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Total Fights | 88 |
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Wins | 81 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 6 |
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Title Defenses | 13 |
Title-Fight KOs | 9 |
KO Wins | 54 |
KO Losses | 4 |
WBA | WBC | TheRing |
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WL w2 d12 | WL w2 d13 | WL w2 d13 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 18 years and four months, José Nápoles fought 88 times with 81 wins and 7 losses.
Nápoles retired from professional boxing with a record of 81-7, which included six welterweight world-title wins and 13 successful title defense fights. He had a 61.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 54 of his total 88 fights being knockout wins, nine of which were in title fights. Nápoles suffered four knockout losses in his career, three of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 6th round TKO defeat to John H Stracey on December 6, 1976. Nápoles lost the welterweight WBC and The Ring titles to Stracey in this fight.
Some of Nápoles' best fights and notable victories include wins over three Hall-of-Famers (Emile Griffith, Curtis Cokes, and Eddie Perkins), Billy Backus, Adolph Pruitt, Ernie Lopez, Hedgemon Lewis, Horacio Agustin Saldano, and Ralph Charles.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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88 | Dec 6, 1976 | 36 | John H Stracey | Loss * | TKO6 |
87 | Jul 12, 1976 | 36 | Armando Muniz | Win * | UD |
86 | Mar 29, 1975 | 34 | Armando Muniz | Win * | TD |
85 | Dec 14, 1974 | 34 | Horacio Agustin Saldano | Win * | KO3 |
84 | Aug 3, 1974 | 34 | Hedgemon Lewis | Win * | TKO9 |
83 | Feb 9, 1974 | 33 | Carlos Monzon | Loss * | RTD6 |
82 | Sep 22, 1973 | 33 | Clyde Gray | Win * | UD |
81 | Jun 23, 1973 | 33 | Roger Menetrey | Win * | UD |
80 | Feb 28, 1973 | 32 | Ernie Lopez | Win * | KO7 |
79 | Aug 5, 1972 | 32 | Edmundo Leite | Win | TKO2 |
78 | Jun 10, 1972 | 32 | Adolph Pruitt | Win * | TKO2 |
77 | Mar 28, 1972 | 31 | Ralph Charles | Win * | KO7 |
76 | Dec 14, 1971 | 31 | Hedgemon Lewis | Win * | UD |
75 | Oct 16, 1971 | 31 | Esteban Alfredo Osuna | Win | UD |
74 | Aug 23, 1971 | 31 | Jean Josselin | Win | KO5 |
73 | Jul 31, 1971 | 31 | David Melendez | Win | TKO5 |
72 | Jun 4, 1971 | 31 | Billy Backus | Win * | TKO8 |
71 | Mar 27, 1971 | 30 | Manuel Gonzalez | Win | KO6 |
70 | Dec 3, 1970 | 30 | Billy Backus | Loss * | TKO4 |
69 | Oct 5, 1970 | 30 | Pete Toro | Win | TKO9 |
68 | Aug 14, 1970 | 30 | Fighting Mack | Win | KO3 |
67 | Feb 14, 1970 | 29 | Ernie Lopez | Win * | TKO15 |
66 | Oct 17, 1969 | 29 | Emile Griffith | Win * | UD |
65 | Jun 29, 1969 | 29 | Curtis Cokes | Win * | RTD10 |
64 | Apr 18, 1969 | 29 | Curtis Cokes | Win * | RTD13 |
63 | Feb 15, 1969 | 28 | Fate Davis | Win | TKO6 |
62 | Dec 22, 1968 | 28 | Lennox Beckles | Win | KO1 |
61 | Nov 4, 1968 | 28 | Des Rea | Win | TKO5 |
60 | Jul 15, 1968 | 28 | Eddie Pace | Win | UD |
59 | Jun 14, 1968 | 28 | Leroy Roberts | Win | TKO1 |
58 | Jun 2, 1968 | 28 | Peter Cobblah | Win | PTS |
57 | Apr 29, 1968 | 28 | Herbie Lee | Win | TKO6 |
56 | Feb 18, 1968 | 27 | Mike Cruz | Win | TKO4 |
55 | Sep 11, 1967 | 27 | Charlie Watson | Win | KO6 |
54 | Sep 11, 1967 | 27 | Johnny DePeiza | Win | TKO1 |
53 | Jul 10, 1967 | 27 | LC Morgan | Win | TKO2 |
52 | Jun 4, 1967 | 27 | Johnny Brooks | Win | KO7 |
51 | Dec 17, 1966 | 26 | Eugenio Espinoza | Win | TKO6 |
50 | Oct 30, 1966 | 26 | Jimmy Fields | Win | TKO10 |
49 | Aug 22, 1966 | 26 | LC Morgan | Loss | TKO4 |
48 | Jul 27, 1966 | 26 | Humberto Trottman | Win | KO2 |
47 | Apr 17, 1966 | 26 | Al Grant | Win | TKO4 |
46 | Feb 12, 1966 | 25 | Johnny Santos | Win | KO3 |
45 | Dec 11, 1965 | 25 | Aldolph Pruitt | Win | TKO3 |
44 | Aug 3, 1965 | 25 | Eddie Perkins | Win | UD |
43 | Mar 25, 1965 | 24 | Giordano Campari | Win | TKO2 |
42 | Feb 28, 1965 | 24 | LC Morgan | Win | KO3 |
41 | Jan 1, 1965 | 24 | Carlos Rios | Win | KO5 |
40 | Nov 14, 1964 | 24 | Alfredo Urbino | Win | KO3 |
39 | Aug 15, 1964 | 24 | Eduardo Moreno | Win | TKO5 |
38 | Jun 22, 1964 | 24 | Carlos Morocho Hernandez | Win | TKO7 |
37 | Apr 25, 1964 | 24 | Alfredo Urbina | Win | TKO1 |
36 | Mar 1, 1964 | 23 | Taketeru Yoshimoto | Win | KO1 |
35 | Nov 30, 1963 | 23 | LC Morgan | Win | KO7 |
34 | Nov 16, 1963 | 23 | Tony Perez | Win | TKO3 |
33 | Oct 23, 1963 | 23 | Francisco Cancio | Win | KO1 |
32 | Aug 19, 1963 | 23 | Pulga Serrano | Win | TKO10 |
31 | Jul 13, 1963 | 23 | Baby Vasquez | Win | PTS |
30 | May 27, 1963 | 23 | Raul Soriano | Win | KO4 |
29 | Apr 27, 1963 | 23 | Alfredo Urbina | Loss | PTS |
28 | Mar 30, 1963 | 22 | Baby Vasquez | Win | UD |
27 | Feb 9, 1963 | 22 | Baby Gutierrez | Win | TKO7 |
26 | Jan 5, 1963 | 22 | Tony Perez | Loss | SD |
25 | Nov 10, 1962 | 22 | Tony Perez | Win | PTS |
24 | Sep 29, 1962 | 22 | Bobby Cervantes | Win | TKO1 |
23 | Aug 25, 1962 | 22 | Kid Anahuac | Win | KO9 |
22 | Jul 21, 1962 | 22 | Enrique Camarena | Win | KO2 |
21 | Jun 3, 1961 | 21 | Angel Robinson Garcia | Win | PTS |
20 | Mar 18, 1961 | 20 | Rolando Chico Morales | Win | UD |
19 | Jan 28, 1961 | 20 | Guillermo Valdez | Win | UD |
18 | Dec 17, 1960 | 20 | Tony Padron | Win | DQ |
17 | Nov 26, 1960 | 20 | Rolando Chico Morales | Win | PTS |
16 | Oct 15, 1960 | 20 | Tony Padron | Win | UD |
15 | Jul 2, 1960 | 20 | Bunny Grant | Win | PTS |
14 | May 21, 1960 | 20 | Angel Robinson Garcia | Win | PTS |
13 | Feb 20, 1960 | 19 | Diwaldo Ventosa | Win | UD |
12 | Jan 2, 1960 | 19 | Isaac Espinosa | Win | UD |
11 | Nov 28, 1959 | 19 | Bobby Cervantes | Win | TKO1 |
10 | Nov 14, 1959 | 19 | Augusto Narvalle | Win | UD |
9 | Oct 3, 1959 | 19 | Cristobal Gonzalez | Win | UD |
8 | Aug 22, 1959 | 19 | Hilton Smith | Loss | UD |
7 | Jul 25, 1959 | 19 | Clodoaldo Hernandez | Win | UD |
6 | Jul 11, 1959 | 19 | Clodoaldo Hernandez | Win | TKO3 |
5 | May 16, 1959 | 19 | Juan Bacallo | Win | TKO4 |
4 | Feb 21, 1959 | 18 | Armando Castillo | Win | PTS |
3 | Nov 29, 1958 | 18 | Felix Pomares | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Oct 11, 1958 | 18 | Euripides Guerra | Win | TKO4 |
1 | Aug 2, 1958 | 18 | Julio Rojas | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
José Nápoles (Mantequilla) was a Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba on April 13, 1940. He was a welterweight world champion. He died on August 16, 2019 at the age of 79 years. Nápoles was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990. His professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1958 to 1976.
Nápoles made his professional boxing debut against Julio Rojas at the age of 18 on August 2, 1958, defeating Rojas via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 6 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 4 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on April 18, 1969 after 63 professional fights, against Curtis Cokes for the welterweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring titles. He defeated Cokes via 13th round RTD to become the welterweight champion of the world.
José Nápoles was a two-time undisputed welterweight world champion, and won six world titles at welterweight. For all the details about Nápoles' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Nápoles had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a welterweight title defense bout against John H Stracey at 36 years of age, on December 6, 1976. Nápoles lost the fight via 6th round TKO — and lost his WBC and The Ring titles.
Nápoles had a total of 18 world-title fights, which includes winning six world titles and 13 successful title defenses. He won 15 of these fights and lost three.
José Nápoles fought for welterweight world titles in three fights and won two of these fights, both of them via stoppage. In total, he won six welterweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jun 4, 1971+ | Billy Backus | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Apr 18, 1969+ | Curtis Cokes | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | RTD |
José Nápoles had 15 welterweight world-title defense fights. He won 13 of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jul 12, 1976 | Armando Muniz | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | UD |
Mar 29, 1975 | Armando Muniz | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | TD |
Dec 14, 1974 | Horacio Agustin Saldano | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | KO |
Aug 3, 1974 | Hedgemon Lewis | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Sep 22, 1973 | Clyde Gray | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Jun 23, 1973 | Roger Menetrey | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Feb 28, 1973 | Ernie Lopez | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | KO |
Jun 10, 1972 | Adolph Pruitt | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Mar 28, 1972 | Ralph Charles | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | KO |
Dec 14, 1971 | Hedgemon Lewis | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Feb 14, 1970 | Ernie Lopez | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Oct 17, 1969 | Emile Griffith | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Jun 29, 1969 | Curtis Cokes | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | RTD |
José Nápoles lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of five titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Dec 6, 1976 | John H Stracey | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Dec 3, 1970 | Billy Backus | Welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Nápoles fought a total of 88 times during his professional career, which includes 18 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances in his fights. These nine fights are the highlight of his career.
April 18, 1969: Nápoles becomes the undisputed welterweight world champion in his first world-title fight by beating Curtis Cokes via 13th round RTD. He now holds the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight world-champion belts.
June 29, 1969: Nápoles successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles against Curtis Cokes, winning the fight via 10th round RTD.
October 17, 1969: Nápoles successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles against Emile Griffith, winning the fight via 15 round unanimous decision.
June 4, 1971: Nápoles becomes the undisputed welterweight world champion by defeating Billy Backus via 8th round TKO. He now holds the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight world-champion belts.
March 28, 1972: Nápoles successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles against Ralph Charles, winning the fight via 7th round KO.
June 10, 1972: Nápoles successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles against Adolph Pruitt, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
February 28, 1973: Nápoles successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles against Ernie Lopez, winning the fight via 7th round KO.
August 3, 1974: Nápoles successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles against Hedgemon Lewis, winning the fight via 9th round TKO.
December 14, 1974: Nápoles successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles against Horacio Agustin Saldano, winning the fight via 3rd round KO.
Nápoles knocked out 54 of his 88 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 61.4%. Of his total 81 wins, 54 of them were via KO (66.7%).
Nápoles' first world-title win were the WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts at welterweight. He defeated Curtis Cokes via 13 round RTD to win the titles.
Nápoles won six world titles at welterweight.
Nápoles had a total of 15 title defense fights. He was successful 13 times and lost two times.