View source for Angel Espada vs. Pipino Cuevas (1st meeting)

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*'''[[WBA]] Welterweight Title'''

== Comments ==
* Espada was knocked down three times in the second round.
* Cuevas becomes the youngest person to ever win a welterweight championship at 18 years old.
* Cuevas would go on to defend his title [[WBA Welterweight Champion|eleven different times]], before [[Pipino Cuevas vs. Thomas Hearns|losing to Thomas Hearns]] in 1980.