Miguel Acosta (29-9-2, 23) was born in Miranda, Venezuela on April 20, 1978. At the age of 21 years on November 2, 1999, he made his professional boxing debut against Reinaldo Blanco, losing the fight via 4-round points decision.
On his 32nd career fight at 32 years old, Acosta became a lightweight world champion on May 29, 2010 after defeating Paulus Moses via 6th-round KO to win the WBA title.
Acosta's last fight was a 1st-round KO loss to Antonio Orozco at age 37 on March 25, 2016. He retired on a 5-fight losing streak.
Some of Miguel Acosta's best fights have been against José Alfaro, Urbano Antillón, Paulus Moses, Gerardo Bermeo and Antonio Orozco.
Acosta has 9 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40  | Mar 25, 2016 37 years, 11 months 29-9-2 (23) | 28 years, 4 months 23-0 (15) | 1 | KO | LOSS | |
39 | Jan 20, 2015 36 years, 9 months 29-8-2 (23) | Michael Perez | 10 | UD | LOSS | |
38 | May 2, 2013 35 years 29-7-2 (23) | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | 10 | UD | LOSS | |
37 | Jul 20, 2012 34 years, 3 months 29-6-2 (23) | Art Hovhannisyan | 10 | SD | LOSS | |
36 | Oct 22, 2011 33 years, 6 months 29-5-2 (23) | Richar Abril | LT | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBA Interim |
35 | Sep 30, 2011 33 years, 5 months 29-4-2 (23) | Luis Cardozo | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
34  | Feb 26, 2011 32 years, 10 months 28-4-2 (22) | 24 years, 9 months 26-0-1 (19) | LT | 10 | TKO | LOSS Lost WBA |
33 | Nov 25, 2010 32 years, 7 months 28-3-2 (22) | Armando Cordoba | 1 | KO | WIN | |
32  | May 29, 2010 32 years, 1 months 27-3-2 (21) | 31 years, 11 months 25-0 (17) | LT | 6 | KO | WIN Won WBA |
31  | Jul 25, 2009 31 years, 3 months 26-3-2 (20) | 26 years, 10 months 26-0 (19) | LT | 9 | TKO | WIN Won WBA Interim |
30 | Mar 7, 2009 30 years, 10 months 25-3-2 (19) | Dunis Linan | 10 | UD | WIN | |
29 | Dec 27, 2008 30 years, 8 months 24-3-2 (19) | Onalvi Sierra | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
28 | Aug 30, 2008 30 years, 4 months 23-3-2 (18) | Raimundo De Almeida | 3 | KO | WIN | |
27 | Apr 19, 2008 29 years, 11 months 22-3-2 (17) | Ever Garcia Hernandez | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
26 | Oct 13, 2007 29 years, 5 months 21-3-2 (16) | Anges Adjaho | 12 | SD | WIN | |
25 | Jun 29, 2007 29 years, 2 months 20-3-2 (16) | Edinson Jimenez | 4 | UD | WIN | |
24 | Nov 27, 2006 28 years, 7 months 19-3-2 (16) | Gerardo Bermeo | LT | 1 | KO | WIN |
23  | Oct 6, 2006 28 years, 5 months 18-3-2 (15) | 22 years, 10 months 14-2 (13) | LT | 10 | UD | WIN |
22 | Dec 17, 2005 27 years, 7 months 17-3-2 (15) | Devinson Guerra | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
21 | Nov 26, 2005 27 years, 7 months 16-3-2 (14) | Jesus Perez | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
20 | Oct 15, 2005 27 years, 5 months 15-3-2 (13) | Pablo Osuna | 5 | KO | WIN | |
19 | May 2, 2005 27 years 14-3-2 (12) | Pedro Verdu | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
18 | Nov 20, 2004 26 years, 7 months 13-3-2 (11) | Johnny Antequera | 10 | UD | WIN | |
17 | Aug 28, 2004 26 years, 4 months 12-3-2 (11) | Jose Zerpa | 5 | KO | WIN | |
16 | Jul 3, 2004 26 years, 2 months 11-3-2 (10) | Victor Julio Salgado | 2 | KO | WIN | |
15 | Apr 12, 2004 25 years, 11 months 10-3-2 (9) | Jose Hernandez | 1 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Oct 18, 2003 25 years, 5 months 9-3-2 (8) | William Morelo | 10 | PTS | LOSS | |
13 | May 28, 2003 25 years, 1 months 9-2-2 (8) | Angel Granados | 3 | KO | LOSS | |
12 | Oct 26, 2002 24 years, 6 months 9-1-2 (8) | Gilberto Gonzalez | 2 | KO | LOSS | |
11 | Jul 6, 2002 24 years, 2 months 9-0-2 (8) | Alejandro Sarabia | LT | 5 | KO | WIN |
10 | Mar 18, 2002 23 years, 10 months 8-0-2 (7) | Santos Rebolledo | LT | 12 | MD | WIN |
9 | Sep 17, 2001 23 years, 4 months 7-0-2 (7) | Jose Zerpa | 6 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Jul 28, 2001 23 years, 3 months 6-0-2 (6) | Carlos Campos | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Jul 2, 2001 23 years, 2 months 5-0-2 (5) | Carlos Cabello | 2 | KO | WIN | |
6 | May 5, 2001 23 years 4-0-2 (4) | Hector Gaurena | 2 | KO | WIN | |
5 | Mar 19, 2001 22 years, 10 months 3-0-2 (3) | Rafael Requez | 1 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Oct 31, 2000 22 years, 6 months 2-0-2 (2) | Eduardo Hernandez | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Oct 21, 2000 22 years, 6 months 1-0-2 (1) | Reinaldo Blanco | 1 | KO | WIN | |
2 | May 25, 2000 22 years, 1 months 0-0-2 (0) | Alejandro Heredia | 4 | PTS | DRAW | |
1 | Nov 2, 1999 21 years, 6 months 0-0-1 (0) | Reinaldo Blanco | 4 | PTS | DRAW |
