Alli Galvez: The Unsung Chilean Boxing Legend
Chilean boxer Alli Gálvez—listed by BoxRec under his birth name, Alexis Gálvez, and nickname “El Maquillador”—boxed professionally from 1986 to 1997. BoxRec records him at 36 wins and 11 losses, while Chilean boxing histories remember him as a prominent national contender.
Boxing career and major results
The video title identifies footage of Gálvez against Saman Sorjaturong. Their bout was a WBC light-flyweight title challenge in Thailand on October 19, 1996; Sorjaturong stopped Gálvez in the second round, as the WBC’s fight history records.
One of Gálvez’s notable regional achievements came on February 27, 1991, when he won the South American light-flyweight title by disqualification over Argentina’s Luis Américo Díaz in the seventh round at Viña del Mar, according to Boxeadores.cl’s history of Chilean South American champions.
Gálvez challenged for world titles four times but did not win a world championship. He lost a WBO light-flyweight title fight to José de Jesús by fifth-round knockout in 1990, then twice challenged WBO flyweight champion Isidro Pérez: first by unanimous decision in Mexico and later by split decision in Santiago. The BoxRec WBO flyweight title-fight ledger lists Pérez’s two defenses over Gálvez, and the WBO light-flyweight history records the José de Jesús bout.
Sources
- BoxRec: Alli Gálvez profile and record
- Boxeadores.cl: Chilean South American champions
- WBC: Sorjaturong–Gálvez, October 19, 1996
- WBO light-flyweight title history
- BoxRec: WBO flyweight title fights
- BoxRec: WBO super-flyweight champions
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
