Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Puerto Rico vs. Mexico Rivalry: Championship Fights


 One of the best rivalries in sports involves the small island of Puerto Rico of just 9,104 km2 (3,515 Sq. mi) and with a population of less than 4 million vs. the nation of Mexico of an area 1,972,550 km2 (15th in the world) with the 11th largest population in the world with 100 million and countless over 30 Million Mexican-Americans living in the United States.  This rivalry was basically nonexistent until the 1970’s until the arrival of Esteban De Jesus, Alfredo Escalera, and Wilfredo Gomez who defeated a total of 17 Mexican boxers, and only suffered one defeat at the hands of Salvador Sanchez by TKO in 1981.  However, there had been other bouts between Puerto Rican boxers versus Mexican boxers prior to the 1970’s. The first important championship bout was between Sixto Escobar and Baby Cassanova in Montreal, Canada, on June 26, 1934 when Sixto knockouts Casanova in the 9th round to become the first Puerto Rican world champion. The second major bout between a Puerto Rican vs. Mexican was between Carlos Ortiz vs. Raymundo “Battling “Torres in California for the World Lightweight title in 1960. Ortiz wins by knocking out Torres in the 10th round.

It has been an interesting rivalry with two fan bases that have kept boxing alive in the United States, as a result, it has been exploited by boxing promoters, networks, and this has brought many times the worst of so called fans in boxing threads and forums due to its nationalistic pride on both sides which have led to racism, hate, and in minor occurrences violence.  Many believe it should not even be a rivalry due to the countless boxers which the nation of Mexico produces due to its large population. A true rivalry would be the United States 3rd in the worlds in population with 312,126,000 million vs. Mexico 11th in the worlds in population with 112,336,538 million, or Japan 10th in the worlds in population with 127,950,000 million vs. Mexico.

The created myth has been that the Mexican boxers have dominated the Puerto Rican boxers, but that is not the reality in world championship bouts to the surprise of many Puerto Rico is beating Mexican and Mexican-American boxers in world championship bouts sanctioned by the WBC, WBO, IBF, WBA, and World Titles before the 1960’s.

  Fans will always find excuses or claim one is better than the other based on facts of individual boxers’ accomplishments, that the important fights one side won, as if championship fights are not important, or they will argue about how many champions they currently have, or that they have won in divisions, which is all based on subjectivity and not objective reality based on facts and stats. Both Puerto Rican and Mexican boxers have produced greats in the sport of boxing, be that as it may, the boxers of the small island of Puerto Rico have fought the best Mexican and Mexican-American boxers since 1936 in World Title Bouts to the present and have historically dominated.  


Puerto Rico: 76 – 58 – 2   1 NC (40 KO’s) Mexico:  58 –76 – 2   1 NC (34 KO’s) 

Puerto Rican Boxers vs. Mexican & Mexican-American Boxers: 





1. Sixto Escobar defeats Rodolfo “Baby” Casanovas by KO 9:Montreal Athletic Commission World Bantamweight title 1934. 
2. Carlos Ortiz defeats Raymundo “Battling” Torres by KO 10:World Lightweight title 1960. 
3. Wilfredo Gomez defeats Raul Tirado TKO 5: WBC SuperBantamweight title 1977. 
4. Esteban De Jesus defeats Vicente Mijares Saldivar by TKO11: WBC Lightweight title 1977. 
5. Alfredo Escalera defeats Carlos Becerril by KO 8: WBCSuper Featherweight title 1977. 
6. Alfredo Escalera defeats Sigfredo Rodriguez by UD 15: WBCSuper Featherweight 1977. 
7. Wilfredo Gomez defeats Carlos Zarate TKO 5: WBC SuperBantamweight title 1978. 
8. Wilfredo Gomez defeats Juan Antonio Lopez TKO 10: WBCSuper Bantamweight title 1978. 
9. Wilfredo Gomez defeats Nicky Perez TKO 5: WBC SuperBantamweight title 1979. 
10. Wilfredo “El Radar" Benitez defeats Carlos Palominoby SD 15: WBC Welterweight title 1979. 
11. Wilfredo Gomez defeats Carlos Mendoza TKO 10: WBC Super Bantamweighttitle 1979. 
12. Wilfredo Gomez defeats Lupe Pintor by TKO 14: WBC SuperBantamweight title 1982. 
13. Wilfredo Gomez defeats Roberto Rubaldino TKO 8: WBC SuperBantamweight title 1982. 
14. Wilfredo Gomez defeats Juan Antonio Lopez TKO 10: WBC SuperBantamweight title 1982. 
15. Wilfredo Gomez defeats Juan Meza TKO 6: WBC SuperBantamweight title 1982. 
16. Juan LaPorte defeats Ruben Castillo: WBC Featherweighttitle 1983. 
17. Carlos DeLeon defeats Yaqui Lopez TKO4: WBC Cruiserweighttitle 1983. 
18. Hector L. "Macho” Camacho defeats Rafael “Bazooka”Limon by a TKO 5: WBC Super Featherweight title 1983. 
19. Edwin "Chapo" Rosario defeats Jose Luis Ramirezby UD 12: WBA Lightweight title 1983. 
20. Edwin “Chapo” Rosario defeats Robert Elizondo by TKO 1:WBC Lightweight title 1984. 
21. Hector L. "Macho” Camacho defeats Jose Luis Ramirezby a 12 UD: WBC Lightweight title 1985. 
22. John J.Molina defeats Tony Lopez by TKO 10: IBF SuperFeatherweight title 1989. 
23. Jose De Jesus defeats Fernando Martinez TD9: WBO LightFlyweight title 1989. 
24. Jose De Jesus defeats Isidro Perez UD12: WBO LightFlyweight title 1989. 
25. Jose Ruiz defeats Armando Velasco UD 12: WBO SuperFlyweight title 1990. 
26. John J.Molina defeats Lupe Suarez by TKO 6: IBF SuperFeatherweight title 1990. 
27. Hector “Macho” Camacho defeats Tony Baltazar by UD 12: WBOLight Welterweight title 1990. 
28. Edwin "Chapo" Rosario defeats Loreto Garza byTKO 3: WBA world lightweight title 1991. 
29. Wilfredo Vasquez defeats Raul Perez by TKO 3: WBA SuperBantamweight title 1992. 
30. Josue Camacho defeats Eddie Vallejo by KO 6: WBO LightFlyweight title 1992. 
31. John J.Molina defeats Fransico Segura by TKO 8: IBF SuperFeatherweight title 1993. 
32. John J. Molina defeats Manuel Medina by UD 12: IBF SuperFeatherweight title 1993. 
33. John J. Molina defeats Gregorio Vargas by 12 UD: IBF SuperFeatherweight title 1994. 
34. Alex “Nene” Sanchez defeats Oscar Andrade by TKO 4: WBOMinimumweight title 1994. 
35. Alex “Nene” Sanchez defeats Arturo Mayan by TKO 1: WBOMinimumweight title 1994. 
36. Felix "Tito" Trinidad defeats Luis Ramos Campasby TKO 4: IBF Welterweight title 1994. 
37. Alex “Nene” Sanchez defeats Tomas Rivera by UD 12: WBOMinimumweight title 1995. 
38. Alex “Nene” Sanchez defeats Rafael Orozco by TKO 4: WBOMinimumweight title 1995. 
39. Sammy Fuentes defeats Fidel Avendano by TKO 2: WBO Jr. Welterweighttitle 1995. 
40. Sammy Fuentes defeats Hector Lopez by SD 12: WBOLightweight title 1995. 
41. Wilfredo Vasquez defeats Orlando Canizales by SD 15: SuperBantamweight title 1995. 
42. Felix “Tito” Trinidad defeats Ray Lovato by TKO 6: IBFWelterweight title 1996. 
43. Alex “Nene” Sanchez defeats Jose Victor Burgos by UD 12:WBO Minimumweight title 1997. 
44. Felix “Tito” Trinidad defeats Oscar De La Hoya by MD 12:WBC / IBF Welterweight title 1999. 
45. Eric Morel defeats Gilberto Keb Bass by UD 12: WBA WorldFlyweight title 2000. 
46. Eric Morel defeats Alberto Ontiveros by UD 12: WBA WorldFlyweight title 2000. 
47. Felix “Tito” Trinidad defeats Fernando Vargas by TKO 12:WBA World Jr. Middleweight title 2000. 
48. Daniel Santos defeats Luis Ramos Campas by TKO 11: WBOLight Middleweight title 2002. 
49. Eric Morel defeats Isidro Garcia by UD 12: WBA WorldFlyweight title 2003. 
50. Ivan “Iron Boy" Calderon defeats Lorenzo Trejo by UD12: WBO Minimumweight title 2003. 
51. Daniel Santos defeats *** Antonio Margarito by TD 10: WBOJr. Middleweight title 2004. 
52. Nelson Dieppa defeats Ulises Solis by MD 12: WBO LightFlyweight title 2004. 
53. Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon defeats Roberto Carlos Leyva byUD 12: WBO Minimumweight title 2004. 
54. Daniel Santos defeats Michael Lerma by UD 12: WBO Jr. Middleweighttitle 2004. 
55. Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon defeats Gerardo Verde by UD 12:WBO Minimumweight title 2005. 
56. +Luis Collazo defeats Miguel Angel Gonzalez by TKO 8: WBAWelterweight title 2005. 
57. Kermit Cintron defeats Mark Suarez by TKO 5: IBFWelterweight title 2006. 
58. +Jose Antonio Rivera defeats Alejandro Garcia by UD 12:WBA World Light Middleweight title 2006. 
59. Ivan “Iron Boy" Calderon defeats Isaac Bustos by UD12: WBO Minimumweight title 2006. 
60. Ivan “Iron Boy" Calderon defeats Hugo Fidel Cazaresby SD 12: WBO Flyweight title 2007. 
61. Ivan “Iron Boy" Calderon defeats Juan Esguer by UD12: WBO Flyweight title 2007. 
62. Kermit Cintron defeats Jesse Feliciano by TKO 10: IBFWelterweight title 2007. 
63. Juan Manuel Lopez defeats Daniel Ponce De Leon by TKO 1:WBO Super Bantamweight title 2008. 
64. Juan Manuel Lopez defeats Cesar Figueroa by KO 1: WBOSuper Bantamweight title 2008. 
65. Miguel Angel Cotto defeats Alfonso Gomez by RTD 5: WBAWorld Welterweight title 2008. 
66. Ivan "Iron Boy” Calderon defeats Hugo Fidel Cazaresby TD 7: WBO Flyweight title 2008. 
67. Wilfredo Vasquez jr. defeats Ivan Hernandez by TKO 11: WBOSuper Bantamweight title 2010. 
68. Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon defeats Jesus Iribe by UD 12: WBOLight Flyweight title 2010. 
69. Juan Manuel Lopez defeats Rafael Marquez by RTD 8: WBOFeatherweight title 2010. 
70. Juan Manuel Lopez defeats Steven Luevano by TKO 7: WBOFeatherweight title 2010. 
71. Miguel Angel Cotto defeats Antonio Margarito TKO 10: WBAJr. Middleweight 2011. 
72. Daniel Garcia defeats Erik Morales by UD12: WBC SuperLightweight title 2012. 
73. Roman “Rocky” Martinez defeats Miguel Beltran Jr. by SD 12:WBO Jr. Lightweight title 2012. 
74. Daniel "Swift" Garcia defeats Erik Morales by KO4: WBC SuperLightweight title 2012. (Morales tested positive for illegal substances. )
75. Roman “Rocky” Martinez defeats Diego Magdaleno by MD 12:WBO Jr. Lightweight title. 
76. Danny Garcia defeats Mauricio Herrera by MD12: Super WBA & WBC Jr. Welterweight title 2014.




Mexican & Mexican American Boxers vs. Puerto Rican Boxers: 


1. Pipino Cuevas defeats Angel Espada by TKO 2: WBA WorldWelterweight title 1976. 
2. Pipino Cuevas defeats Angel Espada by TKO 12: WBA WorldWelterweight title 1977. 
3. Pipino Cuevas defeats Angel Espada by TKO 10: WBA WorldWelterweight title 1979. 
4. Salvador Sanchez defeats +Juan LaPorte UD 12: WBCFeatherweight title 1980. 
5. Salvador Sanchez defeats Wilfredo Gomez TKO 8: WBCFeatherweight title 1981. 
6. Jose Luis Ramirez defeats Edwin “Chapo” Rosario by TKO 4:WBA Lightweight title 1984. 
7. Julio Cesar Chavez defeats +Juan LaPorte UD 12: WBC SuperFeatherweight title 1986. 
8. Julio Cesar Chavez defeats Edwin "Chapo" Rosarioby TKO 11: WBA Lightweight title 1987. 
9. Tony Lopez defeats John J. Molina by 12 UD: IBF SuperFeatherweight 1988. 
10. Julio Cesar Chavez defeats Sammy Fuentes by RTD 10: WBCLightweight title 1989. 
11. Gilberto Roman defeats Juan Carazo UD 12: WBC SuperFlyweight title 1989. 
12. Carlos Leon defeats Danny Garcia KO1: WBO Welterweighttitle 1989. 
13. Tony Lopez defeats John J. Molina by 12 SD: IBF SuperFeatherweight 1990. 
14. Isidro Perez defeats Angel Rosario TKO12: WBO Fly weighttitle 1990. 
15. Jesse Benavidez defeats Orlando Fernandez by UD 12: WBOSuper Bantamweight 1991. 
16. Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Hector L. “Macho” Camacho by 12 UD:WBC Welterweight title 1992. 
17. Robert Qiroga defeats Jose Ruiz by MD 12: IBF SuperFlyweight title 1992. 
18. Jose Quirino defeats Jose Ruiz by UD 12: WBO Flyweighttitle 1992. 
19. Julio Cesar Chavez defeats Angel Hernandez TKO5: WBC Lightwelterweight title 1992. 
20. Zack Padilla defeats +Juan LaPorte: WBO Light Welterweighttitle 1994 
21. Michael Carbajal defeats Josue Camacho by UD 12: WBOFlyweight title 1994. 
22. Marco Antonio Barrera defeats Daniel Jimenez by UD 12: WBOSuper Bantamweight title 1995. 
23. Oscar De La Hoya defeats John J. Molina by 12 UD: WBOLightweight 1995. 
24. Michael Antonio Barrera defeats +Frankie Toledo TKO2: WBOSuper Bantamweight title 1995 
25. Marco Antonio Barrera defeats Orlando Fernandez by TKO 7:WBO Super Bantamweight title 1996. 
26. Alberto Jimenez defeats Jose Lopez UD12: WBO Flyweighttitle 1996. 
27. Oscar De La Hoya defeats Hector L." Macho "Camacho by 12 UD: WBC Welterweight title 1997 
28. Oscar De La Hoya defeats Wilfredo Rivera by TKO 8: WBCWelterweight title 1997. 
29. Ricardo Lopez defeats Alex Sanchez by TKO 5: WBC/WBOMinimumweight title 1997. 
30. Enrique Sanchez defeats Rafael Del Valle by UD 12: WBASuper Bantamweight title 1998. 
31. Robert Garcia defeats John J. Molina by 12 UD: IBF SuperFeatherweight 1999. 
32. Erik Morales defeats Angel Chacon by KO 2: WBC SuperBantamweight title 1999. 
33. Isidro Garcia defeats Jose Lopez UD12: WBO Flyweight title1999. 
34. Manuel Medina defeats +Frankie Toledo by TKO5: IBFFeatherweight title 2001. 
35. Fernando Montiel defeats Jose Lopez UD12: WBO Flyweighttitle 2001. 
36. Jose Victor Burgos defeats Alex Sanchez by TKO 12: IBFLight Flyweight title 2003. 
37. *** Antonio Margarito defeats Kermit Cintron by TKO 5: WBOWelterweight 2005. 
38. Hugo Fidel Cazares defeats Nelson Dieppa by TD 10: WBOLight Flyweight title 2005. 
39. Martin Castillo defeats Eric Morel by UD 12: WBA WorldSuper Flyweight title 2005. 
40. Hugo Fidel Cazares defeats Alex Sanchez RTD 8: WBO LightFlyweight title 2005. 
41. Hugo Fidel Cazares defeats Nelson Dieppa by TKO 10: WBOLight Flyweight title 2006. 
42. Juan Diaz defeats Jose Miguel Cotto by UD 12: WBA WorldLightweight title 2006. 
43. *** Antonio Margarito defeats Miguel Angel Cotto by TKO11: WBA Welterweight title 2008. 
44. *** Antonio Margarito defeats Kermit Cintron by KO 6: IBFWelterweight title 2008. 
45. Giovanni Segura defeats Ivan Calderon by KO 8: WBOFlyweight title / WBA Super World Flyweight title 2010. 
46. Giovanni Segura defeats Ivan Calderon by KO 3: WBOFlyweight title 2011. 
47. Jorge Arce defeats Wilfredo Vasquez jr. by TKO 12: WBOSuper Bantamweight title 2011. 
48. Orlando Salido defeats Juan Manuel Lopez by TKO 8: WBOFeatherweight title 2011. 
49. Saul Alvarez defeats Kermit Cintron TKO 5: WBC LightMiddleweight title 2011. 
50. Orlando Salido defeats Juan Manuel Lopez by TKO 10: WBOFeatherweight title 2012. 
51. Abner Mares defeats Eric Morel by UD 12: WBC Bantamweighttitle 2012. 
52. Leo Santa Cruz defeats Eric Morel by TKO: IBF Jr.Bantamweight title 2012. 
53. Moises Fuentes defeats Ivan Calderon by TKO5: WBO minimumweight105title 2012. 
54. Orlando Salido defeats Orlando Cruz by KO7: Vacant WBO Featherweight Title 2013. 
55. Miguel Angel Garcia defeats Juan Manuel Lopez TKO4: Vacant WBO Featherweight title 2013.  ( Garcia loses the title at the weight scales couldn't make 2 lbs. pays a reported 6 figures to fight. Only Juan Ma Lopez fought for the title.) 
56. Miguel Angle Garcia defeats Roman "Rocky" Martinez by KO8: WBO Jr. Lightweight title 2013.
57. Leo Santa Cruz defeats Cesar Seda by UD12: WBC Super Bantamweight Title 2013. 
58. Adrian Hernandez defeats Janiel Rivera by TKO3: WBC Light Flyweight Title 2014. 

Draw: 

 Steven Luevano draws versus Mario Santiago: WBOFeatherweight title 2008. 
Roman “Rocky” Martinez draws versus Juan Carlos Burgos: WBO Jr.Lightweight title 2013. 
*** Caught in 2009 with the illegal substance in gloves namedPlaster of Paris suspended for a year. 
No Contest: 
Daniel Santos versus *** Antonio Margarito: WBO Welterweighttitle 2001. 







Updated 3/2013 



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