Yori Boy Campas
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Luis Ramón Campas is a Mexican boxer
who was the IBF
light middleweight
champion. He is better known as Yory Boy Campas.
, Sonora
. His first thirteen fights were all won by knockout, and he built a record of 56-0 with 50 knockout
wins by the time the IBF had him ranked as their number one world title challenger. Prior to that, he had won the Mexican and regional NABF welterweight titles. He won the NABF one on his first fight abroad, defeating Roger Turner
by a twelve round decision in Las Vegas, Nevada
, on June 19, 1992.
by a knockout in round two at Tijuana
, before receiving his first world title fight, September 17 of 1994 against Félix Trinidad
for the IBF welterweight title, as part of a Pay Per View undercard that featured Julio César Chávez
's rematch against Meldrick Taylor
for the WBC
light welterweight title. Campas, who had been considered by many Mexicans to be the next Chávez, dropped Trinidad in round two, but he lost, for his first professional defeat in 57 bouts.
Campas came back with seven straight wins, including one that gave him the WBO's regional NABO welterweight title, when he knocked out former world champion Genaro Leon
in three rounds, August 7 of 1995. On September 6, 1996, he was given a second world title try, against José Luis Lopez
, for the WBO welterweight title, in Los Angeles, California
. Campas lost by knockout in round six.
. On December 6, 1997, in Atlantic City, New Jersey
, Campas became world champion by knocking out Marquez in round eight. He defended his title three times, beating Anthony Stephens by a knockout in three at Ledyard, Connecticut
, Pedro Ortega
by technical knockout in eleven at Tijuana, and Larry Barnes
, by knockout in three in Las Vegas. On December 12 of 1998, however, he lost the title, after quitting in his corner in the seventh round against Fernando Vargas
at Las Vegas.
After two wins in a row, he lost to Oba Carr. For his next fight, however, he became the first boxer to beat Tony Ayala, when Ayala was knocked out in round eight by Campas at San Antonio, Texas
. On March 16 of 2002, he received his next world title shot, for the vacant WBO light middleweight title, against Puerto Rico
's Daniel Santos
, once again in Las Vegas. He lost by knockout in round eleven.
After one more knockout win, he tried to gain the WBC & WBA
light middleweight titles against Oscar de la Hoya
, on May 3, 2003, again, in Las Vegas. He lost that fight by knockout in round seven.
During a press conference held at Phoenix, Arizona
, on March 24, 2004, Campas announced he had moved to that city. Two days later, he returned to the ring after a ten month layoff, defeating Dumont Dewey Welliver by a ten round split decision. He followed his win over Welliver with an eight round decision win over Raul Munoz, also in Phoenix. Campas then suffered a mild upset, when he was beaten by the relatively unknown Eric Regan by decision in twelve rounds, at Oroville, California
.
His 2006 fight against Ireland's John Duddy
was a candidate for the 2006 Fight of the Year.
His records stands at 98 wins and 15 losses & 1 draw in 114 bouts, his 77 knockout wins making him a member of the exclusive group of boxers with 50 or more career knockout wins.
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|align=center|99-15-1||align=left| Carlos Marcelo Rodríguez
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|align=center|98-15-1||align=left| Rogelio Medina
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|align=center|97-15-1||align=left| Octavio Castro
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|align=center|96-15-1||align=left| Matt Vanda
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|align=center|95-15-1||align=left| Esteban Camou
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|align=center|94-15-1||align=left| Juergen Hartenstein
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|align=center|93-15-1||align=left| Taronze Washington
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|align=center|92-15-1||align=left| Hector Camacho Jr.
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|align=center|92-14-1||align=left| Hector Camacho
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|align=center|92-14||align=left| Marcos Reyes
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|align=center|92-13||align=left| Saul Roman
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|align=center|92-12||align=left| Alejandro Garcia
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|align=center|91-12||align=left| Matthew Macklin
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|align=center|91-11||align=left| Amin Asikainen
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|align=center|91-10||align=left| Fernando Vela
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|align=center|90-10||align=left| Norberto Bravo
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|align=center|89-10||align=left| Billy Lyell
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|align=center|88-10||align=left| Eromosele Albert
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|align=center|88–9||align=left|John Duddy
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|align=center|88–8||align=left| Miguel Hernandez
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|align=center|87–8||align=left| Esteban Camou
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|align=center|86–8||align=left| Matt Vanda
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|align=center|86–7||align=left| Rigoberto Placencia
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|align=center|85–7||align=left| Eric Regan
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|align=center|85–6||align=left| Raul Munoz
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|align=center|84–6||align=left| Gabriel Holguin
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|align=center|83–6||align=left| Andres Pacheco
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|align=center|82–6||align=left| Anthony Shuler
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|align=center|81–6||align=left| Dumont Welliver
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|align=center|80–6||align=left| Oscar De La Hoya
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|align=center|80–5||align=left| George Klinesmith
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|align=center|79–5||align=left| Daniel Santos
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|align=center|79–4||align=left| Roni Martinez
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|align=center|78–4||align=left| Chris Sande
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|align=center|77–4||align=left| Tony Menefee
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|align=center|76–4||align=left| Rob Bleakley
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|align=center|75–4||align=left| Tony Ayala, Jr.
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|align=center|74–4||align=left| Oba Carr
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|align=center|74–3||align=left| Rudy Lovato
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|align=center|73–3||align=left| Ronald Weaver
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|align=center|72–3||align=left| Fernando Vargas
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|align=center|72–2||align=left| Larry Barnes
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|align=center|71–2||align=left| Pedro Ortega
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|align=center|70–2||align=left| Anthony Stephens
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|align=center|69–2||align=left| Raul Marquez
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|align=center|68–2||align=left| Verdell Smith
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|align=center|67–2||align=left| Chris Sande
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|align=center|66–2||align=left| Rito Ruvalcaba
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|align=center|65–2||align=left| Fidel Avendano
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|align=center|64–2||align=left| Jose Luis Lopez
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|align=center|64–1||align=left| Ray Collins
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|align=center|63-1||align=left| Francisco Javier Altamirano
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|align=center|62-1||align=left| Anthony Jones
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|align=center|61-1||align=left| Manuel Rojas
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|align=center|60–1||align=left| Genaro Léon
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|align=center|59-1||align=left| Heath Todd
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|align=center|58-1||align=left| Young Dick Tiger
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|align=center|57–1||align=left| Cassius Clay Horne
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|align=center|56–1||align=left| Felix Trinidad
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|align=center|56–0||align=left| Anthony Ivory
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|align=center|55–0||align=left| Jorge Vaca
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|align=center|54–0||align=left| Floyd Williams
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|align=center|53–0||align=left| Anthony Ivory
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|align=center|52–0||align=left| Griffin Goleman
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|align=center|51–0||align=left| Ricky Stoner
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|align=center|50–0||align=left| Louis Howard
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|align=center|49–0||align=left| Ricky Lehman
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|align=center|48–0||align=left| David Taylor
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|align=center|47–0||align=left| Steve Barreras
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|align=center|46-0||align=left| William Hernandez
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|align=center|45–0||align=left| Oscar Ponce
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|align=center|44-0||align=left| Luciano Torres
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|align=center|43–0||align=left| Roger Turner
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|align=center|42–0||align=left| Samuel Martinez
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|align=center|41–0||align=left| Ultiminio Martinez
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|align=center|39–0||align=left| Greg Dickson
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|align=center|38–0||align=left| Frankie Davis
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|align=center|37–0||align=left| Jose Luis Bedolla
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|align=center|36–0||align=left| Cassius Clay Horne
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|align=center|35–0||align=left| Jesus Cardenas
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|align=center|34–0||align=left| Rey Morales
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|align=center|33–0||align=left| Roman Nunez
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|align=center|32–0||align=left| Luis Francisco Perez
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|align=center|31–0||align=left| Martin Quiroz
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|align=center|30–0||align=left| Victor Lozoya
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|align=center|29-0||align=left| Julian Benitez
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|align=center|28–0||align=left| Martin Quiroz
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|align=center|27–0||align=left| Jorge Hernandez
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|align=center|26–0||align=left| Manuel Ramos
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|align=center|25–0||align=left| Jesus Ramirez
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|align=center|24–0||align=left| Federico Renteria
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|align=center|23–0||align=left| Corona Dominguez
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|align=center|22–0||align=left| Santana Yanez
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|align=center|21–0||align=left| Martin Contreras
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|align=center|20–0||align=left| Antonio Martinez
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|align=center|17–0||align=left| Rosario Guerrero
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|align=center|16–0||align=left| David Lopez
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|align=center|15–0||align=left| Jose Lopez
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|align=center|12–0||align=left| Jose Lopez
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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...
who was the IBF
International Boxing Federation
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light middleweight
Light middleweight
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champion. He is better known as Yory Boy Campas.
Background
He is a native of Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico, where the word Yori means white (he is pale compared to the Mayo Indians of the Navojoa region). When he was young and he walked into a gym for the first time, the way he hit opponents that day impressed his trainer's "Chava Mendoza and Gilbert Marquez". He began to be nicknamed Yori Boy, and few actually know his real name is Luis Ramon. He currently trains in Arizona with his best friend Richie Ortega.Professional career
Campas, whose brother Armando was also a respected professional fighter, began his professional career on July 7, 1987 at the age of fifteen, by knocking out Gaby Vega in the first round at Ciudad ObregónCiudad Obregón
Ciudad Obregon is the second largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated south of the state's northern border with the U.S. state of Arizona. It is also the municipal seat of Cajeme municipality, located in the Yaqui Valley.- History :...
, 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....
. His first thirteen fights were all won by knockout, and he built a record of 56-0 with 50 knockout
Knockout
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wins by the time the IBF had him ranked as their number one world title challenger. Prior to that, he had won the Mexican and regional NABF welterweight titles. He won the NABF one on his first fight abroad, defeating Roger Turner
Roger Turner
Roger Felix Turner was an American figure skater.He was born in Milton, Massachusetts and died in Walpole, Massachusetts....
by a twelve round decision in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
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, on June 19, 1992.
Title Fight against Trinidad
Campas also beat former world champion Jorge VacaJorge Vaca
Jorge Vaca Jorge Vaca Jorge Vaca (born December 14, 1959 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division.Vaca turned pro in 1978 and captured the WBC Welterweight Title by beating Lloyd Honeyghan via 8th round technical decision in 1987, but lost the...
by a knockout in round two at Tijuana
Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
, before receiving his first world title fight, September 17 of 1994 against Félix Trinidad
Félix Trinidad
Félix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional boxer, considered one of the best in Puerto Rico's history. After winning five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico, he debuted as a professional when he was 17. He won his first world championship when he defeated Maurice Blocker...
for the IBF welterweight title, as part of a Pay Per View undercard that featured Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez is a retired Mexican professional boxer.He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world...
's rematch against Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor is a former Olympic gold medalist and world boxing champion in two weight classes.-Amateur career:...
for the WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
light welterweight title. Campas, who had been considered by many Mexicans to be the next Chávez, dropped Trinidad in round two, but he lost, for his first professional defeat in 57 bouts.
Campas came back with seven straight wins, including one that gave him the WBO's regional NABO welterweight title, when he knocked out former world champion Genaro Leon
Genaro Léon
Genaro Léon is a former professional boxer. He fought at Welterweight.-Amateur career:León represented Mexico at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, as a Welterweight...
in three rounds, August 7 of 1995. On September 6, 1996, he was given a second world title try, against José Luis Lopez
José Luis López
José Luis López may refer to:*José Luis López Aranguren, Spanish philosopher, see Prince of Asturias Awards*José Luis López Rubio or José López Rubio, Spanish film writer and director...
, for the WBO welterweight title, in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. Campas lost by knockout in round six.
Capturing a World Title
Campas then decided to campaign in the light middleweight division, beating Fidel Avendano by a knockout in round two in his first fight there. Campas had four straight wins before challenging for a world title again, this time against the IBF light middleweight champion Raul MarquezRaul Marquez
Raúl Márquez is a former American professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former IBF Light Middleweight Champion. Márquez also represented the U.S...
. On December 6, 1997, in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
, Campas became world champion by knocking out Marquez in round eight. He defended his title three times, beating Anthony Stephens by a knockout in three at Ledyard, Connecticut
Ledyard, Connecticut
As of the census of 2000, there were 14,687 people, 5,286 households, and 4,101 families residing in the town. The population density was 385.1 people per square mile . There were 5,486 housing units at an average density of 143.8 per square mile...
, Pedro Ortega
Pedro Ortega
Pedro Manuel Ortega Silvera is a Colombian footballer who plays for Deportes Quindío in the Copa Mustang.-External links:*...
by technical knockout in eleven at Tijuana, and Larry Barnes
Larry Barnes
Larry Richard Barnes, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He attended Bakersfield High School and then Fresno State University....
, by knockout in three in Las Vegas. On December 12 of 1998, however, he lost the title, after quitting in his corner in the seventh round against Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...
at Las Vegas.
After two wins in a row, he lost to Oba Carr. For his next fight, however, he became the first boxer to beat Tony Ayala, when Ayala was knocked out in round eight by Campas at San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
. On March 16 of 2002, he received his next world title shot, for the vacant WBO light middleweight title, against Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
's Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos (boxer)
Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...
, once again in Las Vegas. He lost by knockout in round eleven.
After one more knockout win, he tried to gain the WBC & WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
light middleweight titles against Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...
, on May 3, 2003, again, in Las Vegas. He lost that fight by knockout in round seven.
During a press conference held at Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, on March 24, 2004, Campas announced he had moved to that city. Two days later, he returned to the ring after a ten month layoff, defeating Dumont Dewey Welliver by a ten round split decision. He followed his win over Welliver with an eight round decision win over Raul Munoz, also in Phoenix. Campas then suffered a mild upset, when he was beaten by the relatively unknown Eric Regan by decision in twelve rounds, at Oroville, California
Oroville, California
Oroville is the county seat of Butte County, California. The population was 15,506 at the 2010 census, up from 13,004 at the 2000 census...
.
His 2006 fight against Ireland's John Duddy
John Duddy
John Francis Duddy is a retired middleweight professional boxer, from Derry, Northern Ireland. Duddy fought under the moniker of "Ireland's John Duddy" or "The Derry Destroyer"....
was a candidate for the 2006 Fight of the Year.
His records stands at 98 wins and 15 losses & 1 draw in 114 bouts, his 77 knockout wins making him a member of the exclusive group of boxers with 50 or more career knockout wins.
Professional boxing record
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|99 Wins (78 knockouts, 16 decisions), 15 Losses, 1 Draws|- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;"
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|align=center|99-15-1||align=left| Carlos Marcelo Rodríguez
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|align=center|98-15-1||align=left| Rogelio Medina
Rogelio Medina
Rogelio Medina is a Mexican professional boxer and is considered one of the Best Middleweight Prospects in Mexico. In 2008, he won the WBC FECOMBOX Super Middleweight Title....
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|align=center|97-15-1||align=left| Octavio Castro
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|align=center|96-15-1||align=left| Matt Vanda
Matt Vanda
Matt Vanda, nicknamed the Predator, is a middleweight boxer from east Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.-Professional career:Vanda's first fight as a professional boxer was on March 30, 1996 in the welterweight division against Ed Fuller in Kearney, Nebraska...
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|align=center|95-15-1||align=left| Esteban Camou
Esteban Camou
Esteban Camou is a Mexican super middleweight boxer.-Pro career:He has fought future champions Andre Ward and Jean Pascal and legendary Mexican boxer Luis Ramon Campas. -External links:...
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|align=center|94-15-1||align=left| Juergen Hartenstein
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|align=center|93-15-1||align=left| Taronze Washington
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|align=center|92-15-1||align=left| Hector Camacho Jr.
Héctor Camacho Jr.
Hector Camacho Jr. is a professional boxer. He is the son of legendary three time world champion Hector Macho Camacho.-Boxing career:...
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|align=center|92-14-1||align=left| Hector Camacho
Héctor Camacho
Héctor Camacho , nicknamed "Macho Camacho", is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. His son, Héctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer.- Early life and amateur career :...
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|align=center|92-14||align=left| Marcos Reyes
Marcos Reyes
Marco Antonio Reyes Nevarez is a Mexican boxer in the Middleweight division and he is the current WBC FECOMBOX Middleweight Champion.-Pro career:...
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|align=center|92-13||align=left| Saul Roman
Saúl Román
Saúl Román Martínez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former Mexican National Light Middleweight Champion.-Pro career:...
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|align=center|92-12||align=left| Alejandro Garcia
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|align=center|91-12||align=left| Matthew Macklin
Matthew Macklin
Matthew Macklin , known as "The Tipperary Tornado", is a British-Irish professional boxer who fights at middleweight or the divisions either side.He is the former Irish, British and European middleweight champion....
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|align=center|91-11||align=left| Amin Asikainen
Amin Asikainen
"Idi" Amin Asikainen is a Finnish former boxer. He was European Boxing Union Middleweight Champion between in 2006–2007.His nickname comes from the similarity with Idi Amin.-Early life:...
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|align=center|91-10||align=left| Fernando Vela
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|align=center|90-10||align=left| Norberto Bravo
Norberto Bravo
Norberto Bravo is a Mexican-American professional boxer, and is a contestant on the ESPN reality show "Contender Season 2". As was revealed on the show in a web clip, Bravo suffers from colorblindness...
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|align=center|89-10||align=left| Billy Lyell
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|align=center|88-10||align=left| Eromosele Albert
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|align=center|88–9||align=left|John Duddy
John Duddy
John Francis Duddy is a retired middleweight professional boxer, from Derry, Northern Ireland. Duddy fought under the moniker of "Ireland's John Duddy" or "The Derry Destroyer"....
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|align=center|88–8||align=left| Miguel Hernandez
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|align=center|87–8||align=left| Esteban Camou
Esteban Camou
Esteban Camou is a Mexican super middleweight boxer.-Pro career:He has fought future champions Andre Ward and Jean Pascal and legendary Mexican boxer Luis Ramon Campas. -External links:...
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|align=center|86–8||align=left| Matt Vanda
Matt Vanda
Matt Vanda, nicknamed the Predator, is a middleweight boxer from east Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.-Professional career:Vanda's first fight as a professional boxer was on March 30, 1996 in the welterweight division against Ed Fuller in Kearney, Nebraska...
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|align=center|86–7||align=left| Rigoberto Placencia
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|align=center|85–7||align=left| Eric Regan
Eric Regan
Eric Regan is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Hannover Scorpions in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .On September 22, 2008, he was signed as a free agent by the Anaheim Ducks...
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|align=center|85–6||align=left| Raul Munoz
Raúl Jorge Muñoz
Raúl Jorge Muñoz is a Mexican American professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former USA Mid American Light Middleweight Champion.-Professional career:...
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|align=center|84–6||align=left| Gabriel Holguin
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|align=center|83–6||align=left| Andres Pacheco
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|align=center|82–6||align=left| Anthony Shuler
Anthony Shuler
Anthony Shuler is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight division.-Professional career:...
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|align=center|81–6||align=left| Dumont Welliver
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|align=center|80–6||align=left| Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...
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|align=center|80–5||align=left| George Klinesmith
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|align=center|79–5||align=left| Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos (boxer)
Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...
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|align=center|79–4||align=left| Roni Martinez
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|align=center|78–4||align=left| Chris Sande
Chris Sande
Christopher Joseph Sande is a boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
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|align=center|77–4||align=left| Tony Menefee
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|align=center|76–4||align=left| Rob Bleakley
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|align=center|75–4||align=left| Tony Ayala, Jr.
Tony Ayala, Jr.
Antonio Ayala Jr. is a former Mexican-American boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He began his professional career in 1980, and by 1982 he had compiled a record of 22 wins and no losses, with 19 knockouts. Ayala has two brothers who were boxers, Mike Ayala and Sammy Ayala.-Early life:Ayala...
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|align=center|74–4||align=left| Oba Carr
Oba Carr
Oba Diallo Carr is a former American boxer in the welterweight division.-WBC Welterweight Championship:On May 22, 1999 Carr lost to the Mexican American Superstar Oscar De La Hoya by T.K.O....
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|align=center|74–3||align=left| Rudy Lovato
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|align=center|73–3||align=left| Ronald Weaver
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|align=center|72–3||align=left| Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...
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|align=center|72–2||align=left| Larry Barnes
Larry Barnes
Larry Richard Barnes, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He attended Bakersfield High School and then Fresno State University....
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|align=center|71–2||align=left| Pedro Ortega
Pedro Ortega
Pedro Manuel Ortega Silvera is a Colombian footballer who plays for Deportes Quindío in the Copa Mustang.-External links:*...
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|align=center|70–2||align=left| Anthony Stephens
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|align=center|69–2||align=left| Raul Marquez
Raul Marquez
Raúl Márquez is a former American professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former IBF Light Middleweight Champion. Márquez also represented the U.S...
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|align=center|68–2||align=left| Verdell Smith
Verdell Smith
Verdell Smith, a.k.a. Tommy Bowles, a.k.a. Tim Brooks was a professional boxer in the light welterweight division...
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|align=center|67–2||align=left| Chris Sande
Chris Sande
Christopher Joseph Sande is a boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
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|align=center|66–2||align=left| Rito Ruvalcaba
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|align=center|65–2||align=left| Fidel Avendano
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|align=center|64–2||align=left| Jose Luis Lopez
José Luis López (boxer)
Jose Luis Lopez is a former Mexican professional boxer. He was known forhis incredible ability to absorb a punch and tremendous power to knock out most of his opponents but didn't make very far due to drug abuse....
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|align=center|64–1||align=left| Ray Collins
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|align=center|63-1||align=left| Francisco Javier Altamirano
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|align=center|62-1||align=left| Anthony Jones
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|align=center|61-1||align=left| Manuel Rojas
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|align=center|60–1||align=left| Genaro Léon
Genaro Léon
Genaro Léon is a former professional boxer. He fought at Welterweight.-Amateur career:León represented Mexico at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, as a Welterweight...
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|align=center|56–1||align=left| Felix Trinidad
Félix Trinidad
Félix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional boxer, considered one of the best in Puerto Rico's history. After winning five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico, he debuted as a professional when he was 17. He won his first world championship when he defeated Maurice Blocker...
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|align=center|55–0||align=left| Jorge Vaca
Jorge Vaca
Jorge Vaca Jorge Vaca Jorge Vaca (born December 14, 1959 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division.Vaca turned pro in 1978 and captured the WBC Welterweight Title by beating Lloyd Honeyghan via 8th round technical decision in 1987, but lost the...
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Floyd Williams
Floyd Leroy Williams is a North American mathematician well-known for his work in Lie theory and, most recently, mathematical physics. In addition to Lie theory, his research interests are in homological algebra and the mathematics of quantum mechanics...
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|align=center|51–0||align=left| Ricky Stoner
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|align=center|50–0||align=left| Louis Howard
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|align=center|49–0||align=left| Ricky Lehman
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|align=center|29-0||align=left| Julian Benitez
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|Win
|align=center|28–0||align=left| Martin Quiroz
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|align=left|
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|Win
|align=center|27–0||align=left| Jorge Hernandez
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|align=left|
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|Win
|align=center|26–0||align=left| Manuel Ramos
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|25–0||align=left| Jesus Ramirez
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|align=left|
|align=left|
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|Win
|align=center|24–0||align=left| Federico Renteria
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|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|23–0||align=left| Corona Dominguez
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|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|22–0||align=left| Santana Yanez
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|21–0||align=left| Martin Contreras
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|20–0||align=left| Antonio Martinez
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|19–0||align=left| Rigoberto Garcia
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|18–0||align=left| David Lopez
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|17–0||align=left| Rosario Guerrero
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|16–0||align=left| David Lopez
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|15–0||align=left| Jose Lopez
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|14–0||align=left| Sergio Vacasehua
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|13–0||align=left| Luis Rodriguez
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|12–0||align=left| Jose Lopez
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|11–0||align=left| Luis Garcia
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|10–0||align=left| Jorge Ahumada
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|9–0||align=left| Gaby Vega
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|8–0||align=left| Heriberto Ruiz
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|7–0||align=left| Segio Garcia
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|6–0||align=left| Sebastian Mendez
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|5–0||align=left| Paulino Gasca
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|4–0||align=left| Miguel Ayala
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|3–0||align=left| Rene Flores
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|2–0||align=left| Roberto Lopez
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center
|Win
|align=center|1–0||align=left| Gaby Vega
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|align=left|
|align=left|
|- align=center