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695:2006-02-04
647:2006-05-20
604:2006-08-12
588:David Díaz
565:2007-01-05
529:2007-07-27
485:2007-11-10
444:2008-07-23
408:2008-09-20
367:2009-10-10
328:2009-12-05
289:2010-07-16
170:David Díaz
130:Wins by KO
59:Statistics
39:1980-08-29
1722:New title
274:Zab Judah
256:Location
244:Opponent
202:5 losses
66:Weight(s)
50:Michoacán
1698:Vacated
1562:See also
199:28 wins
97:Orthodox
52:, Mexico
974:10 (10)
894:10 (10)
774:10 (12)
690:12 (12)
598:10 (12)
560:10 (10)
480:12 (12)
241:Record
238:Result
163:interim
1702:Vacant
1680:Vacant
1658:BoxRec
1632:. ESPN
1015:9 (10)
933:1 (10)
858:3 (10)
817:4 (12)
732:4 (12)
642:6 (12)
524:2 (10)
403:6 (12)
284:3 (10)
259:Notes
138:Losses
93:Stance
77:Height
1656:from
1542:1 (4)
1506:6 (6)
1467:6 (6)
1428:6 (6)
1392:4 (4)
1356:2 (4)
1317:6 (6)
1278:4 (4)
1239:2 (8)
1200:6 (8)
1188:10–0
1164:8 (8)
1150:11–0
1126:3 (6)
1114:12–0
1090:1 (4)
1078:13–0
1054:4 (6)
1042:14–0
1001:15–0
960:16–0
921:17–0
882:18–0
844:19–0
805:20–0
762:20–1
759:Loss
720:21–1
676:22–1
630:23–1
584:23–2
581:Loss
548:24–2
510:25–2
466:25–3
463:Loss
439:5 (8)
427:26–3
389:26–4
386:Loss
362:3 (6)
350:27–4
323:3 (8)
311:28–4
270:28–5
267:Loss
253:Date
247:Type
85:Reach
1530:1–0
1527:Win
1494:2–0
1491:Win
1455:3–0
1452:Win
1416:4–0
1413:Win
1380:5–0
1377:Win
1344:6–0
1341:Win
1305:7–0
1302:Win
1266:8–0
1263:Win
1227:9–0
1224:Win
1185:Win
1147:Win
1111:Win
1075:Win
1039:Win
998:Win
957:Win
918:Win
879:Win
841:Win
802:Win
791:NABF
789:For
717:Win
673:Win
627:Win
545:Win
507:Win
424:Win
347:Win
308:Win
122:Wins
29:Born
1351:TKO
1234:TKO
1195:TKO
1182:10
1144:11
1121:TKO
1108:12
1085:TKO
1072:13
1049:TKO
1036:14
1010:TKO
995:15
954:16
928:TKO
915:17
876:18
853:TKO
838:19
812:TKO
799:20
769:TKO
756:21
727:TKO
714:22
670:23
662:WBC
637:TKO
624:24
593:TKO
578:25
542:26
519:TKO
504:27
460:28
421:29
383:30
344:31
318:TKO
305:32
279:TKO
264:33
234:No.
221:11
210:17
160:WBC
1754::
1537:KO
1524:1
1501:UD
1488:2
1462:UD
1449:3
1423:SD
1410:4
1387:UD
1374:5
1338:6
1312:UD
1299:7
1273:UD
1260:8
1221:9
1159:UD
969:UD
889:SD
685:UD
555:UD
475:SD
434:KO
398:KO
357:KO
224:1
213:4
176:.
133:17
125:28
117:33
41:)
1639:.
1618:.
1597:.
141:5
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