The Puerto Rico vs. Mexico Rivalry: Minimumweight / Strawweight 105 Lbs. World Title Fights by M.DeTyrone

The Puerto Rico vs. Mexico Rivalry:  Minimumweight / Strawweight 105 Lbs. World Title Fights by M.DeTyrone

·         Puerto Rico is an island of 9,104 km2 (3,515 Sq. mi) the population of less than 4 million.

·         Mexico is nation of the Area 1,972,550 km2 (761,606 sq. mi.) 15th in the World.

·         The Mexican population is plus 100,000,000 and ranked 11th in the world.

·         Mexicans within the United States circa 40 million plus. 

Recognized by the IBF in 1987, WBC in 1987, and WBA in 1988, WBO in 1989 the first meeting between a Puerto Rican Boxer vs. a Mexican or Mexican-American Boxer was Alex “Nene” Sanchez vs. Oscar Andrade for the WBO World Minimumweight title in 1994 resulting in Sanchez winning by TKO in the fourth round. The best Puerto Rican & Mexican boxers in this division were Ricardo Lopez, Ivan Calderon, and Alex Sanchez.  The best boxer in the Minimumweight division was Ricardo Lopez. Head to Head, Puerto Rican Boxers dominate the division vs. Mexican & Mexican-American Boxers with nine wins 2 defeats and three KO’s winning 27% of the bouts via KO.

Minimumweight / Strawweight 105 Lbs. (47.6) World Title Fights:

Puerto Rican Boxers: 9-2 (3KO) 27%KO

1.      .  Alex “Nene” Sanchez defeats Oscar Andrade by TKO 4: WBO World Minimumweight title 1994.
2.       . Alex “Nene” Sanchez defeats Arturo Mayan by TKO 1: WBO World Minimumweight title 1994.
3.      Alex “Nene” Sanchez defeats Tomas Rivera by UD 12: WBO World Minimumweight title 1995.
4.       Alex “Nene” Sanchez defeats Rafael Orozco by TKO 4: WBO World Minimumweight title 1995.
5.       Alex “Nene” Sanchez defeats Jose Victor Burgos by UD 12: WBO World Minimumweight title 1997.
6.    . Ivan “Iron Boy" Calderon defeats Lorenzo Trejo by UD12: WBO World Minimumweight title 2003.
7.     Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon defeats Roberto Carlos Leyva by UD 12: WBO World Minimumweight title 2004.
8.   . Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon defeats Gerardo Verde by UD 12: WBO World Minimumweight title 2005.
9.      .  Ivan “Iron Boy" Calderon defeats Isaac Bustos by UD12: WBO World Minimumweight title 2006.

Mexican & Mexican-American Boxers: 2-9 (2KO) 18%KO

1.      Ricardo Lopez defeats Alex Sanchez by TKO 5: WBC/WBO World Minimumweight title 1997.

2.      Moises Fuentes defeats Ivan Calderon by TKO5: WBO World Minimumweight title 2012.


Updated 1/3/2015
Created in 2012