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528:Location
516:Opponent
436:La Romana
432:Christmas
355:Monterrey
347:Juan Díaz
332:Las Vegas
312:La Romana
268:Flyweight
261:Dominican
99:Flyweight
94:Weight(s)
81:(brother)
75:Relatives
70:Dominican
43:La Romana
1619:The Ring
1441:See also
842:The Ring
798:The Ring
778:7 (12),
683:9 (10),
645:5 (10),
606:14–10–2
574:14–11–2
542:14–12–2
452:14 wins
343:knockout
328:Stockton
310:Born in
117:Orthodox
1050:9 (10)
896:10 (?)
887:10–6–2
857:11–6–2
812:12–6–2
767:12–7–2
737:13–7–2
707:14–7–2
672:14–8–2
636:14–9–2
553:6 (10)
513:Record
510:Result
397:British
359:Reynosa
318:and in
298:in the
290:of the
1549:BoxRec
1230:7 (?)
1101:5–5–1
1071:5–5–2
1039:6–5–2
1009:7–5–2
979:8–5–2
958:2 (?)
949:8–6–2
928:1 (?)
917:9–6–2
746:4 (?)
531:Notes
493:Draws
399:boxer
390:boxing
320:Mexico
209:
195:Boxing
193:Men's
158:Losses
113:Stance
105:Height
1547:from
1344:Loss
1311:Loss
1268:Forum
1248:Loss
1218:Loss
1188:Loss
1098:Draw
1068:Draw
946:Loss
764:Loss
669:Loss
633:Loss
603:Loss
571:Loss
539:Loss
525:Date
519:Type
426:Death
264:boxer
166:Draws
1482:2023
1418:PTS
1412:1–0
1409:Win
1385:PTS
1379:2–0
1376:Win
1347:2–1
1314:2–2
1284:3–2
1281:Win
1251:3–3
1227:TKO
1221:3–4
1197:PTS
1191:3–5
1167:PTS
1161:4–5
1158:Win
1137:PTS
1131:5–5
1128:Win
1107:PTS
1077:PTS
1047:TKO
1036:Win
1015:PTS
1006:Win
985:PTS
976:Win
925:TKO
914:Win
893:TKO
884:Win
854:Win
839:and
835:Won
809:Win
780:1:14
775:TKO
734:Win
713:PTS
704:Win
685:2:24
680:TKO
647:2:24
612:PTS
550:RTD
357:and
142:Wins
51:Died
29:Born
1564:at
1358:10
1355:UD
1323:10
1320:SD
1293:10
1290:SD
1260:10
1257:UD
1200:10
1170:10
1140:10
1125:10
1110:10
1095:11
1080:10
1065:12
1033:13
1018:10
1003:14
988:10
973:15
955:DQ
943:16
911:17
881:18
866:12
863:UD
851:19
837:WBC
823:15
820:SD
806:20
761:21
743:DQ
731:22
716:10
701:23
666:24
642:KO
630:25
615:10
600:26
585:10
582:UD
568:27
536:28
506:No.
474:10
378:WBC
326:in
282:in
1637::
1519:.
1473:.
1469:.
1421:6
1406:1
1388:5
1373:2
1341:3
1308:4
1278:5
1245:6
1215:7
1185:8
1155:9
496:2
488:1
485:1
477:6
466:5
463:3
422:.
353:,
302:.
161:12
145:14
137:28
1530:.
1505:.
1484:.
169:2
153:3
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