Angelo Miguel Leo (born May 15, 1994) is an American professional boxer. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title since August 2024, and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior featherweight title from 2020 to 2021.

Professional career Early career Leo made his professional debut on November 17, 2012, scoring a four-round majority decision (MD) victory over Jesus Xavier Pacheco (Per Ardua) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the two judges scoring the bout 40–36 and 39–37 in favour of Leo while the third scored it even at 38–38.

After compiling a record of 18–0 (8 KOs) he faced Cesar Juarez for the vacant WBO-NABO junior featherweight title on December 28, 2019, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Leo dropped his opponent to the canvas twice in round six before scoring a third knockdown in the eleventh. Juarez beat referee Jim Korb's count only for Korb to call off the contest in order to save Juarez from further punishment, awarding Leo the WBO regional title via eleventh-round technical knockout (TKO).

WBO junior featherweight champion Leo vs. Williams On July 9, 2020, it was revealed that the reigning WBO junior featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete would vacate the title and move up to featherweight. The WBO accordingly ordered their #1 ranked junior featherweight contender Stephen Fulton to face the #2 ranked Leo for the vacant belt. The title bout was scheduled as the main event of an August 1 Showtime broadcast card, which took place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Montville, Connecticut. Fulton withdrew from the bout on July 29, due to a positive COVID-19 test, and was replaced by Tramaine Williams. Neither fighter was seen as the favorite to win, as most odds-makers either had both boxers at -120 pick'em odds, or had Williams as a slight -125 favorite. Leo won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 117–111, 118-110 and 118–110. Leo stated his desire to make his first title defense against Fulton, saying in his post-fight interview: "The fans want it, so why not bring it on?".

Leo vs. Fulton Leo was booked to make his first WBO junior featherweight title defense against Stephen Fulton. The fight was scheduled as the main event of a January 23, 2021, card that took place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Montville, Connecticut, and was broadcast by Showtime. The pair was originally scheduled to face each other for the vacant title on August 1, 2020, before Fulton withdrew due to COVID-19. Leo entered his first title defense as a +135 underdog, while Fulton was seen as a -160 favorite. Fulton won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 118–110, 119-111 and 119–111. Fulton landed 364 to Leo's 262 total punches, and outlanded Leo 320 to 238 in power punches.

Continued super bantamweight career Leo faced the one-time WBC super bantamweight title challenger Aarón Alameda on June 19, 2021, on the undercard of the WBC middleweight title bout between reigning champion Jermall Charlo and title challenger Juan Macias Montiel. He won the fight by majority decision. Two of the judges scored the fight 96-94 and 98-92 for Leo, while the third judge scored it as an even 95–95 draw.

IBF featherweight champion Leo vs. Lopez Leo fought Luis Alberto Lopez for his IBF featherweight title at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 10, 2024. Leo knockout out Lopez in the tenth round to win the title, becoming a two division champion in the process. At the time of stoppage two of the judges had Leo ahead on scorecards with 86–85, 86–85, while the third judge had Lopez ahead with 86–85. The one punch knockout was immediately praised by commentator Chris Algieri as a "knockout of the year candidate" and was especially notable because Lopez was seen as having an excellent chin. The knockout remains the only one suffered by Lopez in his career.

Leo vs. Kameda In January 5 it was reported that Leo was scheduled to make the first defense of his IBF featherweight title against Tomoki Kameda on March 29–30 in Aichi, Japan. On January 18, it was reported that the fight will now be held in Osaka, Japan on May 24. Leo won the fight by majority decision.

Leo vs. Aleem Leo was scheduled to make the second defense of his IBF featherweight title against Ra'eese Aleem at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia, USA, on May 9, 2026. However, Aleem missed weight and the fight was called off.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes27Win26–1Tomoki KamedaMD12May 24, 202526Win25–1Luis Alberto LopezKO10 (12), Aug 10, 202425Win24–1Eduardo BaezUD10Apr 10, 202424Win23–1Mike PlaniaKO3 (10), Jan 31, 202423Win22–1Nicolas PolancoTKO9 (10), Nov 1, 202322Win21–1Aarón AlamedaMD10Jun 19, 202121Loss20–1Stephen FultonUD12Jan 23, 202120Win20–0Tramaine WilliamsUD12Aug 1, 202019Win19–0Cesar JuarezTKO11 (12), Dec 28, 201918Win18–0Mark John YapUD10Jun 28, 201917Win17–0Neil John TabanoUD10Apr 5, 201916Win16–0Alberto TorresUD8Feb 9, 201915Win15–0Erik RuizUD8Dec 7, 201814Win14–0Glenn PorrasKO1 (8), Oct 27, 201813Win13–0Sharone CarterUD8Aug 3, 201812Win12–0Jonathan AguilarUD6Jan 27, 201811Win11–0Basilio NievesKO4 (6), Nov 18, 201710Win10–0Jorge Luis FalcónKO3 (6), Aug 13, 20169Win9–0Iván Chavela ResendizKO2 (6), May 14, 20168Win8–0Jesús ReyesKO4 (6), Mar 5, 20167Win7–0Stephon McIntyreUD6Aug 15, 20156Win6–0Gabriel Braxton2 (6), May 9, 20155Win5–0James PiarKO3 (6), May 10, 20144Win4–0Michael James Herrera1 (4), Jan 25, 20143Win3–0Brian GarciaMD4Sep 6, 20132Win2–0Julio Gomez4Jan 19, 20131Win1–0Jesus Pacheco4Nov 17, 2012

See also List of Mexican boxing world champions List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions List of world featherweight boxing champions

References

External links

Angelo Leo - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live