José Nápoles Record

José Nápoles (Mantequilla) was a Mexican professional boxer. He was a welterweight world champion with 6 world-title wins. In a career spanning 18 years, 4 months, and 4 days, Nápoles amassed a record of 81-7, which includes 54 wins via KO—9 in world-title bouts. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990.

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JOSÉ

NÁPOLES

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Mantequilla

Born: Apr 13, 1940
Death: Aug 16, 2019 79 years
Debut: Aug 02, 1958
Record: 81-7
Title Fights: 18
KOs: 54 (61.4%)
Health
Last Five
Height: 171 cm
Reach: 183 cm
Ape Index: 12 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last Fight: Dec 06, 1976

WBA

WBC

IBF

WBO

Ring

WL

W2 D12

WL

W2 D13

WL

W2 D13

Performance

Career

Age

Analysis model: vzen-minimum-1.0.0

Prediction model: vmajutsu-minimum-1.0.0

LEGEND

Boxing Career

José Nápoles was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba on April 13, 1940. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on August 2, 1958 against Julio Rojas. Nápoles defeated Rojas via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Nápoles became a world champion fight at the age of 29 after 63 professional fights. He challenged Curtis Cokes for the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles and stopped the champion in the 13th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world titles. With this win, he also became the undisputed welterweight world champion — in his very first world-title fight.

Nápoles' last fight was a 6th-round TKO loss to John H Stracey at age 36, on December 6, 1976, in which he lost his WBC and The Ring welterweight titles.

Some of José Nápoles' best fights were against Emile Griffith (HOFer). For a top-10 list of Nápoles' best performances, refer to "Best fights of José Nápoles".

Nápoles has 7 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "José Nápoles Losses".

Fight Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
88	Dec 06, 1976	36	John H Stracey	loss	TKO 6
87	Jul 12, 1976	36	Armando Muniz	win	UD 15
86	Mar 29, 1975	34	Armando Muniz	win	TD 12
85	Dec 14, 1974	34	Horacio Agustin Saldano	win	KO 3
84	Aug 03, 1974	34	Hedgemon Lewis	win	TKO 9
83	Feb 09, 1974	33	Carlos Monzon 31 81-3-9	loss	RTD 6
82	Sep 22, 1973	33	Clyde Gray	win	UD 15
81	Jun 23, 1973	33	Roger Menetrey	win	UD 15
80	Feb 28, 1973	32	Ernie Lopez	win	KO 7
79	Aug 05, 1972	32	Edmundo Leite	win	TKO 2
78	Jun 10, 1972	32	Adolph Pruitt	win	TKO 2
77	Mar 28, 1972	31	Ralph Charles	win	KO 7
76	Dec 14, 1971	31	Hedgemon Lewis	win	UD 15
75	Oct 16, 1971	31	Esteban Alfredo Osuna	win	UD 10
74	Aug 23, 1971	31	Jean Josselin	win	KO 5
73	Jul 31, 1971	31	David Melendez	win	TKO 5
72	Jun 04, 1971	31	Billy Backus	win	TKO 8
71	Mar 27, 1971	30	Manuel Gonzalez	win	KO 6
70	Dec 03, 1970	30	Billy Backus	loss	TKO 4
69	Oct 05, 1970	30	Pete Toro	win	TKO 9
68	Aug 14, 1970	30	Fighting Mack	win	KO 3
67	Feb 14, 1970	29	Ernie Lopez	win	TKO 15
66	Oct 17, 1969	29	Emile Griffith 31 60-10	win	UD 15
65	Jun 29, 1969	29	Curtis Cokes	win	RTD 10
64	Apr 18, 1969	29	Curtis Cokes	win	RTD 13
63	Feb 15, 1969	28	Fate Davis	win	TKO 6
62	Dec 22, 1968	28	Lennox Beckles	win	KO 1
61	Nov 04, 1968	28	Des Rea	win	TKO 5
60	Jul 15, 1968	28	Eddie Pace	win	UD 10
59	Jun 14, 1968	28	Leroy Roberts	win	TKO 1
58	Jun 02, 1968	28	Peter Cobblah	win	PTS 10
57	Apr 29, 1968	28	Herbie Lee	win	TKO 6
56	Feb 18, 1968	27	Mike Cruz	win	TKO 4
55	Sep 11, 1967	27	Charlie Watson	win	KO 6
54	Sep 11, 1967	27	Johnny DePeiza	win	TKO 1
53	Jul 10, 1967	27	LC Morgan	win	TKO 2
52	Jun 04, 1967	27	Johnny Brooks	win	KO 7
51	Dec 17, 1966	26	Eugenio Espinoza	win	TKO 6
50	Oct 30, 1966	26	Jimmy Fields	win	TKO 10
49	Aug 22, 1966	26	LC Morgan	loss	TKO 4
48	Jul 27, 1966	26	Humberto Trottman	win	KO 2
47	Apr 17, 1966	26	Al Grant	win	TKO 4
46	Feb 12, 1966	25	Johnny Santos	win	KO 3
45	Dec 11, 1965	25	Aldolph Pruitt	win	TKO 3
44	Aug 03, 1965	25	Eddie Perkins	win	UD 10
43	Mar 25, 1965	24	Giordano Campari	win	TKO 2
42	Feb 28, 1965	24	LC Morgan	win	KO 3
41	Jan 01, 1965	24	Carlos Rios	win	KO 5
40	Nov 14, 1964	24	Alfredo Urbino	win	KO 3
39	Aug 15, 1964	24	Eduardo Moreno	win	TKO 5
38	Jun 22, 1964	24	Carlos Morocho Hernandez	win	TKO 7
37	Apr 25, 1964	24	Alfredo Urbina	win	TKO 1
36	Mar 01, 1964	23	Taketeru Yoshimoto	win	KO 1
35	Nov 30, 1963	23	LC Morgan	win	KO 7
34	Nov 16, 1963	23	Tony Perez	win	TKO 3
33	Oct 23, 1963	23	Francisco Cancio	win	KO 1
32	Aug 19, 1963	23	Pulga Serrano	win	TKO 10
31	Jul 13, 1963	23	Baby Vasquez	win	PTS 10
30	May 27, 1963	23	Raul Soriano	win	KO 4
29	Apr 27, 1963	23	Alfredo Urbina	loss	PTS 10
28	Mar 30, 1963	22	Baby Vasquez	win	UD 10
27	Feb 09, 1963	22	Baby Gutierrez	win	TKO 7
26	Jan 05, 1963	22	Tony Perez	loss	SD 10
25	Nov 10, 1962	22	Tony Perez	win	PTS 10
24	Sep 29, 1962	22	Bobby Cervantes	win	TKO 1
23	Aug 25, 1962	22	Kid Anahuac	win	KO 9
22	Jul 21, 1962	22	Enrique Camarena	win	KO 2
21	Jun 03, 1961	21	Angel Robinson Garcia	win	PTS 10
20	Mar 18, 1961	20	Rolando Chico Morales	win	UD 10
19	Jan 28, 1961	20	Guillermo Valdez	win	UD 10
18	Dec 17, 1960	20	Tony Padron	win	DQ 5
17	Nov 26, 1960	20	Rolando Chico Morales	win	PTS 10
16	Oct 15, 1960	20	Tony Padron	win	UD 10
15	Jul 02, 1960	20	Bunny Grant	win	PTS 10
14	May 21, 1960	20	Angel Robinson Garcia	win	PTS 10
13	Feb 20, 1960	19	Diwaldo Ventosa	win	UD 10
12	Jan 02, 1960	19	Isaac Espinosa	win	UD 10
11	Nov 28, 1959	19	Bobby Cervantes	win	TKO 1
10	Nov 14, 1959	19	Augusto Narvalle	win	UD 8
9	Oct 03, 1959	19	Cristobal Gonzalez	win	UD 8
8	Aug 22, 1959	19	Hilton Smith	loss	UD 8
7	Jul 25, 1959	19	Clodoaldo Hernandez	win	UD 8
6	Jul 11, 1959	19	Clodoaldo Hernandez	win	TKO 3
5	May 16, 1959	19	Juan Bacallo	win	TKO 4
4	Feb 21, 1959	18	Armando Castillo	win	PTS 4
3	Nov 29, 1958	18	Felix Pomares	win	TKO 2
2	Oct 11, 1958	18	Euripides Guerra	win	TKO 4
1	Aug 02, 1958	18	Julio Rojas	win	TKO 1