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Total Fights | 48 |
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Wins | 42 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 2 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 31 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 10 years and 10 months, Victoriano Sosa fought 48 times with 42 wins, 4 losses, and 2 draws.
Sosa retired from professional boxing with a record of 42-4-2, which included one lightweight world-title win. He had a 64.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 31 of his total 48 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Sosa suffered two knockout losses, both of which were in non-title fights.
His last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Francisco Campos on December 9, 2005.
Some of Sosa's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hilario Guzman, Johnny Diaz Lebron, Sigfredo Cabera, Francisco Alvarez, Edward Mota, Geovany Fernandez, and Danilo Alcantra.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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48 | Dec 9, 2005 | 31 | Francisco Campos | Win | TKO10 |
47 | Jun 18, 2005 | 31 | Leonardo Espinal | Win | KO2 |
46 | Apr 11, 2005 | 30 | Darwin Padron | Win | KO3 |
45 | Oct 18, 2004 | 30 | Marcos Hernandez | Win | TKO1 |
44 | Jun 11, 2004 | 30 | Marteze Logan | Win | UD |
43 | Feb 28, 2004 | 29 | Miguel Cotto | Loss | TKO4 |
42 | Jan 5, 2004 | 29 | Danilo Alcantara | Win | TKO4 |
41 | Oct 10, 2003 | 29 | Miguel Angel Huerta | Win | UD |
40 | Apr 19, 2003 | 29 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Loss * | UD |
39 | Feb 21, 2003 | 28 | Luis Sosa | Win | TKO6 |
38 | Nov 9, 2002 | 28 | Lamar Murphy | Draw | SD |
37 | Mar 2, 2002 | 27 | Luis Sosa | Win | KO1 |
36 | Oct 18, 2001 | 27 | Victor Valentin | Win | TKO3 |
35 | Sep 1, 2001 | 27 | Enrique Ramirez | Win | TKO2 |
34 | Jun 30, 2001 | 27 | Armando Juan Reyes | Win | KO3 |
33 | Apr 20, 2001 | 27 | Francisco Lorenzo | Win | PTS |
32 | Dec 29, 2000 | 26 | Jose Garcia | Win | PTS |
31 | Nov 3, 2000 | 26 | Harold Warren | Win | UD |
30 | Oct 8, 2000 | 26 | Freddy Cruz | Win | PTS |
29 | Jun 26, 2000 | 26 | Gabino Del Orbe | Win | KO1 |
28 | Apr 29, 2000 | 26 | Rafael De la Cruz | Win | TKO3 |
27 | Mar 3, 2000 | 25 | Paul Spadafora | Loss * | UD |
26 | Feb 1, 2000 | 25 | Rafael Valerio | Win | TKO10 |
25 | Oct 25, 1999 | 25 | Ambioris Figuero | Win | PTS |
24 | Oct 9, 1999 | 25 | Geovany Fernandez | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Jul 19, 1999 | 25 | Johnny Diaz Lebron | Win | KO1 |
22 | May 31, 1999 | 25 | Sigfredo Cabera | Win | KO1 |
21 | Mar 27, 1999 | 24 | Rafael Meran | Win | PTS |
20 | Feb 16, 1999 | 24 | Sigfredo Cabera | Win | KO2 |
19 | Dec 15, 1998 | 24 | Freddy Cruz | Win | PTS |
18 | Nov 4, 1998 | 24 | Francisco Alvarez | Win | KO4 |
17 | Oct 21, 1998 | 24 | Danilo Alcantra | Win | TKO8 |
16 | Jun 29, 1998 | 24 | Edward Mota | Win | TKO2 |
15 | Apr 30, 1998 | 24 | Pascual Polanco | Win | PTS |
14 | Feb 26, 1998 | 23 | Hilario Guzman | Win * | KO2 |
13 | Dec 15, 1997 | 23 | Ramon Emilio | Win | TKO5 |
12 | Jul 31, 1997 | 23 | Armando Juan Reyes | Win | TKO8 |
11 | May 28, 1997 | 23 | Prudencio De Jesus | Win | TKO4 |
10 | May 9, 1997 | 23 | Felix Perez | Win | TKO2 |
9 | Feb 1, 1997 | 22 | Ramon Alix | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Nov 25, 1996 | 22 | Alexis Urena | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Sep 23, 1996 | 22 | Antonio Ramriez | Loss | KO2 |
6 | Aug 11, 1996 | 22 | Santiago Matos | Win | KO1 |
5 | Mar 25, 1996 | 21 | Antonio Ramriez | Draw | PTS |
4 | Aug 5, 1995 | 21 | Jose Nino Diaz | Win | TKO3 |
3 | Jun 14, 1995 | 21 | Jose Valdez | Win | KO1 |
2 | Apr 3, 1995 | 20 | Angel Santana | Win | PTS |
1 | Jan 30, 1995 | 20 | Alexis Urena | Win | TKO3 |
* World-title fight
Victoriano Sosa (El Santico) is a 50-year old retired Dominican professional boxer. He was born in La Vega, Dominican Republic on April 17, 1974. He is a former lightweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 10 years — from 1995 to 2005.
Sosa made his professional boxing debut against Alexis Urena at the age of 20 on January 30, 1995, defeating Urena via 3rd round TKO. He went on to win 3 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 2 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on February 26, 1998 after 13 professional fights, against Hilario Guzman for the lightweight WBC title. He defeated Guzman via 2nd round KO to become the lightweight champion of the world.
Sosa has won one world title at lightweight. For all the details about Sosa's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Sosa had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Francisco Campos on December 9, 2005. Sosa won the fight via 10th round TKO. It's been 18 years, 4 months, and 11 days since this fight.
Sosa had a total of three world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and zero successful title defenses. He won one of these fights and lost two.
Victoriano Sosa fought for a lightweight world title in three fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one lightweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 26, 1998 | Hilario Guzman | Lightweight | WBC | KO |
Although Sosa had a total of 48 fights, this fight against Hilario Guzman is the sole highlight of his career.
February 26, 1998: Sosa wins his first world title by defeating Hilario Guzman via 2nd round KO. He is now the WBC lightweight world champion.
Sosa knocked out 31 of his 48 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 64.6%. Of his total 42 wins, 31 of them were via KO (73.8%).
Sosa's first world-title win was the WBC belt at lightweight. He defeated Hilario Guzman via 2 round KO to win the title.
Sosa won one world title at lightweight.
Sosa had 0 successful title defense fight.