In a career spanning 19 years and 4 months, Fernando Montiel fought 62 times with 54 wins, 6 losses, and 2 draws. By his last professional fight on April 30, 2016, Montiel's boxing record stood at 54-6-2 (39 KO wins, 2 KO losses).
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Fernando Montiel (Cochulito) is a retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico on March 1, 1979. Montiel made his professional boxing debut at the age of 17 on December 6, 1996. He is a former 3-weight-class world champion. He is 43 years old, and will be turning 44 in 1 month.
Total Fights | 62 |
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Wins | 54 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 2 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 39 |
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Total Title Wins | 6 |
Title Defenses | 12 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 13 |
Losses via KO | 2 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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62 | Apr 30, 2016 | 37 | Jorge Lara | Loss | KO1 |
61 | Oct 14, 2015 | 36 | Lee Selby | Loss | UD |
60 | Mar 14, 2015 | 36 | Rogelio Jun Doliguez | Win | UD |
59 | Nov 8, 2014 | 35 | Sergio Puente | Win | UD |
58 | Jul 26, 2014 | 35 | Jesus Antonio Rios | Win | KO1 |
57 | Mar 15, 2014 | 35 | Cristóbal Cruz | Win | MD |
56 | Jun 22, 2013 | 34 | Jaderes Padua | Win | KO3 |
55 | Nov 24, 2012 | 33 | Giovanni Caro | Win | UD |
54 | Jun 9, 2012 | 33 | Arturo Santos Reyes | Win | SD |
53 | Mar 3, 2012 | 33 | Angky Angkotta | Win | KO9 |
52 | Nov 19, 2011 | 32 | Victor Terrazas | Loss | UD |
51 | Aug 20, 2011 | 32 | Alvaro Perez | Win | KO3 |
50 | Jun 25, 2011 | 32 | Nehomar Cermeño | Win | RTD3 |
49 | Feb 19, 2011 | 31 | Nonito Donaire | Loss | TKO2 |
48 | Dec 10, 2010 | 31 | Jovanny Soto | Win | KO2 |
47 | Jul 17, 2010 | 31 | Rafael Concepción | Win | KO3 |
46 | Apr 30, 2010 | 31 | Hozumi Hasegawa | Win | TKO4 |
45 | Feb 13, 2010 | 30 | Ciso Morales | Win | TKO1 |
44 | Sep 12, 2009 | 30 | Alejandro Valdez | Draw | TD |
43 | Mar 28, 2009 | 30 | Diego Oscar Silva | Win | KO3 |
42 | Nov 2, 2008 | 29 | Juan Alberto Rosas | Win | UD |
41 | May 31, 2008 | 29 | Luis Maldonado | Win | TKO3 |
40 | Feb 16, 2008 | 28 | Martín Castillo | Win | KO4 |
39 | Oct 4, 2007 | 28 | Luis Melendez | Win | TKO12 |
38 | Jul 14, 2007 | 28 | Cecilio Santos | Win | TKO10 |
37 | Feb 24, 2007 | 27 | Z Gorres | Win | SD |
36 | May 27, 2006 | 27 | Jhonny González | Loss | SD |
35 | Oct 29, 2005 | 26 | Pramuansak Posuwan | Win | UD |
34 | Jul 16, 2005 | 26 | Everth Briceno | Win | UD |
33 | Apr 9, 2005 | 26 | Ivan Hernández | Win | KO7 |
32 | Sep 3, 2004 | 25 | Reynaldo Hurtado | Win | KO7 |
31 | Apr 29, 2004 | 25 | Samuel Lopez | Win | KO3 |
30 | Jan 16, 2004 | 24 | Roberto Lopez | Win | TKO3 |
29 | Aug 16, 2003 | 24 | Mark Johnson | Loss | MD |
28 | May 9, 2003 | 24 | Ruben Sánchez León | Win | TKO2 |
27 | Jan 18, 2003 | 23 | Roy Doliguez | Win | TKO2 |
26 | Jun 22, 2002 | 23 | Pedro Alcázar | Win | TKO6 |
25 | Sep 8, 2001 | 22 | José López | Win | UD |
24 | May 25, 2001 | 22 | Juan Domingo Cordoba | Win | KO1 |
23 | Mar 24, 2001 | 22 | Zoltan Lunka | Win | TKO7 |
22 | Dec 15, 2000 | 21 | Isidro García | Win | TKO7 |
21 | Sep 8, 2000 | 21 | Osvaldo Guerrero | Win | KO8 |
20 | Apr 14, 2000 | 21 | Cruz Carbajal | Win | TKO4 |
19 | Mar 17, 2000 | 21 | Armando Correa | Win | KO5 |
18 | Dec 3, 1999 | 20 | Sergio Millan | Win | PTS |
17 | Sep 11, 1999 | 20 | Ruben Diaz | Win | PTS |
16 | Apr 16, 1999 | 20 | Cesar Ricardo Martinez | Win | KO5 |
15 | Jan 29, 1999 | 19 | Jose Alonso | Win | UD |
14 | Oct 9, 1998 | 19 | Paulino Villalobos | Win | UD |
13 | Jul 31, 1998 | 19 | Paulino Villalobos | Draw | PTS |
12 | Jun 5, 1998 | 19 | Javier Varguez | Win | PTS |
11 | Mar 20, 1998 | 19 | Leonardo Rodriguez | Win | KO3 |
10 | Feb 13, 1998 | 18 | Jose Manuel Navarro | Win | KO1 |
9 | Dec 5, 1997 | 18 | Lorenzo Trejo | Win | TKO7 |
8 | Oct 10, 1997 | 18 | Hugo Hernandez | Win | TKO1 |
7 | Jul 18, 1997 | 18 | Jesus Rodriguez | Win | TKO1 |
6 | May 16, 1997 | 18 | Martin Robles | Win | KO2 |
5 | Apr 30, 1997 | 18 | Manuel Vega | Win | KO3 |
4 | Apr 18, 1997 | 18 | Maury Ayala | Win | KO1 |
3 | Mar 20, 1997 | 18 | Noe Acosta | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Feb 28, 1997 | 17 | Marcos Mendivil | Win | KO1 |
1 | Dec 6, 1996 | 17 | Manuel Tamayo | Win | TKO2 |
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Fernando Montiel's professional boxing career spanned more than 19 years — from 1996 to 2016.
Montiel made his debut against Manuel Tamayo at the age of 17 on December 6, 1996, defeating Tamayo via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 11 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 10 wins via stoppage.
Montiel had his first world title fight at the age of 20 on September 11, 1999 after 16 professional fights, against Ruben Diaz for the super-flyweight WBA (vacant) title. He defeated Diaz via 12 round undefined to become the super-flyweight champion of the world.
Montiel has won six world titles at 3 weight classes. For all the details about Montiel's world title wins and defenses refer to "Fernando Montiel World Titles".
Some of Montiel's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hozumi Hasegawa, Rafael Concepción, Ciso Morales, Roy Doliguez, Martín Castillo, Pedro Alcázar, and Juan Domingo Cordoba.
Fernando Montiel had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career — four of them in title bouts and two in non-title bouts. He suffered his first loss against Mark Johnson via 12 round majority decision on August 16, 2003, which ended his 27-fight win streak. He has been stopped two times and lost four times via decision. For more details about these defeats, refer to "All of Fernando Montiel's losses".
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Jorge Lara on April 30, 2016. Montiel lost the fight via 1st round KO. It's been 6 years, 9 months, and 2 days since this fight.
Montiel retired from professional boxing with a record of 54-6-2, which included 39 knockout wins and 2 losses via knockout, and 6 title wins.
Fernando Montiel fought a total of 62 times during his professional career. He put on some incredible fights and is a highly under-rated boxer. These nine fights are the highlight of his career.
A 20-year old Fernando Montiel (15-0-1, 12 KO) had his first world title fight against Ruben Diaz for the vacant WBA super-flyweight belt.
Montiel defeated Diaz via 12th round PTS to win the vacant WBA super-flyweight title.A 22-year old Fernando Montiel (22-0-1, 17 KO) faced Juan Domingo Cordoba in a flyweight title defense fight.
Montiel defeated Cordoba via 1st round KO to retain the WBO flyweight title.A 23-year old Fernando Montiel (24-0-1, 18 KO) faced Pedro Alcázar.
Montiel defeated Alcázar via 6th round TKO to win the WBO super-flyweight title.A 23-year old Fernando Montiel (25-0-1, 19 KO) faced Roy Doliguez in a super-flyweight title defense fight.
Montiel defeated Doliguez via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBO super-flyweight title.A 28-year old Fernando Montiel (36-2-1, 27 KO) faced Martín Castillo in a super-flyweight title defense fight.
Montiel defeated Castillo via 4th round KO to retain the WBO super-flyweight title.A 29-year old Fernando Montiel (37-2-1, 28 KO) faced Luis Maldonado, who was 30 years old with a record of 35-3-1 in a super-flyweight title defense fight. Maldonado was on a one-fight losing streak, and was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 1 cm reach advantage over Montiel.
Montiel defeated Maldonado via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBO super-flyweight title.
A 30-year old Fernando Montiel (40-2-2, 30 KO) faced Ciso Morales.
Montiel defeated Morales via 1st round TKO to win the WBO bantamweight title.A 31-year old Fernando Montiel (41-2-2, 31 KO) faced Hozumi Hasegawa, who was 29 years old with a record of 28-2. Hasegawa was on a 25-fight win streak with 12 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 5 cms and also had a 2 cm reach advantage over Montiel.
Montiel defeated Hasegawa via 4th round TKO to win the WBC bantamweight title.
A 31-year old Fernando Montiel (42-2-2, 32 KO) faced Rafael Concepción in a bantamweight title defense fight.
Montiel defeated Concepción via 3rd round KO to retain the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles.Some of Montiel's best wins were against Hozumi Hasegawa, Rafael Concepción, Ciso Morales, Roy Doliguez, Martín Castillo, Pedro Alcázar, and Juan Domingo Cordoba.
Montiel knocked out 39 of his 62 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 62.9%. Of his total 54 wins, 39 of them were via KO (72.2%).
Montiel had 6 losses. Jorge Lara, Lee Selby, Victor Terrazas, Nonito Donaire, and Jhonny González are some of the boxers who have beaten Montiel.