Isidro Pérez was a Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 boxer

Boxing

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 in the Lightweight

Lightweight

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 division. Pérez is a former two-time WBO

World Boxing Organization

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 Flyweight

Flyweight

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 Champion.

Professional career

In May of 1986, Isidro won the Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 National Light Flyweight Championship by beating veteran Jorge Cano.

WBC Light Flyweight Championship

In his first World Championship attempt he lost a very disputed twelve-round decision to Jung-Koo Chang in Chungmu Gymnasium, Daejeon, South Korea.

WBO Flyweight Championship

On September 26, 1981 Pérez won the WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Flyweight

Flyweight

Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...

 Championship by upsetting Puerto Rico's Angel Rosario with a twelfth round T.K.O. in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce, Puerto Rico

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See also

• List of Mexican boxing world champions
• List of WBO world champions
• List of flyweight boxing champions

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