[1] His amateur record consists 86–9, achieved three times consecutive New York Golden Gloves championship in two different weight divisions, featherweight-novice, and lightweight-open between 2002 and 2004.
[4] Teron worked with Mark Breland, a former World and Olympic champion since his 10th pro bout against Marcus Luck.
He studied successively at JFK High School in his native borough and, at the Business Administration Department of Bronx Community College.
According to Showbox pro-fight preview for the fight against Michael Lozada, Teron grew up with his grandmother due to his mother is in a wheelchair.
Additionally, this fight was broadcast live on Pan-European sports channel Eurosport, as its first ever bout in European TVs, on August 1, 2008.