Hilario Zapata Record

Hilario Zapata (Bujía) is a 66-year-old retired Panamanian professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 15 years, 3 months, and 30 days, Zapata amassed a record of 43-10-1, which includes 14 wins via KO—4 in world-title bouts. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2016.

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LEGEND

Boxing Career

Hilario Zapata was born in Panama City, Panama on August 19, 1958. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on October 28, 1977 against Victor Lopez. Zapata defeated Lopez via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Zapata became a world champion at the age of 21 after 11 professional fights. He challenged Shigeo Nakajima for the WBC light-flyweight title and defeated the champion via 15-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the flyweight (WBA) titles also to become a two-division world champion.

Zapata's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Moon Sung-kil at age 34, on February 27, 1993, in which he was fighting for the WBC super-flyweight title.

Some of Hilario Zapata's best fights have been against Tadashi Tomori, Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh, Shigeo Nakajima, Alonzo Gonzalez, and Joey Olivo. For a top-10 list of Zapata's best performances, refer to "Best fights of Hilario Zapata".

Zapata has 10 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Hilario Zapata Losses".

Fight Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
54	Feb 27, 1993	34	Moon Sung-kil	loss	TKO 1
53	Nov 28, 1992	34	Noel Cogollo	win	UD 12
52	Oct 31, 1992	34	Eduardo Lopez	win	UD 10
51	Sep 19, 1992	34	David Merchant	loss	TD 7
50	Aug 15, 1992	33	Guillermo Salcedo	win	TKO 7
49	Aug 01, 1992	33	Juan Rios	win	UD 10
48	Feb 21, 1991	32	Emilio Diaz	win	KO 2
47	Oct 26, 1990	32	Genaro Manjarres	win	UD 10
46	Sep 13, 1990	32	Orlando Legal	win	KO 6
45	Aug 30, 1990	32	Agustin Garcia	win	UD 10
44	Apr 22, 1989	30	Pedro Romero	loss	SD 10
43	Dec 03, 1988	30	Julio Gudino	loss	UD 10
42	Aug 15, 1987	28	Fidel Bassa	draw	SD 15
41	Feb 13, 1987	28	Fidel Bassa	loss	UD 15
40	Dec 07, 1986	28	Claudemir Carvalho Dias	win	UD 15
39	Sep 13, 1986	28	Alberto Castro	win	SD 15
38	Jul 05, 1986	27	Dodie Boy Peñalosa	win	UD 15
37	Apr 07, 1986	27	Shuichi Hozumi	win	UD 15
36	Jan 31, 1986	27	Javier Lucas	win	UD 15
35	Oct 05, 1985	27	Alonzo Gonzalez	win	UD 15
34	Mar 29, 1985	26	Alonzo Gonzalez	win	PTS 10
33	Feb 02, 1985	26	Ramon E. Espinal	win	TKO 1
32	Dec 28, 1984	26	Rafael Cabrera	win	UD 10
31	Dec 08, 1984	26	Santos Laciar	loss	UD 15
30	Oct 10, 1984	26	Alberto Castro	win	PTS 10
29	Sep 01, 1984	26	Alex Miranda	win	TKO 9
28	Jul 14, 1984	25	Ramon Antonio Nery	win	UD 10
27	Jun 23, 1984	25	Juan Polo Perez	win	UD 10
26	Nov 09, 1983	25	Harold Petty	loss	TKO 10
25	Mar 26, 1983	24	Chang Jung-koo	loss	TKO 3
24	Nov 30, 1982	24	Tadashi Tomori	win	TKO 8
23	Sep 18, 1982	24	Chang Jung-koo	win	SD 15
22	Jul 20, 1982	23	Tadashi Tomori	win	SD 15
21	Feb 06, 1982	23	Amado Ursua	loss	KO 2
20	Nov 05, 1981	23	Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh	win	TKO 10
19	Aug 15, 1981	22	Germán Torres	win	UD 15
18	Apr 24, 1981	22	Rudy Crawford	win	UD 15
17	Feb 08, 1981	22	Joey Olivo	win	RTD 13
16	Dec 01, 1980	22	Reinaldo Jose Becerra	win	MD 15
15	Sep 17, 1980	22	Shigeo Nakajima	win	TKO 11
14	Aug 04, 1980	21	Hector Melendez	win	UD 15
13	Jun 07, 1980	21	Chi Bok Kim	win	UD 15
12	Mar 24, 1980	21	Shigeo Nakajima	win	UD 15
11	Oct 06, 1979	21	Jose Ricard	win	TKO 7
10	Jun 23, 1979	20	Freddy Castillo	win	UD 12
9	Apr 07, 1979	20	Nestor Obregon	win	UD 10
8	Jan 14, 1979	20	Ramon L. Perez	win	TKO 9
7	Nov 01, 1978	20	Alfonso López	loss	SD 12
6	Aug 19, 1978	20	Young Hwan Kim	win	PTS 10
5	Jul 02, 1978	19	Juan Guzman	win	UD 10
4	Apr 15, 1978	19	Alfredo Thomas	win	TKO 3
3	Mar 04, 1978	19	Humberto Mayorga	win	PTS 6
2	Nov 26, 1977	19	Cesar Becerra	win	TKO 3
1	Oct 28, 1977	19	Victor Lopez	win	TKO 2