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Cecilio Lastra

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67: 234:, before losing for the first time, in September 1976, against Carlos Hernandez. Following this defeat, Lastra won eight successive fights in Santander, before beating Isidoro Cabeza for the Spanish featherweight title. He suffered his first knockout defeat in August 1977, losing in the eleventh round against Roberto Castanon in his first title defence. 268:
Although Lastra never fought for a world title again, he twice challenged Roberto Castanon for the EBU title; losing their second fight on points and their third by a fourth round technical knockout, to go 0-3 versus Castanon. After four losses in a row, including two Spanish title fights, Lastra
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against Juan Barros in December 1975. As with the majority of his early fights, the bout took place in his hometown of Santander. Lastra won the first twelve fights of his career, including six first round
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in the second round after a left jab to the nose. The champion rose from the canvas at the count of eight and lasted the full fifteen rounds. At the end of the contest the scorecards revealed a
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in April 1978. The 22-year-old challenger knocked Lastra down three times en route to a thirteenth-round
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for the WBA featherweight title in front of an estimated crowd of 6,300 in Santander. Ortega, a
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fought for a final time in July 1982, losing in the fifth round against Amalio Galan.
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in Lastra's favour. For the first defence of his title Lastra travelled to
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Lastra made his professional debut at the age of 24, with a six round
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Index

Santander
Spain
Spain
Spanish
Featherweight
Southpaw
Santander
Cantabria
Spanish
boxer
knockout
WBA
world featherweight title
Rafael Ortega
EBU
points victory
knockouts
Rafael Ortega
Panamanian
knocked down
split decision
Panama City
Eusebio Pedroza
technical knockout
"Lastra claims featherweight boxing title"
"Panamanian stops Spaniard, captures featherweight crown"
Boxing record for Cecilio Lastra
BoxRec
Rafael Ortega
WBA Featherweight Champion

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