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Total Fights | 63 |
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Wins | 58 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 33 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 11 years and four months, Esteban de Jesús fought 63 times with 58 wins and 5 losses.
Jesús retired from professional boxing with a record of 58-5, which included one lightweight world-title win and three successful title defense fights. He had a 52.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 33 of his total 63 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Jesús lost three times via knockout, all three of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 13th round TKO defeat to Saoul Mamby on July 7, 1980. Jesús was fighting for the super-lightweight WBC title.
Some of Jesús' best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Roberto Durán, Buzzsaw Yamabe, Hector Julio Medina, Vicente Mijares, Edwin Viruet, and Guts Ishimatsu.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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63 | Jul 7, 1980 | 28 | Saoul Mamby | Loss * | TKO13 |
62 | May 10, 1980 | 28 | José Vallejo | Win | KO7 |
61 | Nov 9, 1979 | 28 | Ruby Ortiz | Win | UD |
60 | Oct 4, 1979 | 28 | Jimmy Blevins | Win | UD |
59 | Oct 27, 1978 | 27 | Edwin Viruet | Win | SD |
58 | Jul 8, 1978 | 26 | Chuchu Hernandez | Win | TKO2 |
57 | Jun 3, 1978 | 26 | Pablo Baez | Win | TKO3 |
56 | Jan 21, 1978 | 26 | Roberto Durán | Loss * | TKO12 |
55 | Sep 10, 1977 | 26 | James Brackett | Win | UD |
54 | Jun 25, 1977 | 25 | Vicente Mijares | Win * | KO11 |
53 | Feb 12, 1977 | 25 | Buzzsaw Yamabe | Win * | TKO6 |
52 | Sep 10, 1976 | 25 | Hector Julio Medina | Win * | KO7 |
51 | May 8, 1976 | 24 | Guts Ishimatsu | Win * | UD |
50 | Mar 6, 1976 | 24 | Valente Ramos | Win | TKO2 |
49 | Oct 11, 1975 | 24 | Rudy Barro | Win | TKO5 |
48 | May 17, 1975 | 23 | Antonio Cervantes | Loss * | UD |
47 | Mar 15, 1975 | 23 | Jesse Lara | Win | KO3 |
46 | Sep 2, 1974 | 23 | Javier Ayala | Win | UD |
45 | Jun 10, 1974 | 22 | Gerardo Ferrat | Win | TKO5 |
44 | Mar 16, 1974 | 22 | Roberto Durán | Loss * | KO11 |
43 | Jan 7, 1974 | 22 | Alfonso Frazer | Win | KO10 |
42 | Nov 22, 1973 | 22 | Al Foster | Win | KO1 |
41 | Oct 29, 1973 | 22 | Miguel Mayan | Win | UD |
40 | Sep 8, 1973 | 22 | Radames Checo | Win | KO1 |
39 | Jul 14, 1973 | 21 | Ray Lampkin | Win | UD |
38 | May 21, 1973 | 21 | Raul Montoya | Win | UD |
37 | Apr 16, 1973 | 21 | Johnny Gant | Win | UD |
36 | Feb 16, 1973 | 21 | Ray Lampkin | Win | UD |
35 | Nov 17, 1972 | 21 | Roberto Durán | Win | UD |
34 | Oct 30, 1972 | 21 | Doc McClendon | Win | UD |
33 | Sep 18, 1972 | 21 | Raymundo Dias | Win | UD |
32 | Jul 28, 1972 | 20 | Chuck Wilburn | Win | UD |
31 | Jul 8, 1972 | 20 | Angel Robinson Garcia | Win | UD |
30 | May 1, 1972 | 20 | Josue Marquez | Win | TKO12 |
29 | Apr 10, 1972 | 20 | George Foster | Win | TKO8 |
28 | Feb 14, 1972 | 20 | Percy Hayles | Win | UD |
27 | Dec 10, 1971 | 20 | Antonio Gomez | Loss | UD |
26 | Oct 30, 1971 | 20 | Milton Mendez | Win | KO5 |
25 | Oct 20, 1971 | 20 | Frank Leroy | Win | KO7 |
24 | Oct 6, 1971 | 20 | Leonel Hernandez | Win | UD |
23 | Sep 4, 1971 | 20 | Josue Marquez | Win | UD |
22 | Aug 7, 1971 | 20 | Victor Ortiz | Win | KO4 |
21 | Jul 24, 1971 | 19 | Josue Marquez | Win | UD |
20 | Jun 5, 1971 | 19 | Armando Mendoza | Win | TKO7 |
19 | May 5, 1971 | 19 | Gustavo Briceno | Win | UD |
18 | Apr 12, 1971 | 19 | Johnny Harp | Win | UD |
17 | Oct 19, 1970 | 19 | Jose Llano | Win | KO7 |
16 | Sep 30, 1970 | 19 | Johnny Sandoval | Win | UD |
15 | Jul 9, 1970 | 18 | Tommy Shaffer | Win | KO8 |
14 | May 12, 1970 | 18 | Coverly Kid Daniels | Win | KO6 |
13 | Apr 30, 1970 | 18 | Jose Jimenez | Win | UD |
12 | Apr 6, 1970 | 18 | Ike Estrada | Win | KO5 |
11 | Mar 28, 1970 | 18 | Bobby Parnell | Win | KO1 |
10 | Feb 28, 1970 | 18 | Braulio Rodriguez | Win | TKO8 |
9 | Feb 14, 1970 | 18 | Chino Guerrero | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Jan 24, 1970 | 18 | Martin Cuello | Win | KO2 |
7 | Nov 22, 1969 | 18 | Ivelaw Eastman | Win | KO5 |
6 | Oct 19, 1969 | 18 | Kid Matt Sheffield | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Sep 27, 1969 | 18 | Ramon Montes | Win | KO3 |
4 | Aug 23, 1969 | 18 | Johnny Sandoval | Win | UD |
3 | Aug 2, 1969 | 18 | Francisco Maldonado | Win | KO3 |
2 | Jul 21, 1969 | 17 | Braulio Rodriguez | Win | KO4 |
1 | Feb 10, 1969 | 17 | El Tarita | Win | KO2 |
* World-title fight
Esteban de Jesús (Vita) was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico on August 2, 1951. He was a lightweight world champion. Jesús died on May 12, 1989 at the age of 37 years. His professional boxing career spanned more than 11 years — from 1969 to 1980.
Jesús made his professional boxing debut against El Tarita at the age of 17 on February 10, 1969, defeating Tarita via 2nd round KO. He went on to win 25 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 17 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 22 on March 16, 1974 after 43 professional fights, against Roberto Durán for the WBA and The Ring titles. He lost to Durán via 11th round KO.
Jesús won one world title at lightweight. For all the details about Jesús' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Jesús had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was on July 7, 1980 against Saoul Mamby for Mamby's super-lightweight WBC title. Jesús lost the fight via 13th round TKO.
Jesús had a total of eight world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost four.
Esteban de Jesús fought for a lightweight world title in five fights and won once. He won one lightweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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May 8, 1976 | Guts Ishimatsu | Lightweight | WBC | UD |
Esteban de Jesús had four lightweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jun 25, 1977 | Vicente Mijares | Lightweight | WBC | KO |
Feb 12, 1977 | Buzzsaw Yamabe | Lightweight | WBC | TKO |
Sep 10, 1976 | Hector Julio Medina | Lightweight | WBC | KO |
Esteban de Jesús lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jan 21, 1978 | Roberto Durán | Lightweight | WBC | TKO |
Jesús fought a total of 63 times during his professional career, which includes 8 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
November 17, 1972: Esteban de Jesús puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Roberto Durán via 10th round unanimous decision.
March 16, 1974: In his first world-title fight, Esteban de Jesús loses to Roberto Durán via 11th round KO. He was fighting for the WBA and The Ring lightweight titles.
May 8, 1976: Jesús wins the WBC lightweight title from Guts Ishimatsu, by beating Ishimatsu via 15 round unanimous decision.
Jesús knocked out 33 of his 63 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 52.4%. Of his total 58 wins, 33 of them were via KO (56.9%).
Jesús' first world-title win was the WBC belt at lightweight. He defeated Guts Ishimatsu via 15 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Jesús won one world title at lightweight.
Jesús had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost one time.