In a career spanning 17 years and 10 months, José Cuevas fought 50 times with 35 wins and 15 losses. By his last professional fight on September 25, 1989, Cuevas' boxing record stood at 35-15 (31 KO wins, 6 KO losses).
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José Cuevas (Pipino) is a retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Santo Tomás de los Plátanos, Mexico on December 27, 1957. Cuevas made his professional boxing debut at the age of 13 on November 14, 1971. He is a former welterweight world champion. He is 65 years old, and will be turning 66 in 10 months and 26 days. Cuevas is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 50 |
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Wins | 35 |
Losses | 15 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 31 |
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Total Title Wins | 1 |
Title Defenses | 11 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 11 |
Losses via KO | 6 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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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 |
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José Cuevas' professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1971 to 1989.
Cuevas made his debut against Alfredo Castro at the age of 13 on November 14, 1971, losing to Castro via 2nd round KO.
Cuevas 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".
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.
José Cuevas had a total of 15 losses in his professional boxing career — one of them in a title bout and 14 in non-title bouts. He suffered his first loss in his professional debut against Alfredo Castro via 2nd round KO. He has been stopped six times and lost nine times via decision. For more details about these defeats, refer to "All of José Cuevas' losses".
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 33 years, 4 months, and 7 days since this fight.
Cuevas retired from professional boxing with a record of 35-15, which included 31 knockout wins and 6 losses via knockout, and 1 title win. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2002.
José Cuevas fought a total of 50 times during his professional career. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
A 18-year old José Cuevas (15-6, 13 KO) had his first world title fight against Ángel Espada for Espada's WBA welterweight belt.
Cuevas defeated Espada via 2nd round TKO to win the WBA welterweight title.A 19-year old José Cuevas (17-6, 15 KO) faced Miguel Ángel Campanino in a welterweight title defense fight.
Cuevas defeated Campanino via 2nd round KO to retain the WBA welterweight title.A 19-year old José Cuevas (18-6, 16 KO) faced Clyde Gray in a welterweight title defense fight.
Cuevas defeated Gray via 2nd round KO to retain the WBA welterweight title.A 20-year old José Cuevas (21-6, 19 KO) faced Billy Backus in a welterweight title defense fight.
Cuevas defeated Backus via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBA welterweight title.A 20-year old José Cuevas (22-6, 20 KO) faced Pete Ranzany in a welterweight title defense fight.
Cuevas defeated Ranzany via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBA welterweight title.A 21-year old José Cuevas (23-6, 21 KO) faced Scott Clark in a welterweight title defense fight.
Cuevas defeated Clark via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBA welterweight title.A 22-year old José Cuevas (26-6, 23 KO) faced Harold Volbrecht in a welterweight title defense fight.
Cuevas defeated Volbrecht via 5th round KO to retain the WBA welterweight title.Some of Cuevas' best wins were against Clyde Gray, Billy Backus, Pete Ranzany, Scott Clark, Harold Volbrecht, Miguel Ángel Campanino, and Ángel Espada.
Cuevas knocked out 31 of his 50 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 62%. Of his total 35 wins, 31 of them were via KO (88.6%).
Cuevas had 15 losses. Lupe Aquino, Jorge Vaca, Lorenzo Luis García, Steve Little, and Herman Montes are some of the boxers who have beaten Cuevas.