Marcos Villasana is a retired Mexican boxer and former WBC featherweight champion.

Villasana first challenged Azumah Nelson

Azumah Nelson

Azumah Nelson , a native of Ghana, is a former professional boxer. He is a three-time world champion in two weight classes.Nelson is the former Lineal and two-time WBC Super Featherweight Champion...

 for the WBC featherweight title, losing a narrow split decision on February 25, 1986. A rematch 18 months later was also unsuccessful, as Nelson won a unanimous decision.

Villasana fought to a draw for the WBA featherweight title against Antonio Esparragoza

Antonio Esparragoza

Antonio Esparragoza Betancourt was a boxer in the featherweight division from Venezuela.- Amateur career :Esparragoza represented Venezuela as a Featherweight at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.*1st round bye...

 on June 23, 1988, with Villasana getting a point deducted for a low blow in the 5th round.

Villasana's very next bout was a third shot at the WBC featherweight title against champion Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:...

, which resulted in a unanimous decision defeat. Shortly thereafter, Fenech relinquished the title and moved to the super featherweight division.

Villasana won the vacant WBC featherweight title June 2, 1990, defeating Paul Hodkinson

Paul Hodkinson

Paul Hodkinson aka Hoko is former professional boxer. Hodkinson fought at Featherweight and is the former British, European and World Featherweight Title holder....

. He successfully defended the title four times before losing a unanimous decision rematch to Hodkinson on November 13, 1991.

External links

• http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=958&cat=boxer
• http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:958