Dirceu Cabarca: Boxing Career and Major Results
Dirceu Cabarca is a Panamanian professional boxer whose record includes a challenge for the WBC light flyweight world title. Record databases list him at 17 wins and 11 losses across 28 professional bouts, with six wins by knockout. BoxRec’s Cabarca profile and Boxerlist’s bout record document his career.
Early Career and Challenges
On January 12, 2013, Cabarca challenged reigning WBC light flyweight champion Adrián “El Confesor” Hernández in Toluca, Mexico. Cabarca lost by unanimous decision after 12 rounds. A contemporary Prensa.com preview identified the bout as a WBC title defense, and the result is recorded in Boxerlist’s bout history.
Regional Title and Later Bouts
Cabarca later won the vacant WBC FECARBOX light flyweight title against Alcides Martínez on April 20, 2013, by majority decision. He lost the belt to Edwin Díaz by majority decision that August. Boxerlist’s event-by-event record lists both results.
Professional Record
BoxRec and Boxerlist list Cabarca’s professional record as 17 wins and 11 losses, with six knockouts. The records show his final listed bout in 2017.
Sources
- Prensa.com — officials appointed for the 2013 WBC title bout
- BoxRec — Dirceu Cabarca professional record
- Boxerlist — Cabarca’s bout history and results
- Lo Mejor del Boxeo — Hernández retains title against Cabarca
Career records and reporting: boxrec.com.
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Boxing, Boxing History
