Antonio Cervantes Record

Antonio Cervantes (Kid Pambelé) is a 79-year-old retired Colombian professional boxer. He is a former super-lightweight world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 19 years, 10 months, and 9 days, Cervantes amassed a record of 67-12-1, which includes 37 wins via KO—12 in world-title bouts. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1998.

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ANTONIO

CERVANTES

San Basilio de Palenque, Bolívar, Colombia

Kid Pambelé

Born: Dec 23, 1945
Age: 79 y, 6 m
Debut: Jan 31, 1964
Record: 67-12-1
Title Fights: 21
KOs: 37 (46.3%)
Health
Last Five
Height: 178 cm
Reach: 178 cm
Ape Index: 0 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last Fight: Dec 09, 1983

WBA

WBC

IBF

WBO

Ring

sLT

W2 D16

sLT

W1 D12

Performance

Career

Age

Analysis model: vzen-minimum-1.0.0

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LEGEND

Boxing Career

Antonio Cervantes was born in San Basilio de Palenque, Bolívar, Colombia on December 23, 1945. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on January 31, 1964 against Juan Martinez. Cervantes defeated Martinez via 6 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Cervantes got his first world-title fight at the age of 25 after 40 professional fights. On December 11, 1971 Cervantes challenged Nicolino Locche's WBA and The Ring super-lightweight titles but lost via 15-round unanimous decision.

He became a world champion on October 28, 1972 at the age of 26 years, after by defeating Alfonso Frazer, the then-reining WBA and The Ring super-lightweight champion, via 10th round KO. This was his 45th fight as a professional.

Cervantes' last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Danny Sanchez at age 37, on December 9, 1983.

Some of Antonio Cervantes' best fights have been against Esteban de Jesús and Nicolino Locche (HOFer). For a top-10 list of Cervantes' best performances, refer to "Best fights of Antonio Cervantes".

Cervantes has 12 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Antonio Cervantes Losses".

Fight Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
80	Dec 09, 1983	37	Danny Sanchez	loss	UD 10
79	Jul 30, 1983	37	Sergio Alvarez	win	TKO 11
78	Mar 26, 1983	37	Amancio Castro	win	PTS 12
77	Apr 02, 1982	36	Jerome Artis	win	PTS 10
76	Dec 04, 1981	35	Lennox Blackmoore	win	KO 9
75	Aug 02, 1980	34	Aaron Pryor 24 24-0	loss	KO 4
74	Mar 29, 1980	34	Miguel Montilla	win	TKO 7
73	Aug 25, 1979	33	Kwang Min Kim	win	SD 15
72	Jan 18, 1979	33	Miguel Montilla	win	UD 15
71	Aug 26, 1978	32	Norman Sekgapane	win	TKO 9
70	Apr 28, 1978	32	Tongta Kiatvayupakdi	win	KO 6
69	Mar 18, 1978	32	Johnny Copeland	win	KO 3
68	Nov 05, 1977	31	Adriano Marrero	win	UD 15
67	Jun 25, 1977	31	Carlos Maria Gimenez	win	RTD 5
66	Mar 19, 1977	31	Adriano Marrero	win	UD 10
65	Nov 13, 1976	30	Saoul Mamby	win	UD 10
64	Oct 16, 1976	30	Ariel Maciel	win	KO 2
63	Jul 17, 1976	30	Beau Jaynes	win	KO 1
62	May 23, 1976	30	Javier Ayala	win	KO 1
61	Mar 06, 1976	30	Wilfred Benítez 17 25-0	loss	SD 15
60	Nov 15, 1975	29	Hector Thompson	win	RTD 7
59	Sep 20, 1975	29	Battlehawk Kazama	win	TKO 6
58	May 17, 1975	29	Esteban De Jesus 23 45-2	win	UD 15
57	Mar 15, 1975	29	Ray Chavez Guerrero	win	KO 2
56	Oct 26, 1974	28	Shinichi Kadota	win	KO 8
55	Jul 27, 1974	28	Victor Ortiz	win	KO 2
54	Jun 08, 1974	28	Pedro Adigue Jr	win	KO 4
53	Mar 02, 1974	28	Chang-Kil Lee	win	KO 6
52	Dec 05, 1973	27	Lion Furuyama	win	UD 15
51	Sep 08, 1973	27	Carlos Maria Gimenez	win	TKO 5
50	Jul 20, 1973	27	Reinaldo Mercado	win	TKO 5
49	May 19, 1973	27	Alfonso Frazer	win	TKO 5
48	Apr 28, 1973	27	Benny Huertas	win	KO 1
47	Mar 17, 1973	27	Nicolino Locche 33 110-3-14	win	RTD 9
46	Feb 15, 1973	27	Josue Marquez	win	SD 15
45	Oct 28, 1972	26	Alfonso Frazer	win	KO 10
44	Aug 19, 1972	26	Lupe Ramirez	win	PTS 10
43	Apr 26, 1972	26	Frank Medina	win	KO 8
42	Mar 10, 1972	26	Jose Escudero	win	KO 1
41	Dec 11, 1971	25	Nicolino Locche 32 103-2-14	loss	UD 15
40	Oct 18, 1971	25	Julio Vera	win	UD 10
39	Jul 10, 1971	25	Gerardo Ferrat	win	UD 10
38	May 28, 1971	25	Lupe Ramirez	win	UD 10
37	Feb 18, 1971	25	Enrique Jana	win	TKO 8
36	Dec 17, 1970	24	Rodolfo Gonzalez	win	TKO 8
35	Nov 06, 1970	24	Jorge Rodriguez	win	KO 8
34	Mar 23, 1970	24	Diego Tovar	win	KO 1
33	Feb 20, 1970	24	Pedro Chirinos	win	PTS 10
32	Nov 10, 1969	23	Antonio Gómez	loss	PTS 10
31	Aug 15, 1969	23	Orlando Rivas	win	KO 2
30	Jul 21, 1969	23	Francisco Bolivar	loss	PTS 10
29	Jun 04, 1969	23	Milton Mendez	win	PTS 10
28	Apr 15, 1969	23	Frank Leroy	win	KO 2
27	Feb 09, 1969	23	Jesus Gonzalez	win	TKO 2
26	Dec 20, 1968	22	Cruz Marcano	loss	KO 4
25	Nov 25, 1968	22	Orlando Ruiz	win	KO 1
24	Aug 31, 1968	22	Jose Godoy	win	PTS 8
23	Jan 21, 1968	22	Heliodoro Pitalua	win	PTS 10
22	Aug 05, 1967	21	Rafa Rojas	win	KO 5
21	Jun 19, 1967	21	Nestor Rojas	loss	PTS 8
20	Jun 03, 1967	21	Reynaldo Lopez	win	PTS 10
19	May 20, 1967	21	Heliodoro Pitalua	win	PTS 10
18	Apr 02, 1967	21	Heliodoro Pitalua	loss	PTS 8
17	Feb 03, 1967	21	Victor Cano	loss	PTS 8
16	Nov 06, 1966	20	Cipriano Zuluaga	loss	PTS 10
15	Sep 23, 1966	20	Cipriano Zuluaga	loss	PTS 10
14	Jul 29, 1966	20	Reynaldo Lopez	draw	PTS 8
13	Jun 24, 1966	20	Jose Zuniga	win	PTS 6
12	May 24, 1966	20	Jose Godoy	win	PTS 6
11	May 10, 1966	20	Jesus Cardenas	win	KO 7
10	Apr 29, 1966	20	Jose Godoy	win	PTS 6
9	Mar 19, 1966	20	Antonio Yi	win	PTS 6
8	Jan 19, 1966	20	Rafael Donodo	win	KO 2
7	Oct 02, 1965	19	Antonio Yi	win	PTS 6
6	Jun 20, 1964	18	Felix Salgado	win	PTS 4
5	May 05, 1964	18	Oscar Gonzalez	win	PTS 8
4	Apr 21, 1964	18	Rodolfo Marquez	win	KO 3
3	Mar 20, 1964	18	Rodolfo Marquez	win	PTS 6
2	Feb 28, 1964	18	Rodolfo Marquez	win	PTS 4
1	Jan 31, 1964	18	Juan Martinez	win	PTS 6