Angel Espada vs. Pipino Cuevas (1st meeting)

Pipino Cuevas 145 lbs beat Angel Espada 146 lbs by TKO at 2:37 in round 2 of 15

• Date: 1976-07-17
• Location: Plaza de Toros Calafia, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
• Referee: Larry Rozadilla

• 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 eleven different times, before losing to Thomas Hearns in 1980.