Pedro Pena: Los Angeles Super-Flyweight Boxing Career
Pedro “Dangerous” Pena was a Los Angeles boxer who turned professional in 1996 and competed at super flyweight. His record lists 18 wins and three losses, and his profile credits him with USBA titles at flyweight and super flyweight and a California State title at 115 pounds. BoxerList’s bout history and BoxRec’s profile document his career.
The footage is labeled as Pena’s fight with Carlos Gomez. BoxerList records Pena winning their February 1998 bout by unanimous decision. In July 1998, Pena defended his California title with a unanimous decision over Edgar Garcia, reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Pena last fought Carlos Madrigal in March 2001, closing a 21-bout professional run that began in November 1996.
From an unbeaten start to a world-title opportunity
Pena won his first sixteen professional contests. The early sequence included a knockout of David Avila in Irvine, followed by wins in California, Arizona and New Mexico. During 1998, he added decisions over Julio Cesar Alfaro and Sammy Stewart alongside the Gomez and Garcia bouts. His schedule combined stoppage victories with fights that required him to win on the scorecards.
On January 14, 2000, Pena challenged Irene Pacheco for the IBF flyweight championship in El Paso, Texas. Pacheco retained the belt with an eleventh-round knockout, handing Pena his first professional defeat. The IBF title-fight chronology distinguishes that unsuccessful world challenge from the domestic titles associated with Pena’s career.
He returned with two knockout wins over Porfirio Torres in April and June 2000. Losses to Marcos Badillo and Carlos Madrigal followed, completing the eighteen-win record.
Sources
Career records and reporting: boxrec.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
