Puerto Rico

Gabriela Fundora defeated Marilyn Badillo by unanimous decision on April 19, 2025, at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California, retaining her undisputed…...

Gabriela Fundora defeated Marilyn Badillo by unanimous decision on April 19, 2025, at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California, retaining her undisputed…...

Gabriela Fundora, Youngest Undisputed World Champion, to Defend Titles on April 19 In a landmark achievement that has captivated the boxing world, Gabriela…...

José Laureano, born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, began in boxing as a competitor and went on to work as a coach, official, and sports administrator....

Janiel “Pototo” Rivera is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Public bout records list him at 18 wins, 9 losses and 3 draws, with 11 knockouts after his May…...

Héctor “Ray” Meléndez challenged Hilario Zapata for the WBC light flyweight championship in Caracas on August 4, 1980. The Dominican contender completed fifteen rounds before Zapata retained his title by unanimous decision....

Orlando Maldonado won light flyweight bronze for Puerto Rico at the Montreal 1976 Olympics. The Bayamón boxer later moved into the professional ranks and challenged for the WBC super flyweight championship in Venezuela....

Hwan-Jin Kim was a South Korean professional boxer who held the WBA light-flyweight world championship in 1981. He won the title from Mexico’s Pedro Flores, defended it against Alfonso López and lost it to Katsuo Tokashiki. His championship record belongs to the 108-pound division....

Nelson Dieppa-Gerena is a Puerto Rican boxer from Vieques who competed as a light-flyweight amateur before becoming a WBO junior-flyweight world champion as…...

Pedro Orlando Reyes was a Cuban amateur boxer whose greatest international successes came in the flyweight division. He won gold at the 1983 Pan American…...

Luis Rolón was a Puerto Rican amateur boxer in the light-flyweight division. He won gold at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis and represented…...

Isidro García Ayala, known in the ring as “El Chino,” was a Mexican professional boxer who won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight championship in…...

Hugo Fidel Cázares, known as “El Increíble” (“The Incredible”), is a former Mexican world champion from Los Mochis, Sinaloa. He won world titles at light…...

Jesús Rojas is a Puerto Rican professional boxer from Caguas who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title. His championship run included…...

Iván “Iron Boy” Calderón became a two-division world champion on August 25, 2007, outpointing Hugo Cázares for the WBO light flyweight belt. The Puerto Rican southpaw had already made twelve successful defenses of the organization’s minimumweight championship....

Puerto Rican minimumweight Alex Sánchez won the vacant WBO title on December 22, 1993, by stopping Orlando Malone in the first round....

Wilfredo Méndez is a Puerto Rican boxer who held the WBO minimumweight title from 2019 to 2021. He won the belt from Vic Saludar by unanimous decision and…...

Puerto Rican boxer Alex “El Nene” Sánchez held the WBO minimumweight title from 1993 to 1997, making six successful defenses....

Julian "El Niño Artillero" Yedras, hailing from Ciudad Del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico, has carved a niche for himself in the competitive world of professional…...

Jorge Alvarado was a Panamanian boxer who challenged Roger Mayweather for the WBA junior-lightweight championship in 1983....