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Total Fights | 43 |
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Wins | 27 |
Losses | 15 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 21 |
KO Losses | 9 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years and eight months, Roberto Carlos Leyva fought 43 times with 27 wins, 15 losses, and 1 draw.
Leyva retired from professional boxing with a record of 27-15-1, which included one strawweight world-title win and one successful title defense fight. He had a 48.8% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 21 of his total 43 fights being knockout wins. Leyva suffered nine knockout losses in his career, three of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 3rd round KO defeat to Wilfredo Vázquez Jr. on October 29, 2011.
Some of Leyva's best fights and notable victories include wins over Francisco Soto, Daniel Reyes, Víctor Burgos, Manny Melchor, Lorenzo Trejo, Marino Montiel, and Martin Armenta.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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43 | Oct 29, 2011 | 32 | Wilfredo Vázquez Jr. | Loss | KO3 |
42 | Oct 21, 2011 | 31 | Jesus Lopez Armenta | Loss | UD |
41 | Feb 25, 2011 | 31 | Simpiwe Vetyeka | Loss | KO3 |
40 | Jun 5, 2010 | 30 | Édgar Sosa | Loss | KO2 |
39 | Apr 3, 2010 | 30 | Juan José Montes | Loss | DQ |
38 | Nov 27, 2009 | 30 | Luis Concepción | Loss | KO4 |
37 | Sep 5, 2009 | 29 | Omar Soriano | Win | TKO3 |
36 | Mar 14, 2009 | 29 | Z Gorres | Loss | TKO7 |
35 | Sep 11, 2008 | 28 | Benjamin Garcia | Loss | UD |
34 | Nov 24, 2007 | 28 | Édgar Sosa | Loss * | TKO4 |
33 | Sep 28, 2007 | 27 | Benito Abraham | Win | UD |
32 | Jul 9, 2007 | 27 | German Meraz | Win | UD |
31 | Oct 16, 2006 | 26 | Felipe Acosta | Win | UD |
30 | Jun 22, 2006 | 26 | Julio César Miranda | Loss | TKO7 |
29 | Apr 21, 2006 | 26 | Iván Hernández | Loss | MD |
28 | Jul 31, 2004 | 24 | Iván Calderón | Loss * | UD |
27 | Jun 21, 2004 | 24 | Fred Heberto Valdez | Win | TKO4 |
26 | Apr 10, 2004 | 24 | Daniel Reyes | Loss * | TKO3 |
25 | Sep 8, 2003 | 23 | Marino Montiel | Win | TKO5 |
24 | Mar 22, 2003 | 23 | Miguel Barrera | Loss * | KO3 |
23 | Aug 9, 2002 | 22 | Miguel Barrera | Loss * | UD |
22 | Mar 9, 2002 | 22 | Manny Melchor | Win | UD |
21 | Jan 4, 2002 | 22 | Francisco Soto | Win | TKO5 |
20 | Sep 28, 2001 | 21 | Miguel Barrera | Draw * | TD |
19 | Apr 29, 2001 | 21 | Daniel Reyes | Win * | UD |
18 | Mar 23, 2001 | 21 | Martin Armenta | Win | TKO4 |
17 | Dec 4, 2000 | 21 | Víctor Burgos | Win | TKO8 |
16 | Nov 3, 2000 | 21 | Luis Valdez | Win | KO4 |
15 | Aug 4, 2000 | 20 | Roberto Gomez | Win | UD |
14 | Jun 2, 2000 | 20 | Adel Gutierrez | Win | TKO4 |
13 | Apr 7, 2000 | 20 | Aaron Sepulveda | Win | TKO2 |
12 | Dec 16, 1999 | 20 | Lorenzo Trejo | Win | TKO5 |
11 | Sep 9, 1999 | 19 | Miguel Juarez | Win | TKO2 |
10 | Jul 20, 1999 | 19 | Jose Luis Velarde | Win | TKO9 |
9 | Jun 7, 1999 | 19 | Cristobal Lopez | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Apr 2, 1999 | 19 | Indalecio Valenzuela | Win | TKO6 |
7 | Nov 20, 1998 | 19 | Miguel Juarez | Win | KO2 |
6 | Oct 16, 1998 | 18 | Indalecio Valenzuela | Win | KO1 |
5 | Sep 16, 1998 | 18 | Abraham Enriquez | Win | KO2 |
4 | Jul 31, 1998 | 18 | Cruz Alvaro Valdez | Win | TKO2 |
3 | Jun 5, 1998 | 18 | Julio Cesar Amaro | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Mar 26, 1998 | 18 | Osvaldo Ibarra | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Feb 21, 1998 | 18 | Jose Luis Araiza | Win | TKO3 |
* World-title fight
Roberto Carlos Leyva (Mako) is a 44-year old retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico on October 27, 1979. He is a former strawweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1998 to 2011.
Leyva made his professional boxing debut against Jose Luis Araiza at the age of 18 on February 21, 1998, defeating Araiza via 3rd round TKO. He went on to win 18 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 16 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 21 on April 29, 2001 after 18 professional fights, against Daniel Reyes for the strawweight IBF (vacant) title. He defeated Reyes via 12 round unanimous decision to become the strawweight champion of the world.
Leyva has won one world title at strawweight. For all the details about Leyva's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Leyva had a total of 15 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Puerto Rican boxer Wilfredo Vázquez Jr. on October 29, 2011. Leyva lost the fight via 3rd round KO. It's been 12 years, 5 months, and 26 days since this fight.
Leyva had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and one successful title defense. He won one of these fights, lost five, and drew in one.
Roberto Carlos Leyva fought for a strawweight world title in five fights and won once. He won one strawweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Apr 29, 2001 | Daniel Reyes | Strawweight | IBF* | UD |
Roberto Carlos Leyva had two strawweight world-title defense fights. He won once and lost once.
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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Sep 28, 2001 | Miguel Barrera | Strawweight | IBF | TD (draw) |
Roberto Carlos Leyva lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Aug 9, 2002 | Miguel Barrera | Strawweight | IBF | UD |
Leyva knocked out 21 of his 43 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 48.8%. Of his total 27 wins, 21 of them were via KO (77.8%).
Leyva's first world-title win was the IBF (vacant) belt at strawweight. He defeated Daniel Reyes via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Leyva won one world title at strawweight.
Leyva had a total of two title defense fight. He was successful one time and lost one time.