Juan Alberto Rosas is 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....

 professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 and the former IBF Super Flyweight

Super Flyweight

Super flyweight is a weight division in professional boxing. It is alternatively referred to as junior bantamweight and light bantamweight...

 champion. Juan Alberto fights out of Navojoa

Navojoa

Navojoa is the fifth-largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated in the southern part of Sonora, south of the state's border with the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the administrative seat of a large municipality, located in the Mayo River Valley.-History:The city name...

, Sonora

Sonora

Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

.

IBF Super Flyweight Championship

On July 31, 2010 Rosas fought Simphiwe Nongqayi

Simphiwe Nongqayi

Simphiwe Nongqayi is a professional boxer from South Africa. He resides in Border Post, Eastern Cape, South Africa. His nickname is "Golden Master". His professional record includes 17 fights: 16 wins and 1 draw. He won the vacant IBF junior bantamweight title by defeating Mexican Jorge Arce on...

 for the IBF

International Boxing Federation

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 Super Flyweight

Super Flyweight

Super flyweight is a weight division in professional boxing. It is alternatively referred to as junior bantamweight and light bantamweight...

 championship. Juan Alberto landed a body shot that forced Nongqayi to go down in the sixth, the South African

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 would not continue.

In December 2010, he lost the IBF junior bantamweight champion to Cristian Mijares

Cristian Mijares

Cristian Ricardo Lucio Mijares is a Mexican professional boxer. Mijares is the former WBC, WBA and current IBF Super Flyweight Champion. Cristian is the older brother of undefeated prospect Ricardo Mijares and the nephew of world title contender Vicente Mijares.-Early life:Cristian comes from a...

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See also

• List of Mexican boxing world champions
• List of IBF world champions
• List of super flyweight boxing champions

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