Yamil Peralta
Born	Yamil Alberto Peralta Jara (1991-07-16) 16 July 1991 (age 32) Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Statistics
Weight(s)	Cruiserweight
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	17
Wins	16
Wins by KO	9
Losses	1
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Argentina World Amateur Championships 2013 Almaty Heavyweight Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Heavyweight Pan American Championship 2017 Tegucigalpa [fr] Heavyweight South American Games 2014 Santiago Light Heavyweight 2010 Medellin Light Heavyweight

Yamil Alberto Peralta Jara^[a] (born 16 July 1991 in Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine boxer who won Heavyweight Bronze at the PanAm Games 2011 and later qualified for the Olympics.

Career

At the 2010 South American Games, Peralta competed at light heavyweight. He reached the semifinals, where he was defeated by Carlos Gongora,^[1] therefore winning the bronze medal. After these Games, he moved up to the heavyweight division.

At the 2011 Pan American Games he lost the heavyweight semifinal to eventual champion Lenier Pero 9:13. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost his first bout to Canadian Samir El Mais, whom he beat 15:12 at the Olympic qualifier in a rematch. This result was enough ensure his qualification for the 2012 Olympics although he lost the final to Michael Hunter 10:12.^[2]

At the Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight he defeated Chouaib Bouloudinat but lost to Tervel Pulev 10:13.^[3]

At the 2013 World Championships, he won a bronze medal.^[4]

In 2014 he turned professional.^[4]

In 2022, Yamil remained undefeated at 13-0 until he fought Canadian Ryan Rozicki (15-1) on 7 May for the WBC International Cruiserweight title in Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada.^[5] In a statement made by Rozicki's promoter Dan Otter, the rematch has been scheduled for the fall of 2022.^[6]

Professional boxing record