Jesus Silvestre: Boxing Career and Notable Fights
Jesús Silvestre Cárdenas is a Mexican professional boxer who held the World Boxing Association interim minimumweight title. The WBA’s profile lists 37 wins and seven losses, with 26 victories by knockout.
Winning the interim championship
Silvestre won the WBA interim title in 2012 with a twelve-round decision over Edwin Díaz in Tepic, Nayarit. The result moved him into the world-title picture at minimumweight. His WBA profile and BoxRec record document the title and the subsequent bouts.
Career at minimumweight
Silvestre’s record includes a number of regional and world-level contests in Mexico and abroad. His interim championship was followed by opportunities against established WBA titleholders in Japan and Monaco.
Challenges against Miyazaki and Budler
On September 11, 2013, Silvestre met Ryo Miyazaki in Osaka in a contest between the WBA minimumweight champion and the organization’s interim titleholder. Miyazaki won by majority decision after twelve rounds. The WBA’s contemporary report records a hard-fought meeting that ended with the Japanese boxer retaining his position.
Silvestre later challenged Hekkie Budler in Monte Carlo on February 21, 2015. Budler retained the WBA and IBO minimumweight titles by unanimous decision over twelve rounds. The bout took place on the same event as Gennady Golovkin versus Martin Murray, giving Silvestre another prominent international assignment.
These two distance fights help define the level of competition surrounding his interim reign. The Díaz victory established the interim title achievement, while the Miyazaki and Budler results were unsuccessful attempts against other titleholders. Keeping those outcomes separate gives readers a clearer account of his championship record and the international reach of his career.
Further career results
His later bout history extended above minimumweight. The WBA’s record lists a June 2022 flyweight contest with Andrés Campos in Chile, followed by Mexican appearances against Armando Appel in January 2023 and Jorge Leyva Torres in May. Earlier entries include Marvin Díaz in December 2019 and Juan Flores in January 2020. These dated appearances show continued activity years after the two championship challenges abroad.
