Angelo Peña (boxer)
Peña in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | The One |
| Born | Angelo Rafael Peña September 30, 1994 Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
| Weight | |
| Boxing career | |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 13 |
| Wins | 13 |
| Win by KO | 7 |
| Losses | 0 |
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.[2] On 23 February 2021, Peña lost to Moldovan Dorin Bucsa in the preliminary round of the "2021 Strandja Memorial" in Sofia, Bulgaria.[3][4] On 21 November 2021, Peña defeated Ali Mohsseni to become the Swiss Featherweight amateur champion.[2][4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[6][7]
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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11]
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.[12][13]
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.[14] On the bout, Peña retained his title and remains undefeated with an unchallenged fourth-round RTD victory.[15]
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.[7][16] Peña won via comfortable unanimous decision.[17]
Professional boxing record
| 13 fights | 13 wins | 0 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 7 | 0 |
| By decision | 6 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Jeo Santisima | UD | 10 | 26 Dec 2025 | Kursaal Arena, Bern, Switzerland | Retained WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Karim Guerfi | RTD | 4 (10), 3:00 | 18 Apr 2025 | Stadttheater Bern, Bern, Switzerland | Retained WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Gisu Lee | UD | 10 | 26 Dec 2024 | Kursaal Arena, Bern, Switzerland | Retained WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Hiroki Hanabusa | UD | 10 | 14 Sep 2024 | Mobiliar Arena, Muri bei Bern, Switzerland | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Eduardo Costa do Nascimento | UD | 10 | 29 Mar 2023 | Stadttheater Bern, Bern, Switzerland | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Sofiane Takoucht | KO | 5 (10), 0:35 | 26 Dec 2023 | Kursaal, Bern, Switzerland | Won vacant IBO Continental super featherweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Baina Mazola | KO | 2 (8), 1:35 | 10 Jun 2023 | Parktheater, Grenchen, Switzerland | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Said Chino | UD | 8 | 26 Dec 2022 | Kursaal, Bern, Switzerland | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Joshua Ocampo | UD | 6 | 29 Oct 2022 | Salle des Fetes St-Leonard, Fribourg, Switzerland | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Bukhuti Tatishvili | TKO | 2 (6), 2:00 | 24 Sep 2022 | Klingentalturnhalle, Basel, Switzerland | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Nicola Cipolletta | RTD | 1 (6), 3:00 | 4 Jun 2022 | Argensporthalle, Wangen im Allgäu, Germany | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Igor Lazarev | RTD | 2 (6), 3:00 | 15 Apr 2022 | Stadttheater Bern, Bern, Switzerland | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Irakli Shariashvili | KO | 2 (6), 1:35 | 26 Dec 2021 | Kursaal Arena, Bern, Switzerland |
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.[18] Peña completed a vocational apprenticeship in retail and works part-time as a barista.[19]
References
- ^ Boxen satt Theater 25 Tale of the Tape
- ^ a b "SwissBoxing - Athlet Detail". swissboxing.ch (in German). Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ "SwissBoxing - Boxmeeting Detail". swissboxing.ch (in German). Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ a b "BoxRec: Angelo Pena". boxrec.com. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ "BoxRec: Leander Strupler". boxrec.com. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ a b "BoxRec: Angelo Pena". boxrec.com. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ a b Aznad, Edri K. (December 26, 2025). "Santisima challenges Pena for WBO Inter-Continental belt". sunstar.com.ph. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ BoxingScene Staff (July 13, 2024). "Euro News: Cristobal Lorente crowned the king of Europe in Albania". boxingscene.com. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ Rieder, Sebastian (September 13, 2024). "ANGELO PEÑA: «Kampf des Lebens» – Schweizer Boxer vor dem Tor zur Champions League". 20min.ch (in German). Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ ""Championship Boxing": Angelo Peña wins the WBO Intercontinental title on points". bluewin.ch. September 14, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ "Pena defeats Hanabusa, wins WBO Inter-Continental title". 024boxing.com. September 14, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ Oska (December 27, 2024). "Angelo Pena dominates, stays on path to World Title glory". sportsration.com. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ "Angelo Pena defeated Gisu Lee, defends WBO Inter-Confinental title". 024boxing.com. December 26, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ Redaktion (February 22, 2025). "Peña vs. Guerfi: a duel with a history". box-sport.de. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ "Peña with twelfth win in twelfth professional fight". bluewin.ch. April 19, 2025. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ Rosal, Glendale G. (November 27, 2025). "Jeo Santisima gets title shot vs. unbeaten Peña in Switzerland". cebudailynews.inquirer.net. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ Rosal, Glendale G. (December 27, 2025). "Santisima falls short in WBO regional title bid in Switzerland". Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ Moser, Manuel (March 19, 2023). "Peña und sein Traum vom Box-Thron". mobile.plattformj.ch (in German). Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ "Barista Peña: Hier gibt es den stärksten Kaffee der Stadt". blick.ch (in German). April 14, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
External links
- Boxing record for Angelo Peña from BoxRec (registration required)