD830 Jun 2017 26Win19–3–3 Juan Lopez MartinezTKO6 (8)26 May 2017 25Win18–3–3 Omar OrtizUD827 Aug 2016 24Loss17–3–3 Knockout CP FreshmartUD1229 Jun 2016 23Win17–2–3 Hekkie BudlerUD1219 Mar 2016 22Win16–2–3 Byron CastellonUD1022 Aug 2015 21Win15–2–3 Julio MendozaTKO5 (8), 25 Oct 2014 20Win14–2–3 Jose AguilarUD823 Aug 2014 19Win13–2–3 Ricardo PerezUD817 May 2014 18Win12–2–3 Israel MoralesTKO2 (8), 22 Mar 2014 17Win11–2–3 Eduardo MartinezUD108 Feb 2014 16Win10–2–3 Jose AguilarUD1030 Nov 2013 15Win9–2–3 Luis RiosUD819 Oct 2013 148–2–3 Alcides MartinezNC3 (6), 30 Aug 2013 13Win8–2–3 Omar OrtizTKO3 (6), 27 Jul 2013 12Win7–2–3 Alexander MartinezTKO4 (4), 23 Mar 2013 11Loss6–2–3 Roger ColladoSD61 Dec 2012 10Loss6–1–3 Luis RiosSD64 Aug 2012 9Win6–0–3 Roger ColladoTKO4 (6), 18 Feb 2012 8Win5–0–3 Francisco ElizabethTKO4 (4), 26 Mar 2011 7Win4–0–3 Johnson Tellez411 Mar 2011 6Draw3–0–3 Alcides MartinezSD418 Dec 2010 5Draw3–0–2 Alcides Martinez413 Nov 2010 4Win3–0–1 Carlos Manzanares430 Oct 2010 3Win2–0–1 Francisco Elizabeth2 (4), 25 Sep 2010 2Win1–0–1 Jose Carvajal2 (4), 4 Sep 2010 1Draw0–0–1 Carlos Manzanares414 Aug 2010
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