The Top 5: Puerto Rican Boxing Super Welterweights of All-Time

The Top 5: Puerto Rican Boxing Super Welterweights of All-Time

 by M.DeTyrone

1.     Wilfred “The Bible of Boxing” Benitez 53-8-1 (31KO)

WBC World Light Middleweight Champion: May 23, 1981 – December 3, 1982

Defeated Roberto Duran UD15, Carlos Santos UD15, and Maurice Hope TKO12

Lost to Thomas Hearns MD15

2.     Felix “Tito” Trinidad 42-3 (35KO)

WBA World Light middleweight Champion: March 3, 2000-December 2, 2000

WBA Super World Super Welterweight Champion: December 2, 2000-May 12, 2001

IBF World Light Middleweight Champion: December 2, 2000-May 12, 2001

Defeated Fernando Vargas KO12, Mamadou Thiam TKO3, David Reid UD12

3.     Miguel Cotto 39-4 (32KO) Still an Active Boxer

WBA World Light middleweight Champion: January 5, 2010

WBA Super World Super Welterweight Champion: 2010 – May 5, 2012

Defeated Antonio Margarito TKO9, Ricardo Mayorga TKO12, and Yuri Foreman TKO9

Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. UD12 and Austin Trout UD12

4.     Daniel “El Pillin” Santos 32-4-1 (23KO)

WBO World Super Welterweight Champion: March 16, 2002 – December 3, 2005

WBA World Super Welterweight Champion: July 11, 2008 – November 14, 2009

Defeated  Antonio Margarito TD10, Michael Lerma UD12, Fulgencio Zuniga UD12, Mehrdud Takaloo UD12, Luis Ramon Campas TKO11, and Joachim Alcine KO6

Lost to Yuri Foreman TKO9 and Serhiy Dzinzinruk UD12

5.     Carlos Santos 41-3 (28KO)

IBF World Super Welterweight Champion: November 2, 1984-1986

Defeated Mark Medal UD15 and Louis Acaries UD15

Lost to Buster Drayton MD15