José Cuevas Record

35-15

Total Fights	50
Wins	35
Losses	15
Draws	0
No-Contests	0

Title Wins	1
Title Defenses	11
Title-Fight KOs	11
KO Wins	31
KO Losses	6

José Cuevas' Record — José Cuevas' boxing record and career infographic

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What is José Cuevas' record?

In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and 10 months, José Cuevas fought 50 times with 35 wins and 15 losses.

Cuevas retired from professional boxing with a record of 35-15, which included one welterweight world-title win and 11 successful title defense fights. He had a 62% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 31 of his total 50 fights being knockout wins, 11 of which were in title fights. Cuevas suffered six knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Thomas Hearns in a welterweight title fight.

His last fight was a 2nd round KO defeat to Lupe Aquino on September 25, 1989.

Some of Cuevas' best fights and notable victories include wins over Clyde Gray, Billy Backus, Pete Ranzany, Scott Clark, Harold Volbrecht, Miguel Ángel Campanino, and Ángel Espada.

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
50	Sep 25, 1989	31	Lupe Aquino	Loss	KO2
49	Jul 31, 1989	31	Martín Martínez	Win	KO1
48	May 29, 1989	31	Francisco Carballo	Win	KO4
47	Jul 25, 1987	29	Daniel Valenzuela	Win	KO6
46	Dec 19, 1986	28	Jorge Vaca	Loss	KO2
45	Oct 4, 1986	28	Lorenzo Luis García	Loss	MD
44	Jul 25, 1986	28	Luis Mateo	Win	TKO3
43	Mar 3, 1986	28	Steve Little	Loss	MD
42	Feb 25, 1986	28	Felipe Vaca	Win	UD
41	Mar 7, 1985	27	Herman Montes	Loss	KO3
40	Jul 12, 1984	26	Jun-Suk Hwang	Loss	MD
39	Mar 1, 1984	26	Mauricio Bravo	Win	TKO1
38	Jan 29, 1983	25	Roberto Durán	Loss	TKO4
37	Nov 7, 1981	23	Roger Stafford	Loss	UD
36	Jun 25, 1981	23	Jørgen Hansen	Win	TKO1
35	Feb 7, 1981	23	Bernardo Prada	Win	KO2
34	Aug 2, 1980	22	Thomas Hearns	Loss ^*	TKO2
33	Apr 6, 1980	22	Harold Volbrecht	Win ^*	KO5
32	Dec 8, 1979	21	Ángel Espada	Win ^*	TKO10
31	Jul 30, 1979	21	Randy Shields	Win ^*	UD
30	Jan 29, 1979	21	Scott Clark	Win ^*	TKO2
29	Sep 9, 1978	20	Pete Ranzany	Win ^*	TKO2
28	May 20, 1978	20	Billy Backus	Win ^*	TKO2
27	Mar 4, 1978	20	Harold Weston	Win ^*	TKO9
26	Nov 19, 1977	19	Ángel Espada	Win ^*	TKO12
25	Aug 6, 1977	19	Clyde Gray	Win ^*	KO2
24	Mar 12, 1977	19	Miguel Ángel Campanino	Win ^*	KO2
23	Oct 27, 1976	18	Shoji Tsujimoto	Win ^*	KO6
22	Jul 17, 1976	18	Ángel Espada	Win ^*	TKO2
21	Jun 2, 1976	18	Andy Price	Loss	UD
20	Apr 3, 1976	18	Rafael Piamonte	Win	KO1
19	Sep 27, 1975	17	José Palacios	Win	KO10
18	Jul 12, 1975	17	Carlos Obregón	Win	UD
17	Jan 25, 1975	17	Rubén Vázquez Zamora	Win	UD
16	Oct 26, 1974	16	Sammy García	Win	KO3
15	Aug 21, 1974	16	José Luis Pena	Win	KO1
14	Jun 12, 1974	16	Sugar Sanders	Win	TKO1
13	May 11, 1974	16	Salvador Ruvalcaba	Win	KO1
12	Nov 24, 1973	15	Eleazar Delgado	Loss	MD
11	Oct 6, 1973	15	Octavio Amparan	Win	TKO7
10	Aug 4, 1973	15	José Figueroa	Win	TKO3
9	May 13, 1973	15	Memo Cruz	Loss	UD
8	Mar 1, 1973	15	Sergio Alejo	Win	KO4
7	Dec 7, 1972	14	Raúl Martínez	Win	KO1
6	Aug 19, 1972	14	Juan Pablo Oropeza	Loss	MD
5	Jun 22, 1972	14	Pancho Benítez	Win	TKO2
4	May 24, 1972	14	Rielero Rodríguez	Win	TKO2
3	Mar 4, 1972	14	Mario Roman	Loss	MD
2	Jan 1, 1972	14	José Arias	Win	TKO4
1	Nov 14, 1971	13	Alfredo Castro	Loss	KO2

* World-title fight

Boxing career

José Cuevas (Pipino) is a 65-year old retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Santo Tomás de los Plátanos, Mexico on December 27, 1957. He is a former welterweight world champion. Cuevas was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2002. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1971 to 1989.

Cuevas made his professional boxing debut against Alfredo Castro at the age of 13 on November 14, 1971, losing to Castro via 2nd round KO.

He had his first world title fight at the age of 18 on July 17, 1976 after 21 professional fights, against Ángel Espada for the welterweight WBA title. He defeated Espada via 2nd round TKO to become the welterweight champion of the world.

Cuevas has won one world title at welterweight. For all the details about Cuevas' world title wins and defenses refer to "José Cuevas World Titles".

Cuevas had a total of 15 losses in his professional boxing career.

His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Lupe Aquino on September 25, 1989. Cuevas lost the fight via 2nd round KO. It's been 34 years, 2 months, and 14 days since this fight.

For a very detailed list Cuevas' fights refer to "All of José Cuevas' fights".

Highlights

Cuevas fought a total of 50 times during his professional career, which includes 13 world-title fights at the welterweight division. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances in his fights. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.

July 17, 1976: Cuevas wins his first world title by defeating Ángel Espada via 2nd round TKO. He is now the WBA welterweight world champion.
March 12, 1977: Cuevas successfully defends the WBA welterweight title against Miguel Ángel Campanino, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
August 6, 1977: Cuevas successfully defends the WBA welterweight title against Clyde Gray, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
May 20, 1978: Cuevas successfully defends the WBA welterweight title against Billy Backus, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
September 9, 1978: Cuevas successfully defends the WBA welterweight title against Pete Ranzany, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
January 29, 1979: Cuevas successfully defends the WBA welterweight title against Scott Clark, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
April 6, 1980: Cuevas successfully defends the WBA welterweight title against Harold Volbrecht, winning the fight via 5th round KO.

World Titles

Cuevas was a welterweight world champion. He has held one world title at welterweight, which was a lineal championship win.

Weight Division	World Titles Held
Welterweight	WBA