José Alberto Alfaro Gazo (born November 22, 1983), known as José Alfaro, is a

Nicaraguan Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...

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who captured the vacant WBA lightweight title against

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Prawet Singwancha in a split decision on December 29, 2007 in

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

, Germany. He later lost that title on May 19, 2008 to

Yusuke Kobori is a retired professional boxer from Japan and a former WBA lightweight champion. Kobori won the Japanese super featherweight title on January 14, 2006 by knocking out Keita Manabe in the second round. He went on to defend it 6 times. Later, h ...

who knocked him out in only 3 rounds. His next match was against Mexican legend

Erik Morales Erik Isaac Morales Elvira (; born September 1, 1976) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He is the first Mexico-born boxer in history to win world titles in four different weight classes, having held the WBC ...

on March 27, 2010 for the vacant WBC International Welterweight. He lost via Unanimous Decision the scores were 117-111, 116-112,116-112.

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* Living people Nicaraguan male boxers World lightweight boxing champions 1983 births {{Nicaragua-boxing-bio-stub