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Wilfredo Vázquez Record

56-9-2
Total Fights68
Wins56
Losses9
Draws2
No-Contests1
Title Wins3
Title Defenses14
Title-Fight KOs9
KO Wins41
KO Losses4
Wilfredo Vázquez Record & Stats
Wilfredo Vázquez' Record
Wilfredo Vázquez' boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Wilfredo Vázquez' boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 21 years and eight months, Wilfredo Vázquez fought 68 times with 56 wins, 9 losses, and 2 draws.

      Vázquez retired from professional boxing with a record of 56-9-2, which included three world-title wins and 14 successful title defense fights at three weight classes — bantamweight, super-bantamweight, and featherweight. He had a 61.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 41 of his total 68 fights being knockout wins, nine of which were in title fights. Vázquez suffered four knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Naseem Hamed in a featherweight title fight.

      His last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Eddy Saenz on October 11, 2002.

      Some of Vázquez' best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Orlando Canizales, Yuji Watanabe, Jae-Won Choi, Bernardo Mendoza, Yuichi Kasai, Raúl Pérez, and Thierry Jacob.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      68Oct 11, 200242Eddy SaenzWinKO2
      67Jun 28, 200241Eddy SaenzWinTKO4
      66Apr 12, 200241Julio Cesar CardonaWinTKO2
      65Feb 22, 200241Juan Alfonso RodriguezWinUD
      64Jun 16, 200039Juan LazcanoLossTKO9
      63Apr 15, 200039Russell MosleyWinKO3
      62Mar 11, 200039Antonio Oscar SalasWinUD
      61Apr 18, 199837Naseem HamedLoss *TKO7
      60Nov 8, 199737Genaro RiosWin *UD
      59Jun 4, 199736Roque CassianiWin *UD
      58Mar 30, 199736Yuji WatanabeWin *KO5
      57Dec 7, 199636Bernardo MendozaWin *KO5
      56May 18, 199635Eloy RojasWin *TKO11
      55Dec 9, 199535Jose Luis VelazquezWinTKO3
      54Oct 26, 199535Carlos RochaWinKO1
      53Aug 26, 199535Pablo ValenzuelaWinUD
      52May 13, 199534Antonio CermeñoLoss *UD
      51Jan 7, 199534Orlando CanizalesWin *SD
      50Oct 13, 199434Juan Polo PerezWin *UD
      49Jul 7, 199433Jae-Won ChoiWin *TKO2
      48Mar 2, 199433Yuichi KasaiWin *TKO1
      47Nov 18, 199333Hiroaki YokotaWin *UD
      46Jun 24, 199332Thierry JacobWin *KO10
      45Mar 6, 199332Luis MendozaWin *UD
      44Dec 5, 199232Thierry JacobWin *TKO8
      43Jun 27, 199231Freddy CruzWin *MD
      42May 1, 199231Juan Batista BisonoWinTKO3
      41Mar 27, 199231Raúl PérezWin *TKO3
      40Apr 8, 199130Paquito OpenoWinKO7
      39Nov 14, 199030Atenor SolarWinTKO2
      38Sep 10, 199030Joe OrewaWinTKO12
      37Jun 19, 199029Israel ContrerasLossKO1
      36Feb 9, 199029Patrick KamyWinKO1
      35Oct 26, 198929Fernie MoralesWinSD
      34Aug 1, 198827Raúl PérezLossUD
      33May 9, 198827Khaokor GalaxyLoss *SD
      32Jan 17, 198827Takuya MugurumaDraw *MD
      31Oct 4, 198727Park Chan-youngWin *TKO10
      30Apr 11, 198726Lee CargleWinTKO5
      29Mar 14, 198726Juan CarazoWinTKO1
      28Oct 4, 198626Jesus MunizWinKO8
      27May 30, 198625Antonio AvelarLossTKO8
      26May 24, 198625Jose CervantesWinKO3
      25Feb 8, 198625Miguel LoraLoss *UD
      24Aug 9, 198525Osvaldo AcevedoWinTKO5
      23Mar 13, 198524Jeff WhaleyWinTKO3
      22Nov 3, 198424Norgie CastroWinKO2
      21Sep 19, 198424Javier BarajasWinPTS
      20Jun 23, 198423Julio GuerreroNCNC
      19Mar 17, 198423Juan TorresWinKO4
      18Nov 25, 198323Pedro RodriguezWinTKO3
      17Oct 22, 198323Ramon CruzWinKO1
      16Jul 22, 198322Robert MullinsWinKO3
      15May 1, 198322Andres TorresWinKO8
      14Feb 4, 198322Euginio PaulinoWinTKO5
      13Oct 9, 198222Rudy PerezWinKO2
      12Aug 6, 198222Sonny LongWinPTS
      11Jun 26, 198221Jose Luis MartinezWinKO2
      10May 30, 198221Ion TrianWinKO2
      9Mar 21, 198221Rudy PerezWinPTS
      8Mar 3, 198221Orlando PerezWinKO7
      7Aug 29, 198121Pedro AlindatoWinKO6
      6Aug 8, 198121Herminio AdornoWinPTS
      5Jun 13, 198120Reinaldo RoqueWinKO2
      4Apr 30, 198120Eusebio EspinalDrawPTS
      3Mar 26, 198120Roberto MercedesWinKO3
      2Feb 26, 198120Felix CortezWinKO2
      1Jan 29, 198120William RamosLossPTS

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Wilfredo Vázquez (Wil) is a 63-year old retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on August 2, 1960. He is a former three-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 21 years — from 1981 to 2002.

      Vázquez made his professional boxing debut against William Ramos at the age of 20 on January 29, 1981, losing to Ramos via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 2 consecutive fights after this loss, which included 2 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on February 8, 1986 after 24 professional fights, against Miguel Lora for the WBC title. He lost to Lora via 12 round unanimous decision.

      Vázquez has won three world titles at three weight classes. For all the details about Vázquez' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Vázquez had a total of nine losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title rematch against Eddy Saenz on October 11, 2002. Vázquez won the fight via 2nd round KO. It's been 21 years, 6 months, and 15 days since this fight.

      Championships

      Vázquez had a total of 21 world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and 14 successful title defenses. He won 16 of these fights, lost four, and drew in one.

      Title Wins

      Wilfredo Vázquez fought for world titles in five fights and won three of these fights via stoppage. In total, he won three belts across three weight classes.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      May 18, 1996Eloy RojasFeatherweightWBATKO
      Mar 27, 1992Raúl PérezSuper-bantamweightWBATKO
      Oct 4, 1987Park Chan-youngBantamweightWBATKO

      Title Defenses

      Wilfredo Vázquez had 16 world-title defense fights across three weight classes — bantamweight (x2), super-bantamweight (x10), and featherweight (x4). He won 14 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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Nov 8, 1997Genaro RiosFeatherweightWBAUD
      Jun 4, 1997Roque CassianiFeatherweightWBAUD
      Mar 30, 1997Yuji WatanabeFeatherweightWBAKO
      Dec 7, 1996Bernardo MendozaFeatherweightWBAKO
      Jan 7, 1995Orlando CanizalesSuper-bantamweightWBASD
      Oct 13, 1994Juan Polo PerezSuper-bantamweightWBAUD
      Jul 7, 1994Jae-Won ChoiSuper-bantamweightWBATKO
      Mar 2, 1994Yuichi KasaiSuper-bantamweightWBATKO
      Nov 18, 1993Hiroaki YokotaSuper-bantamweightWBAUD
      Jun 24, 1993Thierry JacobSuper-bantamweightWBAKO
      Mar 6, 1993Luis MendozaSuper-bantamweightWBAUD
      Dec 5, 1992Thierry JacobSuper-bantamweightWBATKO
      Jun 27, 1992Freddy CruzSuper-bantamweightWBAMD
      Jan 17, 1988Takuya MugurumaBantamweightWBAMD (draw)

      Title Losses

      Wilfredo Vázquez lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      May 13, 1995Antonio CermeñoSuper-bantamweightWBAUD
      May 9, 1988Khaokor GalaxyBantamweightWBASD

      Highlights

      Vázquez fought a total of 68 times during his professional career, which includes 21 world-title fights at three weight divisions. He put on some great performances in these fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.

      • February 8, 1986: In his first world-title fight, Wilfredo Vázquez loses to Miguel Lora via 12 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for the WBC bantamweight title.

      • October 4, 1987: Vázquez wins the WBA bantamweight title from Park Chan-young, by beating Chan-young via 10th round TKO.

      • March 27, 1992: Vázquez wins the WBA super-bantamweight title from Raúl Pérez, by beating Pérez via 3rd round TKO.

      • March 2, 1994: Vázquez successfully defends the WBA super-bantamweight title against Yuichi Kasai, winning the fight via 1st round TKO.

      • July 7, 1994: Vázquez successfully defends the WBA super-bantamweight title against Jae-Won Choi, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.

      • January 7, 1995: Vázquez successfully defends the WBA super-bantamweight title against Orlando Canizales, winning the fight via 12 round split decision.

      • December 7, 1996: Vázquez successfully defends the WBA featherweight title against Bernardo Mendoza, winning the fight via 5th round KO.

      • March 30, 1997: Vázquez successfully defends the WBA featherweight title against Yuji Watanabe, winning the fight via 5th round KO.

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