The Puerto Rico vs. Mexico Rivalry: Jr. Middleweight / Super Welterweight / Light Middleweight 154 lbs. World Title Bouts by M.DeTyrone
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Puerto Rico is an island of 9,104 km2
(3,515 Sq. mi) the population of less than 4 million.
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Mexico is nation of the Area 1,972,550
km2 (761,606 sq. mi.) 15th in the World.
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The Mexican population is plus
100,000,000 and ranked 11th in the world.
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Mexicans within the United States circa
40 million plus.
The Light Middleweight Division established in the
1960’s and recognized in 1975 by the WBA & WBC, and the first fight between
a Puerto Rican Boxer vs. a Mexican or Mexican-American Boxer for a world title
was in 2000. When Felix “Tito” Trinidad vacated his titles in the welterweight
division and moved up to the division to later on faced Fernando Vargas for the
WBA World Jr. Middleweight Title resulting in a Trinidad KO victory over Vargas
in the 12th round. Puerto Rican Boxers vs. Mexican or
Mexican-American Boxers dominate this division with six victories and just one
defeat winning 57% of the fights via KO.
Jr.
Middleweight / Super Welterweight / Light Middleweight 154 lbs. (69.9 Kilograms) World
Title Bouts:
Puerto
Rican Boxers: 6-1(4KO) 57%KO
1. Felix
“Tito” Trinidad defeats Fernando Vargas by TKO 12: WBA World Jr. Middleweight
title 2000.
2. Daniel
Santos defeats Luis Ramos Campas by TKO 11: WBO Jr. Middleweight title 2002.
3. Daniel
Santos defeats *** Antonio Margarito by TD 10: WBO Jr. Middleweight title 2004.
4. Daniel
Santos defeats Michael Lerma by UD 12: WBO Jr. Middleweight title 2004.
5. +Jose
Antonio Rivera defeats Alejandro Garcia by UD 12: WBA World Light Middleweight
title 2006.
6. Miguel
Angel Cotto defeats ***Antonio Margarito TKO 10: WBA Jr. Middleweight 2011.
Mexican
& Mexican-American Boxers: 1-6 (1KO) 14%KO
1. Saul
“Canelo” Alvarez defeats Kermit Cintron TKO 5: WBC Light Middleweight title
2011.
Updated 1/3/2015
Created 2012
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