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Andres Hernandez

2010-03-30T11:52:08Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>11134</boxer>

Andres Hernandez fought three International Boxing Hall of Fame members in his career: he went eight rounds with [[Wilfredo Gomez]], being knocked out in round eight, 13 rounds with [[Carlos Zarate]] for the WBC world Bantamweight title, and the full 12 round distance with [[Jeff Chandler]].

Edwin Rosario vs. Jose Luis Ramirez (1st meeting)

2010-03-18T09:05:33Z

AntonioMartin:

<fight>34752</fight>

*Vacant WBC Lightweight Title

The fight was for the vacant title, after reigning champ, [[Alexis Arguello]] had vacated to move up in weight.

Rosario gained a lead early, then faded late but held on to win by unanimous decision.

Jose Roman

2010-03-13T12:30:53Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>158</boxer>
Jose Roman was the first Puerto Rican to challenge for the world Heavyweight title, losing by knockout in round one to George Foreman in what was, incidentally, the first world Heavyweight title fight ever held at Tokyo, Japan.

He was national Heavyweight Champion in Puerto Rico.

Roman currently works as a cashier at a Tampa, Florida, supermarket.

JB Williamson

2010-03-13T12:24:43Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>001741</boxer>
'''J.B. Williamson''' was a U.S. National AAU light middleweight champion in 1976 and 1978. He also was a U.S. Olympic Trials participant in 1976.

Williamson served as a member of the United States Marine Corps.

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Michael Spinks]] Vacated|
title=[[WBC Light Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Dennis Andries]]|
years=1985 Dec 10 – 1986 Apr 30
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williamson, JB}}
[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]

John John Molina

2010-02-24T09:46:55Z

AntonioMartin:

[[file:John_John_Molina.jpg|left|thumb|John John Molina]]
<boxer>008492</boxer>
 

Molina represented Puerto Rico as a Bantamweight at the 1984 Los Angeles [[Olympic Games]]. His results were:
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[Jarmo Eskelinen]] (Finland) 5-0
*Lost to [[Pedro Nolasco]] (Dominican Republic) 2-3

Molina defeated [[Kelcie Banks]] by first round knockout to win the 122 pound division at the 1985 world boxing championships.

He won the IBF, WBA and WBO versions of the world Junior Lightweight title, and lost a controversial decision to Oscar De La Hoya for the WBO world Lightweight title. HBO Boxing's Harold Lederman scored the fight 115-114 for Molina.

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=Inaugural Champion|
title=[[WBO Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Kamel Bou-Ali]]|
years=1989 Apr 29 – 1989 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Tony Lopez]]|
title=[[IBF Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Tony Lopez]]|
years=1989 Oct 7 – 1990 May 20
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Brian Mitchell]] Retired|
title=[[IBF Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Eddie Hopson]]|
years=1992 Feb 22 – 1995 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Molina, John John}}
[[Category:1984 Olympians]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican Olympians]]
[[Category:World Super Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican World Champions]]

Human:47483

2010-02-24T09:44:42Z

AntonioMartin: moved Human:47483 to Carlos De Jesus

#REDIRECT [[Carlos De Jesus]]

Carlos De Jesus

2010-02-24T09:44:42Z

AntonioMartin: moved Human:47483 to Carlos De Jesus

Carlos De Jesus was a Puerto Rican fighter.

De Jesus won 27 amateur fights before joining the professional ranks. He won various Golden Gloves tournaments in his native Puerto Rico, before moving to New York to seek fame and wealth. De Jesus never lost a fight, either as an amateur or a professional.

Carlos De Jesus had 9 professional fights, of which he won 6 and drew 3. Vida Hispana magazine from New York favorably compared him to Puerto Rico's only world Champion at the time, [[Sixto Escobar]].

De Jesus became a shoe salesman after retiring from boxing. He had a shoe store in New York City. He also became a well known baseball coach, and he was director of the "Liga Borincana" baseball league in New York, coaching, among others, Ozzie Virgil, who later played in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Carlos De Jesus

2010-02-24T09:44:12Z

AntonioMartin:

Carlos De Jesus

2010-02-24T09:43:19Z

AntonioMartin: bio.

Carlos De Jesus was a Puerto Rican fighter.

De Jesus won 27 amateur fights before joining the professional ranks. He won various Golden Gloves tournaments in his native Puerto Rico, before mooving to New York to seek fame and wealth. De Jesus never lost a fight, either as an amateur or a professional.

Carlos De Jesus had 9 professional fights, of which he won 6 and drew 3. Vida Hispana magazine from New York favorably compared him to Puerto Rico's only world Champion at the time, [[Sixto Escobar]].

De Jesus became a shoe salesman after retiring from boxing. He had a shoe store in New York City. He also became a well known baseball coach, and he was director of the "Liga Borincana" baseball league in New York, coaching, among others, Ozzie Virgil, who later played in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Antonio Becerra

2009-12-29T12:23:42Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>322</boxer>

Antonio Becerra was Mexico's national Bantamweight Champion by virtue of a 12 round decision win over [[Salvador Sanchez]], the only time the Hall of Fame member was beaten as a professional.

Mike McCallum vs. Sean Mannion

2009-11-15T00:07:37Z

AntonioMartin:

<fight>1406</fight> 
The fight was for the vacant WBA Junior Middleweight title of which [[Roberto Duran]] had been stripped of when he chose to fight [[Thomas Hearns|Tommy Hearns]] for the WBC title instead. McCallum dropped Mannion in round three and coasted to a fifteen round unanimous decision.

The fight marked the first time in history two women judged a world championship boxing fight.

Mike McCallum vs. Sean Mannion

2009-11-14T08:00:18Z

AntonioMartin: moved Fight:1406 to Mike McCallum versus Sean Mannion

#REDIRECT [[Mike McCallum versus Sean Mannion]]

Elio Diaz

2009-10-30T22:31:28Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>002750</boxer>

Diaz represented Venezuela as a welterweight at the 1980 Moscow Olympic games. He lost his opening round to [[Lucas Msomba]] of Tanzania on a 4-1 decision.

He lost to [[Donald Curry]] by an eighth round knockout for the WBA and IBF world Welterweight titles.

[[Category:Venezuelan Olympians|Diaz, Elio]]
[[Category:1980 Olympians|Diaz, Elio]]

Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad (2nd meeting)

2009-10-25T12:13:34Z

AntonioMartin: Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad moved to Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad II: rematch

<fight>24105</fight>
Matthew Saad Muhammad was known as Matt Franklin before this fight, he would change his name to Matthew Saad Muhammad following this bout.

Joel Perez

2009-10-22T10:59:47Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>6992</boxer>

Joel Perez lost a unanimous decision to [[Paul Spadafora]] for the IBF world Junior Welterweight title. He also lost to [[Miguel Cotto]] and to [[Juan Diaz]]. His fight with Diaz was a crosstown-rivals bout and was shown on [[Showtime Championship Boxing]] and on [[ESPN Classic]]'s Classic Fights.

Marvin Johnson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad (2nd meeting)

2009-10-22T10:58:31Z

AntonioMartin:

<fight>24105</fight>
Matthew Saad Muhammad was known as Matt Franklin before this fight, he would change his name to Matthew Saad Muhammad following this bout.

John John Molina

2009-10-18T05:22:31Z

AntonioMartin:

[[file:John_John_Molina.jpg|left|thumb|John John Molina]]
<boxer>008492</boxer>
 

Molina represented Puerto Rico as a Bantamweight at the 1984 Los Angeles [[Olympic Games]]. His results were:
*1st round bye
*Defeated [[Jarmo Eskelinen]] (Finland) 5-0
*Lost to [[Pedro Nolasco]] (Dominican Republic) 2-3

Molina defeated [[Kelcie Banks]] by first round knockout to win the 122 pound division at the 1985 world boxing championships.

He won the IBF, WBA and WBO versions of the world Junior Lightweight title, and lost a controversial decision to [[Oscar De La Hoya]] for the WBO world Lightweight title. [[HBO Boxing]]'s Harold Lederman scored the fight 115-114 for Molina.

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=Inaugural Champion|
title=[[WBO Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Kamel Bou-Ali]]|
years=1989 Apr 29 – 1989 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Tony Lopez]]|
title=[[IBF Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Tony Lopez]]|
years=1989 Oct 7 – 1990 May 20
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Brian Mitchell]] Retired|
title=[[IBF Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Eddie Hopson]]|
years=1992 Feb 22 – 1995 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Molina, John John}}
[[Category:1984 Olympians]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican Olympians]]
[[Category:World Super Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican World Champions]]

Juan La Porte

2009-10-09T03:50:09Z

AntonioMartin:

[[file:JUAN LaPORTE.JPG|left|thumb|Juan La Porte]]
<boxer>002570</boxer>
 
== Amateur Highlights ==
'''Juan La Porte''' won the 1976 112lb New York Golden Gloves Sub-Novice Championship. He defeated Long Island's [[Ricky Brown]] in the finals. LaPorte was defeated by [[Joseph Nieto]] of the Police Athletic Leagues Lynch Center in the 1977 118lb Open Championship. LaPorte trained at the Lunar Boys Club in Brooklyn, New York. He had an amateur record of 29-6, according to the March 1983 ''The Ring'' magazine.

== Comments ==
La Porte's predecessor as WBC featherweight champion, [[Salvador Sanchez]], died in a car accident.

In 1989, La Porte's son died in a swimming drowning accident. La Porte laid his original WBC Featherweight title belt at his young son's grave. Upon finding out about this, WBC President Jose Sulaiman gave La Porte a second belt.
{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Salvador Sanchez]] Died|
title=[[WBC Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Wilfredo Gomez]]|
years=1982 Sep 15 – 1984 Mar 31
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:LaPorte, Juan}}
[[Category:New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican World Champions]]
[[Category:NABF Super Featherweight Champions]]

Juan Laporte

2009-10-09T03:47:49Z

AntonioMartin: Redirecting to Juan La Porte

#Redirect:[[Juan La Porte]].

Pernell Whitaker vs. Wilfredo Rivera (1st meeting)

2009-10-09T03:46:19Z

AntonioMartin:

<fight>10511</fight>
*'''[[World Boxing Council]] Welterweight Title''' (6th defense of Whitaker) 
*Weights: 147 lbs (each)

The decision was a controversial one, and a rematch was required.

S.T. Gordon vs. Carlos De Leon (2nd meeting)

2009-10-01T08:50:15Z

AntonioMartin:

<fight>83364</fight>

*WBC Cruiserweight Title
----

De Leon recaptures the title and avenges the [[Carlos De Leon vs. S.T. Gordon (1st meeting)|2nd round TKO loss]] to Gordon from 11 months prior. De Leon scored knockdowns in round one and round twelve.

Octavio Meyran

2009-10-01T08:46:39Z

AntonioMartin:

Octavio Meyran

Mexican referee.

Meyran is famous for refering many famous fights, including [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran II]], [[Wilfredo Gomez]] vs. [[Juan Laporte]], [[Wilfredo Gomez vs. Azumah Nelson]] and [[James Douglas vs. Mike Tyson]].

{{referee-stub}}

Rodolfo Chavez

2009-10-01T08:43:15Z

AntonioMartin:

'''Rodolfo Chavez''' is a former professional boxer from Culiacan, Mexico. He is the brother of [[Julio Cesar Chavez]] and the uncle of [[Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.]] and of [[Omar Chavez]]. He trains Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Omar Chavez.

Rodolfo Chavez

2009-10-01T08:42:55Z

AntonioMartin:

'''Rodolfo Chavez''' is a former professional boxer from Culiacan, Mexico. He is the brother of [[Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.]] and the uncle of [[Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.]] and of [[Omar Chavez]]. He trains Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Omar Chavez.

Rodolfo Chavez

2009-10-01T08:42:28Z

AntonioMartin: New page: '''Rodolfo Chavez''' is a former professional boxer from Culiacan, Mexico. He is the brother of Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr. and the uncle of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and of [[Omar Chavez...

'''Rodolfo Chavez''' is a former professional boxer from Culiacan, Mexico. He is the brother of [[Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr.]] and the uncle of [[Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.]] and of [[Omar Chavez]]. He trains Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Omar Chavez.

Alberto Davila

2009-10-01T08:33:27Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>000228</boxer>
'''Manager''': [[Benny Georgino]]

Alberto Davila fought [[Wilfredo Gomez]], [[Jorge Lujan]], [[Lupe Pintor]] and [[Miguel Lora]] among others. He became WBC world Bantamweight Champion when he knocked out [[Francisco Bejines|Kiko Bejines]] in twelve rounds in 1983. Bejines died three days after the fight.

Davila, [[Jaime Garza]] and [[Richie Sandoval]] all came from the same area and were world Champions at the same time.

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Lupe Pintor]] Vacated|
title=[[WBC Bantamweight Champion]]|
after=[[Daniel Zaragoza]]|
years=1983 Sep 1 – 1984 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davila, Alberto}}
[[Category:Mexican American Boxers]]
[[Category:World Bantamweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]

Luis Santana vs. Terry Norris (2nd meeting)

2009-09-29T07:18:06Z

AntonioMartin:

<fight>9388</fight>
*'''[[World Boxing Council]] Super Welterweight Title''' (first defense for Santana) 
*'''Weights:''' 153 lbs (each)
 
== Comment(s) ==
- Norris DQ'd for hitting Santana after the bell to end Round 3 had sounded.

Ray Menefee

2009-09-29T07:12:57Z

AntonioMartin: /* Factoids */

[[file:Ray_Menefee.JPG|left]]
<boxer>034298</boxer>

== Factoids ==

Father of fighter [[Tony Menefee]]

Former WAA Lightweight Champion

Was a long time promoter who also ran a gym.

On [[September 29]], [[1984]], Menefee fought twice in the same undercard, losing to [[Gary Baca]] by a third round knockout while fighting under the Ray McDermot alias, and beating [[James Mason]] by a ten round decision as Ray Menefee in Denver, Colorado.

Matt Vanda

2009-09-17T05:53:21Z

AntonioMartin:

[[file:Matt_Vanda.jpg|left]]

<boxer>047082</boxer>

Vanda started his career 31-0 before losing 9 of his next 19 bouts. He beat [[Yori Boy Campas]] and lost twice to [[Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.]]

Matt Vanda

2009-09-17T05:52:38Z

AntonioMartin:

[[file:Matt_Vanda.jpg|left]]

Vanda started his career 31-0 before losing 9 of his next 19 bouts. He beat [[Yori Boy Campas]] and lost twice to [[Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.]]

<boxer>047082</boxer>

James Shuler

2009-09-07T09:28:44Z

AntonioMartin:

[[file:James Shuler.jpg|left|photo]]
<boxer>003132</boxer>
*A week after losing to [[Thomas Hearns]], Shuler was killed when the motorcycle he was driving was involved in an accident with a tractor-trailer.

Shuler's brother, [[Marvin Shuler]], was undefeated in nine professional bouts.
 
== Amateur Career ==
*1979 & 1980 National Golden Gloves Champion (156 lbs)
*Shular was a member of the U.S. boxing team that perished in a plane crash in Poland on March 14, 1980. Shuler had stayed home because of an injury.
*Shuler was a member of the 1980 U.S. [[Olympics|Olympic]] boxing team (156 lbs), but he didn't get to compete in the Moscow Olympics because the U.S. boycotted to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
== Professional Career ==
*[[NABF]] Middleweight Champion (October 23, 1982 - March 10, 1986)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shuler, James}}
[[Category:NABF Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions|National Golden Gloves Champions]]

James Shuler

2009-09-07T09:28:15Z

AntonioMartin:

[[file:James Shuler.jpg|left|photo]]
<boxer>003132</boxer>
*A week after losing to [[Thomas Hearns]], Shuler was killed when the motorcycle he was driving was involved in an accident with a tractor-trailer.

Shuler's brother [[Marvin Shuler]], was undefeated in nine professional bouts.
 
== Amateur Career ==
*1979 & 1980 National Golden Gloves Champion (156 lbs)
*Shular was a member of the U.S. boxing team that perished in a plane crash in Poland on March 14, 1980. Shuler had stayed home because of an injury.
*Shuler was a member of the 1980 U.S. [[Olympics|Olympic]] boxing team (156 lbs), but he didn't get to compete in the Moscow Olympics because the U.S. boycotted to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
== Professional Career ==
*[[NABF]] Middleweight Champion (October 23, 1982 - March 10, 1986)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shuler, James}}
[[Category:NABF Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions|National Golden Gloves Champions]]

Marvin Shuler

2009-09-07T09:27:18Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>40086</boxer>

Brother of [[James Shuler]].

Joe Santiago

2009-09-05T08:21:05Z

AntonioMartin: New page: '''Joe Santiago''' is a Puerto Rican boxing trainer. He trains Miguel Cotto and his brother, Jose Miguel Cotto. Santiago helped Evangelista Cotto in the Cotto's corner before h...

'''Joe Santiago''' is a Puerto Rican boxing trainer. He trains [[Miguel Cotto]] and his brother, [[Jose Miguel Cotto]]. Santiago helped [[Evangelista Cotto]] in the Cotto's corner before he himself took over as chief trainer of the Cotto clan.

Santiago is from Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Joel Perez

2009-09-05T08:17:06Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>6992</boxer>

Joel Perez lost a unanimous decision to [[Paul Spadafora]] for the IBF world Junior Welterweight title. He also lost to [[Miguel Cotto]] and to [[Juan Diaz]]. His fight with Diaz was a crosstown-rivals but and was shown on [[Showtime Championship Boxing]] and on [[ESPN Classic]]'s Classic Fights.

Pepe Correa

2009-08-25T08:20:19Z

AntonioMartin:

'''Pepe Correa''' is a Puerto Rican boxing trainer. He has worked with the following boxers of note:

* [[Sugar Ray Leonard]]
* [[Lennox Lewis]]
* [[Roberto Duran]]
* [[Simon Brown]]
* Maurice Blocker

Source: Ring Magazine

{{DEFAULTSORT:Correa, Pepe}}
[[Category:Trainers]]
[[Category:The Contender (TV Series)]]

Alfonso Frazer

2009-08-25T08:10:05Z

AntonioMartin: /* Olympic results */

<boxer>010282</boxer>
'''Trainer:''' [[Ray Arcel]]
 
== Olympic results ==
Frazer represented Panama at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, boxing as a Featherweight (57 kg). His results were:

*Round of 32 - Lost to [[Waruinge Nakayama]] (Japan) KO 1

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Nicolino Locche]]|
title=[[WBA Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Cervantes]]|
years=1972 Mar 10 – 1972 Oct 28
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frazer, Alfonso}}
[[Category:Panamanian Olympians]]
[[Category:1964 Olympians]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:Panamanian World Champions]]

Eusebio Pedroza

2009-08-25T08:08:17Z

AntonioMartin:

[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1999 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/pedroza.html click]]]
<boxer>009013</boxer>

*His 19 consecutive title defenses are a record for the featherweight division.
*Cousin of [[Rafael Pedroza]].

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Cecilio Lastra]]|
title=[[WBA Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Barry McGuigan]]|
years=1978 Apr 15 – 1985 Jun 8
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pedroza, Eusebio}}
[[Category:World Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:Panamanian World Champions]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]

Rafael Pedroza

2009-08-25T08:07:29Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>051289</boxer>

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Gustavo Ballas]]|
title=[[WBA Super Flyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jiro Watanabe]]|
years=1981 Dec 5 – 1982 Apr 8
}}
{{end box}}

Cousin of [[Eusebio Pedroza]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pedroza, Rafael}}
[[Category:World Super Flyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Panamanian World Champions]]

Marcela Eliana Acuña

2009-08-21T23:24:20Z

AntonioMartin:

Javier Castillejo vs. Oscar De La Hoya

2009-08-21T23:15:33Z

AntonioMartin: /* Comment(s): */

<fight>128458</fight>
*'''[[World Boxing Council]] Super Welterweight Title''' (6th defense of Castillejo) 
*Weights: 154 lbs (each)
 
== Comment(s): ==
- Castillejo was down once in the last round, with seconds to go in the fight.

Rafael Solis

2009-07-29T11:46:18Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>2681</boxer>

Rafael Solis is the brother of [[Julian Solis|Julian]], [[Enrique Solis|Enrique]] and [[Santos Solis]]. In [[1983]], he fought [[Hector Camacho]] for the [[WBC]] world Junior Lightweight title, during an [[HBO Boxing]] telecast from Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was the second time that two Puerto Ricans fought for a world title, and the first time [[HBO]] showcased a fight from [[Puerto Rico]].

Tied on the scorecards with Camacho Sr. after four rounds, Solis lost by a fifth round knockout. Solis also lost to [[Bobby Chacon]] later on.

Rafael Solis

2009-07-29T11:45:31Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>2681</boxer>

Rafael Solis is the brother of [[Julian Solis|Julian]], [[Enrique Solis|Enrique]] and [[Santos Solis]]. In [[1983]], he fought [[Hector Camacho Sr.]] for the [[WBC]] world Junior Lightweight title, during an [[HBO Boxing]] telecast from Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was the second time that two Puerto Ricans fought for a world title, and the first time [[HBO]] showcased a fight from [[Puerto Rico]].

Tied on the scorecards with Camacho Sr. after four rounds, Solis lost by a fifth round knockout. Solis also lost to [[Bobby Chacon]] later on.

HBO Boxing

2009-07-29T11:44:03Z

AntonioMartin: Redirecting to HBO World Championship Boxing

#Redirect: [[HBO World Championship Boxing]].

Rafael Solis

2009-07-29T11:42:26Z

AntonioMartin:

<boxer>2681</boxer>

Rafael Solis is the brother of [[Julian Solis|Julian]], [[Enrique Solis|Enrique]] and [[Santos Solis]]. In [[1983]], he fought [[Hector Camacho]] for the [[WBC]] world Junior Lightweight title, during an [[HBO Boxing]] telecast from Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was the second time that two Puerto Ricans fought for a world title, and the first time [[HBO]] showcased a fight from [[Puerto Rico]].

Tied on the scorecars with Camacho Sr. after four rounds, Solis lost by a fifth round knockout. Solis also lost to [[Bobby Chacon]] later on.

Fight:123630

2009-07-29T10:55:46Z

AntonioMartin: Fight:123630 moved to Santos-Medal: Those are the two guys who fought.

#REDIRECT [[Santos-Medal]]

Carlos Santos vs. Mark Medal

2009-07-29T10:55:46Z

AntonioMartin: Fight:123630 moved to Santos-Medal: Those are the two guys who fought.

Mark Medal defended his IBF world Junior Middleweight title against Carlos Santos. It was the fourth time in history that two Puerto Ricans faced each other for a world title (Santos also fought the first time that happened, losing to [[Wilfred Benitez]]).

Medal was down in round one, and Santos was down in round 14, Santos winning the fight by decision in fifteen. It was Medal's first defense of his title.

Carlos Santos vs. Mark Medal

2009-07-29T10:55:12Z

AntonioMartin: New page: Mark Medal defended his IBF world Junior Middleweight title against Carlos Santos. It was the fourth time in history that two Puerto Ricans faced each other for a world title (Santos also ...

Mark Medal

2009-07-29T10:52:25Z

AntonioMartin:

[[file:MedalMark.jpg|left|thumb|Mark Medal]]
<boxer>000459</boxer>

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=Inaugural Champion|
title=[[IBF Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Carlos Santos]]|
years=1984 Mar 11 – 1984 Nov 2
}}
{{end box}}

Medal was the IBF world Junior Middleweight Champion. A Puerto Rican-American, Medal went on to work as a security guard at a school in New Jersey after retiring from boxing.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Medal, Mark}}
[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:World Light Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]

Ivan Calderon vs. Ronald Barrera

2007-04-29T08:43:51Z

AntonioMartin:

Scores were 115-113, 115-113 for Calderon, 115-113 for Barrera

Crowd booed decision, backing their favorite, local fighter Barrera.

[[Category:2007 Bouts]]