José Cuevas Record

José Cuevas (Pipino) is a 67-year-old retired Mexican professional boxer. He is a former welterweight world champion. In a career spanning 17 years, 10 months, and 11 days, Cuevas amassed a record of 35-15, which includes 31 wins via KO—11 in world-title bouts. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2002.

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LEGEND

Boxing Career

José Cuevas was born in Santo Tomás de los Plátanos, Mexico on December 27, 1957. He made his professional debut at the age of 13 years on November 14, 1971 against Alfredo Castro. Cuevas lost to Castro via 2nd round KO. Not a good start!

Cuevas became a world champion at the age of 18 after 21 professional fights. He challenged Ángel Espada for the WBA welterweight title and stopped the champion in the 2nd of the 15-round fight, winning his first world title.

Cuevas' last fight was a 2nd-round KO loss to Lupe Aquino at age 31, on September 25, 1989.

Some of José Cuevas' best fights have been against Pete Ranzany, Billy Backus, Ángel Espada, Scott Clark, and Clyde Gray. For a top-10 list of Cuevas' best performances, refer to "Best fights of José Cuevas".

Cuevas has 15 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "José Cuevas Losses".

Fight Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
50	Sep 25, 1989	31	Lupe Aquino	loss	KO 2
49	Jul 31, 1989	31	Martín Martínez	win	KO 1
48	May 29, 1989	31	Francisco Carballo	win	KO 4
47	Jul 25, 1987	29	Daniel Valenzuela	win	KO 6
46	Dec 19, 1986	28	Jorge Vaca	loss	KO 2
45	Oct 04, 1986	28	Lorenzo Luis García	loss	MD 10
44	Jul 25, 1986	28	Luis Mateo	win	TKO 3
43	Mar 03, 1986	28	Steve Little	loss	MD 10
42	Feb 25, 1986	28	Felipe Vaca	win	UD 4
41	Mar 07, 1985	27	Herman Montes	loss	KO 3
40	Jul 12, 1984	26	Jun-Suk Hwang	loss	MD 10
39	Mar 01, 1984	26	Mauricio Bravo	win	TKO 1
38	Jan 29, 1983	25	Roberto Durán 31 75-4	loss	TKO 4
37	Nov 07, 1981	23	Roger Stafford	loss	UD 10
36	Jun 25, 1981	23	Jørgen Hansen	win	TKO 1
35	Feb 07, 1981	23	Bernardo Prada	win	KO 2
34	Aug 02, 1980	22	Thomas Hearns 21 28-0	loss	TKO 2
33	Apr 06, 1980	22	Harold Volbrecht	win	KO 5
32	Dec 08, 1979	21	Ángel Espada	win	TKO 10
31	Jul 30, 1979	21	Randy Shields	win	UD 15
30	Jan 29, 1979	21	Scott Clark	win	TKO 2
29	Sep 09, 1978	20	Pete Ranzany	win	TKO 2
28	May 20, 1978	20	Billy Backus	win	TKO 2
27	Mar 04, 1978	20	Harold Weston	win	TKO 9
26	Nov 19, 1977	19	Ángel Espada	win	TKO 12
25	Aug 06, 1977	19	Clyde Gray	win	KO 2
24	Mar 12, 1977	19	Miguel Ángel Campanino	win	KO 2
23	Oct 27, 1976	18	Shoji Tsujimoto	win	KO 6
22	Jul 17, 1976	18	Ángel Espada	win	TKO 2
21	Jun 02, 1976	18	Andy Price	loss	UD 10
20	Apr 03, 1976	18	Rafael Piamonte	win	KO 1
19	Sep 27, 1975	17	José Palacios	win	KO 10
18	Jul 12, 1975	17	Carlos Obregón	win	UD 10
17	Jan 25, 1975	17	Rubén Vázquez Zamora	win	UD 10
16	Oct 26, 1974	16	Sammy García	win	KO 3
15	Aug 21, 1974	16	José Luis Pena	win	KO 1
14	Jun 12, 1974	16	Sugar Sanders	win	TKO 1
13	May 11, 1974	16	Salvador Ruvalcaba	win	KO 1
12	Nov 24, 1973	15	Eleazar Delgado	loss	MD 10
11	Oct 06, 1973	15	Octavio Amparan	win	TKO 7
10	Aug 04, 1973	15	José Figueroa	win	TKO 3
9	May 13, 1973	15	Memo Cruz	loss	UD 10
8	Mar 01, 1973	15	Sergio Alejo	win	KO 4
7	Dec 07, 1972	14	Raúl Martínez	win	KO 1
6	Aug 19, 1972	14	Juan Pablo Oropeza	loss	MD 8
5	Jun 22, 1972	14	Pancho Benítez	win	TKO 2
4	May 24, 1972	14	Rielero Rodríguez	win	TKO 2
3	Mar 04, 1972	14	Mario Roman	loss	MD 6
2	Jan 01, 1972	14	José Arias	win	TKO 4
1	Nov 14, 1971	13	Alfredo Castro	loss	KO 2