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Total Fights | 38 |
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Wins | 35 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 12 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 11 years and six months, Paulie Ayala fought 38 times with 35 wins and 3 losses.
Ayala retired from professional boxing with a record of 35-3, which included two world-title wins and three successful title defense fights at the bantamweight weight division. He had a 31.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 12 of his total 38 fights being knockout wins. The only knockout loss in Ayala's career was a 10th round TKO loss to Marco Antonio Barrera, which was not a world title fight.
His last fight was a 10th round TKO defeat to Marco Antonio Barrera on June 19, 2004.
Some of Ayala's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Johnny Tapia, Clarence Adams, Johnny Bredahl, Hugo Dianzo, Anupong Saohin Srisuk, Edel Ruiz, and Elias Paulin.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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38 | Jun 19, 2004 | 34 | Marco Antonio Barrera | Loss | TKO10 |
37 | Nov 14, 2003 | 33 | Edel Ruiz | Win | UD |
36 | Nov 16, 2002 | 32 | Érik Morales | Loss * | UD |
35 | Feb 23, 2002 | 31 | Clarence Adams | Win * | UD |
34 | Aug 4, 2001 | 31 | Clarence Adams | Win | SD |
33 | Mar 30, 2001 | 30 | Hugo Dianzo | Win * | UD |
32 | Oct 7, 2000 | 30 | Johnny Tapia | Win | UD |
31 | Mar 4, 2000 | 29 | Johnny Bredahl | Win * | MD |
30 | Oct 23, 1999 | 29 | Anupong Saohin Srisuk | Win * | UD |
29 | Jun 26, 1999 | 29 | Johnny Tapia | Win * | UD |
28 | Feb 20, 1999 | 28 | David Vazquez | Win | UD |
27 | Nov 14, 1998 | 28 | Ivan Salazar | Win | KO4 |
26 | Aug 23, 1998 | 28 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi | Loss * | TD |
25 | May 16, 1998 | 28 | Antonio Ramirez | Win | TKO7 |
24 | Feb 11, 1998 | 27 | Elias Paulin | Win | KO4 |
23 | Sep 13, 1997 | 27 | Ricardo Medina | Win | UD |
22 | Aug 8, 1997 | 27 | Roberto Lopez | Win | TKO5 |
21 | Apr 12, 1997 | 26 | Nestor Lopez | Win | UD |
20 | Jan 11, 1997 | 26 | Cuauhtemoc Gomez | Win | UD |
19 | Sep 28, 1996 | 26 | Ivan Alvarez | Win | UD |
18 | Feb 22, 1996 | 25 | Roland Gomez | Win | TKO7 |
17 | Dec 6, 1995 | 25 | Jose Rangel | Win | TKO3 |
16 | Sep 9, 1995 | 25 | Sergio Millan | Win | UD |
15 | Jun 20, 1995 | 25 | Mario Diaz | Win | UD |
14 | Mar 10, 1995 | 24 | Miguel Espinoza | Win | TKO3 |
13 | Jan 26, 1995 | 24 | Juan Mendoza | Win | UD |
12 | Dec 2, 1994 | 24 | Juan Francisco Soto | Win | UD |
11 | Aug 23, 1994 | 24 | Julian Flores | Win | UD |
10 | Apr 16, 1994 | 23 | Lee Cargle | Win | TKO3 |
9 | Feb 17, 1994 | 23 | Javier Diaz | Win | UD |
8 | Dec 9, 1993 | 23 | George Acevedo | Win | PTS |
7 | Nov 11, 1993 | 23 | Enrique Gomez | Win | TKO1 |
6 | Oct 13, 1993 | 23 | Arturo Estrada | Win | UD |
5 | Aug 28, 1993 | 23 | Marcos Flores | Win | KO1 |
4 | Jun 24, 1993 | 23 | Evgeny Novoselov | Win | UD |
3 | Apr 2, 1993 | 22 | Manuel Robles | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Mar 5, 1993 | 22 | Armando Morado | Win | TKO4 |
1 | Nov 27, 1992 | 22 | Jaime Olvera | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Paulie Ayala is a 54-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. on April 22, 1970. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 11 years — from 1992 to 2004.
Ayala made his professional boxing debut against Jaime Olvera at the age of 22 on November 27, 1992, defeating Olvera via 6 round PTS. He went on to win 24 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 11 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on August 23, 1998 after 25 professional fights, against Joichiro Tatsuyoshi for the WBC title. He lost to Tatsuyoshi via 6 round technical decision.
Ayala has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Ayala's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Ayala had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Mexican boxer Marco Antonio Barrera on June 19, 2004. Ayala lost the fight via 10th round TKO. It's been 19 years, 10 months, and 6 days since this fight.
Ayala had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and three successful title defenses. He won five of these fights and lost two.
Paulie Ayala fought for world titles in four fights and won two of these fights. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 23, 2002 | Clarence Adams | Super-bantamweight | The Ring* | UD |
Jun 26, 1999 | Johnny Tapia | Bantamweight | WBA | UD |
Paulie Ayala had three bantamweight world-title defense fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Mar 30, 2001 | Hugo Dianzo | Bantamweight | WBA | UD |
Mar 4, 2000 | Johnny Bredahl | Bantamweight | WBA | MD |
Oct 23, 1999 | Anupong Saohin Srisuk | Bantamweight | WBA | UD |
Ayala fought a total of 38 times during his professional career, which includes 7 world-title fights at three weight divisions. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
August 23, 1998: In his first world-title fight, Paulie Ayala loses to Joichiro Tatsuyoshi via 6 round technical decision. He was fighting for the WBC bantamweight title.
June 26, 1999: Ayala wins the WBA bantamweight title from Johnny Tapia, by beating Tapia via 12 round unanimous decision.
October 7, 2000: Paulie Ayala beats Johnny Tapia via 12th round unanimous decision.
Ayala knocked out 12 of his 38 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 31.6%. Of his total 35 wins, 12 of them were via KO (34.3%).
Ayala's first world-title win was the WBA belt at bantamweight. He defeated Johnny Tapia via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Ayala won two world titles at two weight classes.
Ayala had 3 successful title defense fights.