Paulie Ayala (35-3, 12) was born in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. on April 22, 1970. At the age of 22 years on November 27, 1992, he made his professional boxing debut against Jaime Olvera, winning the fight via 6-round points decision.
On his 26th career fight at 28 years old, Paulie Ayala got a shot at the WBC bantamweight titles against Joichiro Tatsuyoshi on August 23, 1998 but lost the fight via 6-round technical decision.
He became a bantamweight world champion (WBA) on June 26, 1999 at the age of 29 years old, on his 29th career fight, after defeating Johnny Tapia via 12-round unanimous decision.
Ayala's last fight was a 10th-round TKO loss to Marco Antonio Barrera at age 34 on June 19, 2004. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Paulie Ayala's best fights have been against Johnny Tapia.
Ayala has 3 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38  | Jun 19, 2004 34 years, 1 months 35-3 (12) | 30 years, 5 months 57-4 (40) | 10 | TKO | LOSS | |
37 | Nov 14, 2003 33 years, 6 months 35-2 (12) | Edel Ruiz | 10 | UD | WIN | |
36  | Nov 16, 2002 32 years, 6 months 34-2 (12) | 26 years, 2 months 41-1 (31) | FT | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBC Vacant |
35 | Feb 23, 2002 31 years, 10 months 34-1 (12) | Clarence Adams | SBT | 12 | UD | WIN Won The Ring |
34 | Aug 4, 2001 31 years, 3 months 33-1 (12) | Clarence Adams | SBT | 12 | SD | WIN |
33 | Mar 30, 2001 30 years, 11 months 32-1 (12) | Hugo Dianzo | BT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA |
32  | Oct 7, 2000 30 years, 5 months 31-1 (12) | 33 years, 7 months 48-1-2 (25) | 12 | UD | WIN | |
31 | Mar 4, 2000 29 years, 10 months 30-1 (12) | Johnny Bredahl | BT | 12 | MD | WIN Defended WBA |
30 | Oct 23, 1999 29 years, 6 months 29-1 (12) | Anupong Saohin Srisuk | BT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA |
29 | Jun 26, 1999 29 years, 2 months 28-1 (12) | 32 years, 4 months 46-0-2 (25) | BT | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBA |
28 | Feb 20, 1999 28 years, 9 months 27-1 (12) | David Vazquez | 10 | UD | WIN | |
27 | Nov 14, 1998 28 years, 6 months 26-1 (12) | Ivan Salazar | 4 | KO | WIN | |
26 | Aug 23, 1998 28 years, 4 months 25-1 (11) | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi | BT | 6 | TD | LOSS For WBC |
25 | May 16, 1998 28 years 25-0 (11) | Antonio Ramirez | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
24 | Feb 11, 1998 27 years, 9 months 24-0 (10) | Elias Paulin | 4 | KO | WIN | |
23 | Sep 13, 1997 27 years, 4 months 23-0 (9) | Ricardo Medina | 10 | UD | WIN | |
22 | Aug 8, 1997 27 years, 3 months 22-0 (9) | Roberto Lopez | BT | 5 | TKO | WIN |
21 | Apr 12, 1997 26 years, 11 months 21-0 (8) | Nestor Lopez | 10 | UD | WIN | |
20 | Jan 11, 1997 26 years, 8 months 20-0 (8) | Cuauhtemoc Gomez | BT | 12 | UD | WIN |
19 | Sep 28, 1996 26 years, 5 months 19-0 (8) | Ivan Alvarez | BT | 12 | UD | WIN |
18 | Feb 22, 1996 25 years, 10 months 18-0 (8) | Roland Gomez | BT | 7 | TKO | WIN |
17 | Dec 6, 1995 25 years, 7 months 17-0 (7) | Jose Rangel | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
16 | Sep 9, 1995 25 years, 4 months 16-0 (6) | Sergio Millan | BT | 12 | UD | WIN |
15 | Jun 20, 1995 25 years, 1 months 15-0 (6) | Mario Diaz | BT | 12 | UD | WIN |
14 | Mar 10, 1995 24 years, 10 months 14-0 (6) | Miguel Espinoza | BT | 3 | TKO | WIN |
13 | Jan 26, 1995 24 years, 9 months 13-0 (5) | Juan Mendoza | 10 | UD | WIN | |
12 | Dec 2, 1994 24 years, 7 months 12-0 (5) | Juan Francisco Soto | 10 | UD | WIN | |
11 | Aug 23, 1994 24 years, 4 months 11-0 (5) | Julian Flores | 10 | UD | WIN | |
10 | Apr 16, 1994 23 years, 11 months 10-0 (5) | Lee Cargle | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | Feb 17, 1994 23 years, 9 months 9-0 (4) | Javier Diaz | 8 | UD | WIN | |
8 | Dec 9, 1993 23 years, 7 months 8-0 (4) | George Acevedo | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
7 | Nov 11, 1993 23 years, 6 months 7-0 (4) | Enrique Gomez | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
6 | Oct 13, 1993 23 years, 5 months 6-0 (3) | Arturo Estrada | 6 | UD | WIN | |
5 | Aug 28, 1993 23 years, 4 months 5-0 (3) | Marcos Flores | 1 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Jun 24, 1993 23 years, 2 months 4-0 (2) | Evgeny Novoselov | 6 | UD | WIN | |
3 | Apr 2, 1993 22 years, 11 months 3-0 (2) | Manuel Robles | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Mar 5, 1993 22 years, 10 months 2-0 (1) | Armando Morado | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Nov 27, 1992 22 years, 7 months 1-0 (0) | Jaime Olvera | 6 | PTS | WIN |
