Norbelto Irenes Jiménez Lorenzo (born 26 February 1991) is a Dominican professional boxer. He is a two-time world title challenger, having fought for the WBA super-flyweight title in 2014 and 2019.

Boxing career Jimenez made his professional debut against Juan Pichardo on 25 February 2010. He lost the fight by majority decision. Despite beginning his career with a 1–7 run, Jimenez would amass an 18–8–2 record during the next four years, before being booked to face Julio Escudero for the vacant WBA Fedelatin super flyweight title on 28 June 2014. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 109–100, 108–102 and 109–100.

After successfully defending the Dominican super flyweight title, which he won with a third-round stoppage of Esteban Aquino on 2 February 2014, against Aneudy Matos on 21 September 2014, Jimenez challenged the reigning WBA World super flyweight champion Kohei Kono on 31 December 2014. Kano retained the title by split decision. One judge scored the fight 116–111 for Kano, the second scored it 115–112 for Jimenez, while the third judge scored the bout an even 114–114.

Following his first failed title bid, Jimenez faced Jesus Vargas on 18 April 2015, back in his native Santo Domingo. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges awarding him all ten rounds of the bout. Jimenez won his next eight successive bouts, before being booked to challenge the WBA super flyweight title Kal Yafai on 29 June 2019, at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Ohio, on the undercard of the Demetrius Andrade and Maciej Sulecki middleweight title bout. Jimenez suffered his first loss in eight years, as he lost the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 117–109, 119–107 and 118–108.

Jimenez challenged the WBC International super flyweight champion Aliu Bamidele Lasisi on 6 March 2020, in the main event of an ESPN+ broadcast card. The fight was ruled a split decision draw, with scores of 95–95, 96–94 and 94–96. Jimenez faced Marvin Solano, in his second and final fight of the year, on 17 December 2020. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 79–72, 79–72 and 78–73.

Jimenez faced the former four-weight world champion Donnie Nietes in a WBO super-flyweight title eliminator on 11 December 2021. Aside from a title shot, Nietes' WBO International super-flyweight belt was on the line as well. The fight was ruled a split decision draw, with scores of 96–94, 94–96 and 95–95. Jimenez faced the former WBA super-flyweight title challenger Keyvin Lara (31–4–1) on 8 April 2022. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 97–93, 98–92 and 97–93.

Jimenez was booked to face the former WBA (Regular) super-flyweight titleholder Andrew Moloney on 16 October 2022. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes52Win35–11–6Marcelino NievesUD1017 May 202551Loss34–11–6Noel Reyes CepedaRTD2 (12), 19 Dec 202450Win34–10–6Leonard Sanchez GonzalezUD830 Aug 202449Win33–10–6Anyelo MunozTKO4 (8)9 Feb 202448Win32–10–6Gilbert GonzalezTKO2 (8), 30 Jun 202347Loss31–10–6Andrew MoloneyUD1016 Oct 202246Win31–9–6Keyvin LaraUD108 Apr 202245Draw30–9–6Donnie NietesSD1011 Dec 202144Win30–9–5Marvin SolanoUD817 Dec 202043Draw29–9–5Aliu Bamidele LasisiSD106 Mar 202042Loss29–9–4Kal YafaiUD1229 Jun 201941Win29–8–4Renson RoblesUD1023 Jun 201840Win28–8–4Reysi RosaTKO2 (10), 22 Dec 201739Win27–8–4Donny GarciaTKO9 (10), 24 Jun 201738Win26–8–4Luis Alberto ZarragaTKO2 (10), 24 Feb 201737Win25–8–4Felix MachadoTKO6 (8), 15 Dec 201636Win24–8–4Renson RoblesUD1016 Jul 201635Win23–8–4Manuel Gonzalez GarciaTKO7 (12), 14 Nov 201534Win22–8–4Anyelo MunozTKO4 (10), 11 Jul 201533Win21–8–4Jesus VargasUD1018 Apr 201532Draw20–8–4Kohei KonoSD1231 Dec 201431Win20–8–3Aneudy Matos1 (12), 21 Sep 201430Win19–8–3Julio EscuderoUD1128 Jun 201429Win18–8–3Esteban Aquino3 (10), 2 Feb 201428Win17–8–3Aneurys Mesa RodriguezUD818 Oct 201327Win16–8–3Ambiorix CiriacoUD631 Aug 201326Win15–8–3Elvin RodriguezTKO3 (8), 4 Aug 201325Draw14–8–3Eliezer Aquino5 (10), 18 May 201324Win14–8–2Danny AquinoUD89 Mar 201323Win13–8–2Juan Carlos RosalesTKO4 (6), 3 Feb 201322Win12–8–2Armando LachapelleUD815 Jan 201321Win11–8–2Jose Reyes PerezTKO1 (6), 21 Dec 201220Win10–8–2Rafael SandovalTKO3 (6), 28 Nov 201219Win9–8–2Ramon BuenoTKO2 (6), 16 Nov 201218Win8–8–2Dinoel ReynosoUD410 Nov 201217Win7–8–2Nelson DiazTKO1 (6), 18 Oct 201216Win6–8–2Jose Ramon TejadaTKO1 (6), 2 Oct 201215Win5–8–2Alfonso SandovalTKO1 (6), 16 Sep 201214Win4–8–2Marcos MartinezTKO1 (6), 12 Sep 201213Draw3–8–2Julio Cesar Paniagua412 May 201212Win3–8–1Ramon Cedano GilMD425 Nov 201111Loss2–8–1Ruben VicenteMD425 Nov 201110Draw2–7–1Luis Cosme430 Apr 20119Win2–7Carlos Rodriguez ContrerasSD426 Mar 20118Loss1–7Luis HinojosaUD626 Feb 20117Loss1–6Juan Gabriel Guzman PichardoKO3 (8), 31 Jan 20116Loss1–5Daniel Ramirez418 Dec 20105Win1–4Ruben Vicente429 Nov 20104Loss0–4Juan Carlos PayanoTKO2 (6)9 Oct 20103Loss0–3Carlos Manuel Reyes1 (8), 19 Aug 20102Loss0–2Oscauris Frias3 (6), 5 Jun 20101Loss0–1Juan Gabriel Guzman Pichardo425 Feb 2010

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