Demetrius Andrade

On March 20, 2014 it was confirmed that British boxer and mandatory challenger Brian Rose (25-1-1, 7 KO) would be the first defence of Andrade's world title reign.

The fight would take place on June 14 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Andrade dominated Rose, a British native via 7th-round TKO.

Andrade was ahead on all scorecards (60-51 & 60-52 twice) at the time of stoppage.

Rose was dropped hard by straight left hand from Andrade in the first round.

In round 3, Andrade connected with a counter right hook, which put Rose on the canvas a second time.

Referee Michael Griffin stepped in to put an end to the one-sided beatdown in round 7.

Compubox showed Andrade landed 149 of 452 total punches (33%), while Rose connected on a minor 30 of 179 total punches (17%).

An opportunity arose in the Summer of 2013 when the vacant WBO light middleweight title would be decided by one match between Andrade and Armenian contender Vanes Martirosyan (33-0-1, 21 KOs).

Andrade was scheduled to fight titlist Zaurbek Baysangurov on July 6 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Baysangurov was stripped after suffering a back injury and being sidelined for an extended period of time.

Demetrius Cesar Andrade (born February 26, 1988) is an American professional boxer.

He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, at light middleweight and middleweight.

A Providence native of Cape Verdean descent, southpaw Andrade began boxing in 1994 at the age of 6.

His nickname "Boo Boo" quickly became well known amongst the locals and he later became a recognized name across the United States.

Andrade won the United States Amateur Boxing Championship in 2005, and repeated it in 2006 when he also won the National Golden Gloves.

Andrade initially struggled at the international level, losing to Eastern Europe opponents at the World Cup in 2005 and 2006.

As an amateur, he won the U.S. national championships and Golden Gloves twice each, a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships, and represented the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics; all in the welterweight division.

Demetrius Andrade obtained arguably the most successful amateur boxing reputation amongst all Rhode Island fighters in history.

He again won the National Golden Gloves in 2007, but did not compete in the U.S. Amateurs that year due to injury.

However, he won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, losing in the gold medal match to Brazilian hometown favorite Pedro Lima by a narrow 7-6 margin.

He won gold at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, where he beat Kakhaber Zhvania, Dmitrijs Sostaks, 2005 silver medalist Magomed Nurutdinov, future champion Jack Culcay-Keth, and Adem Kılıççı in the semifinal round.

He beat Non Boonjumnong of Thailand in the finals, a match in which Andrade inflicted a standing eight count upon Boonjumnong and was leading by a score of 11-3 in the second round when Boonjumnong retired with an injury to his right arm.

Andrade attempted one last amateur endeavor before deciding to become professional.

At the Olympic trials he defeated hard-punching Keith Thurman 27:13 In 2008, Demetrius Andrade was honored with the satisfaction of representing the USA in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and he became known as one of the favorites to win a gold medal.

He overcame Kakhaber Zhvania and the highly regarded Russian Andrey Balanov 14:3 to advance to the quarterfinals but he was shocked by Korean veteran Kim Jung-joo 9:11 (Olympic results) in a controversial loss.

Though unable to win an Olympic Gold Medal that year, Andrade decided to end his exceptional amateur campaign and become a professional.

Demetrius Andrade became a professional boxer and had his first pro fight in October 2008.

He defeated Patrick Cape at Northern Quest Casino, Airway Heights, Washington in a second-round knockout.

He went on to win a TKO over Eric Marriott before making his Friday Night Fights debut against Tom Joseph on March 6 with a 1st-round TKO victory.

Only 2 weeks later, Demetrius beat Arnulfo Javier Romero in a second-round KO.

On June 19, 2009 he won in a unanimous decision against Tony Hirsch and followed up with another KO against Chad Greenleaf in the second round.

Andrade went on to defeat John Williams by TKO in the 6th round, and Chris Chatman by unanimous decision.

Andrade's record jumped to an impressive 9-0 record after demolishing Italian boxer Bernardo Guereca, with a 1st-round KO.

Demetrius defeated his next ten opponents, including five fights ending by KO and the others ending by unanimous decision.

The fight took place on November 9, 2013, at the American Bank Center in Texas.

The fight was originally scheduled to take place on September 7 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Andrade defeated Martirosyan via split decision with scores of 114–113, 117–110 and 112–115 to win the vacant WBO title.

Andrade was knocked down in the first round from a left hook by Martirosyan after dominating the entire round.

Andrade used his jab and quickness to control the majority of the fight.