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Esteban de Jesús Record

58-5
Total Fights63
Wins58
Losses5
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins1
Title Defenses3
Title-Fight KOs3
KO Wins33
KO Losses3
Esteban de Jesús Record & Stats
Esteban de Jesús' Record
Esteban de Jesús' boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Esteban de Jesús' boxing record?

      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.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      63Jul 7, 198028Saoul MambyLoss *TKO13
      62May 10, 198028José VallejoWinKO7
      61Nov 9, 197928Ruby OrtizWinUD
      60Oct 4, 197928Jimmy BlevinsWinUD
      59Oct 27, 197827Edwin ViruetWinSD
      58Jul 8, 197826Chuchu HernandezWinTKO2
      57Jun 3, 197826Pablo BaezWinTKO3
      56Jan 21, 197826Roberto DuránLoss *TKO12
      55Sep 10, 197726James BrackettWinUD
      54Jun 25, 197725Vicente MijaresWin *KO11
      53Feb 12, 197725Buzzsaw YamabeWin *TKO6
      52Sep 10, 197625Hector Julio MedinaWin *KO7
      51May 8, 197624Guts IshimatsuWin *UD
      50Mar 6, 197624Valente RamosWinTKO2
      49Oct 11, 197524Rudy BarroWinTKO5
      48May 17, 197523Antonio CervantesLoss *UD
      47Mar 15, 197523Jesse LaraWinKO3
      46Sep 2, 197423Javier AyalaWinUD
      45Jun 10, 197422Gerardo FerratWinTKO5
      44Mar 16, 197422Roberto DuránLoss *KO11
      43Jan 7, 197422Alfonso FrazerWinKO10
      42Nov 22, 197322Al FosterWinKO1
      41Oct 29, 197322Miguel MayanWinUD
      40Sep 8, 197322Radames ChecoWinKO1
      39Jul 14, 197321Ray LampkinWinUD
      38May 21, 197321Raul MontoyaWinUD
      37Apr 16, 197321Johnny GantWinUD
      36Feb 16, 197321Ray LampkinWinUD
      35Nov 17, 197221Roberto DuránWinUD
      34Oct 30, 197221Doc McClendonWinUD
      33Sep 18, 197221Raymundo DiasWinUD
      32Jul 28, 197220Chuck WilburnWinUD
      31Jul 8, 197220Angel Robinson GarciaWinUD
      30May 1, 197220Josue MarquezWinTKO12
      29Apr 10, 197220George FosterWinTKO8
      28Feb 14, 197220Percy HaylesWinUD
      27Dec 10, 197120Antonio GomezLossUD
      26Oct 30, 197120Milton MendezWinKO5
      25Oct 20, 197120Frank LeroyWinKO7
      24Oct 6, 197120Leonel HernandezWinUD
      23Sep 4, 197120Josue MarquezWinUD
      22Aug 7, 197120Victor OrtizWinKO4
      21Jul 24, 197119Josue MarquezWinUD
      20Jun 5, 197119Armando MendozaWinTKO7
      19May 5, 197119Gustavo BricenoWinUD
      18Apr 12, 197119Johnny HarpWinUD
      17Oct 19, 197019Jose LlanoWinKO7
      16Sep 30, 197019Johnny SandovalWinUD
      15Jul 9, 197018Tommy ShafferWinKO8
      14May 12, 197018Coverly Kid DanielsWinKO6
      13Apr 30, 197018Jose JimenezWinUD
      12Apr 6, 197018Ike EstradaWinKO5
      11Mar 28, 197018Bobby ParnellWinKO1
      10Feb 28, 197018Braulio RodriguezWinTKO8
      9Feb 14, 197018Chino GuerreroWinTKO3
      8Jan 24, 197018Martin CuelloWinKO2
      7Nov 22, 196918Ivelaw EastmanWinKO5
      6Oct 19, 196918Kid Matt SheffieldWinTKO2
      5Sep 27, 196918Ramon MontesWinKO3
      4Aug 23, 196918Johnny SandovalWinUD
      3Aug 2, 196918Francisco MaldonadoWinKO3
      2Jul 21, 196917Braulio RodriguezWinKO4
      1Feb 10, 196917El TaritaWinKO2

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      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.

      Championships

      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.

      Title Wins

      Esteban de Jesús fought for a lightweight world title in five fights and won once. He won one lightweight belt.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      May 8, 1976Guts IshimatsuLightweightWBCUD

      Title Defenses

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Jun 25, 1977Vicente MijaresLightweightWBCKO
      Feb 12, 1977Buzzsaw YamabeLightweightWBCTKO
      Sep 10, 1976Hector Julio MedinaLightweightWBCKO

      Title Losses

      Esteban de Jesús lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Jan 21, 1978Roberto DuránLightweightWBCTKO

      Highlights

      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.

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