José Luis Bueno (born 8 December 1969) is a Mexican former

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and former WBC and Lineal

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Champion. Bueno was also the trainer of former WBC

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Champion, Adrián Hernández.

Professional career

In June 1987, José began his professional career losing to fellow debutant Miguel Banda. In 1991 he beat title contender Armando Salazar to win the WBC Continental Americas

title.

WBC Super Flyweight Championship

On November 13, 1993 Bueno upset

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to win the WBC and Lineal

title. This bout was held in Indoor Gymnasium, Pohang City, South Korea. He lost the title in a controversial decision to Hiroshi Kawashima in

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WBC Bantamweight Championship

José lost a split decision to

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in The Point, Dublin, Ireland.

WBC Super Bantamweight Championship

Bueno's last bout was against four division World Champion,

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 ...

. He retired after his defeat to Morales in 1998.

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