Angelo Rafael Peña (born 30 September 1994) is a Dominican-Swiss professional boxer who has held the WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title since 2024.
Amateur career On 16 September 2017, Peña won his first amateur bout in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Between 2017 and 2021, Peña completed a total of 41 bouts, suffering seven defeats on the way through. On 23 February 2021, Peña lost to Moldovan Dorin Bucsa in the preliminary round of the "2021 Strandja Memorial" in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 21 November 2021, Peña defeated Ali Mohsseni to become the Swiss Featherweight amateur champion.
Professional career Early career In autumn of 2021, Peña signed a contract with the Swiss boxing promotion Swiss Pro Boxing and has since been managed by Leander Strupler. He made his professional debut on 26 December 2021 at Bern, where he defeated Georgian boxer Irakli Shariashvili by knockout in round two. He then went on to fight several more professional bouts, including a first-round RTD victory on 4 June 2022 in Germany against former Italian champion Nicola Cipolletta.
Rise up the ranks Peña vs. Takoucht On 26 December 2023, Peña fought former EBU featherweight champion and IBF world featherweight title challenger Sofiane Takoucht for the IBO Continental super featherweight title in Bern. Peña overcame the veteran and won via fifth-round KO.
WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight champion Peña vs. Hanabusa Peña was scheduled on 14 September 2024 against 13–2–5 Japanese Hiroki Hanabusa for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title in Bern. Prior to the bout, Peña changed his coaching team; he is now to be trained by Cuban legend Ismael Salas, where they also were getting ready for potential bouts at Las Vegas in the future. Peña won via ten-rounds unanimous decision with the dominant scores of 100–90, 99–91 and 98–92, placing him in the WBO super featherweight rankings.
On 26 December 2024, Peña made the first defense of his title against South Korean (currently hailing from Canada) Gisu Lee, where he performed another dominant lop-sided unanimous decision victory.
Peña vs. Guerfi On 18 April 2025, Peña defended his title against multiple-time EBU champion, former IBO world bantamweight and WBA interim flyweight titles challenger Karim Guerfi at the Bern Theatre. The bout had a lot of background/out-of-ring commotions, the bout was originally scheduled all the way back in 2023, however, Guerfi preferred another offer, in addition, Guerfi dropped due to an injury. On Instagram, Guerfi opted for a verbal offense as he taunted Peña through the comments, notably, he once commented "Easy work", "It's time to fight" under Peña's training pictures, another one is when Guerfi sent a picture of Petit suisse fruit quark alongside the statement "J'aime bien les petits Suisses." ("I like the little Swiss") Although Peña did not get involved with the one-sided verbal altercation, he admitted that it had gotten personal. On the bout, Peña retained his title and remains undefeated with an unchallenged fourth-round RTD victory.
Peña vs. Santisima On 27 November 2025, it was announced that Peña was scheduled to defend his title against WBO world super bantamweight title challenger and previous ABCO Continental super featherweight champion Jeo Santisima on 26 December 2025 at the Kursaal Arena. Peña won via comfortable unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes13Win13–0Jeo SantisimaUD1026 Dec 202512Win12–0Karim GuerfiRTD4 (10), 18 Apr 202511Win11–0Gisu LeeUD1026 Dec 202410Win10–0Hiroki HanabusaUD1014 Sep 20249Win9–0Eduardo Costa do NascimentoUD1029 Mar 20238Win8–0Sofiane TakouchtKO5 (10), 26 Dec 20237Win7–0Baina MazolaKO2 (8), 10 Jun 20236Win6–0Said ChinoUD826 Dec 20225Win5–0Joshua OcampoUD629 Oct 20224Win4–0Bukhuti TatishviliTKO2 (6), 24 Sep 20223Win3–0Nicola CipollettaRTD1 (6), 4 Jun 20222Win2–0Igor LazarevRTD2 (6), 15 Apr 20221Win1–0Irakli ShariashviliKO2 (6), 26 Dec 2021
Personal life Angelo Rafael Peña was born in Madrid, Spain to Dominican parents, he later moved to the Dominican Republic with his parents. He discovered his passion for boxing due to many of his relatives being boxers themselves. At the age of eight, he moved to Ostermundigen, Switzerland, where he would grow up, as a teenager, he was active in sports such as kickboxing and football. By 2017, he focused solely on boxing, later joining the BoxingKings Club in Bern, where he was trained by professional boxer Alain Chervet. Peña completed a vocational apprenticeship in retail and works part-time as a barista.
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