Marcos Villasana is a Mexican former

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

and former WBC featherweight champion. Villasana first challenged

Azumah Nelson Azumah Nelson (born 19 July 1958) is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2008. He was a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC featherweight title from 1984 to 1987 and the WBC super-featherweight title twice ...

for the WBC featherweight title, losing a narrow split decision on February 25, 1986. A rematch 18 months later was also unsuccessful, as Nelson won a unanimous decision. Villasana fought to a draw for the WBA featherweight title against

Antonio Esparragoza Antonio Esparragoza Betancourt (born 2 September 1959) is a Venezuelan former boxer who is a former WBA Featherweight Champion of the World. Amateur career Esparragoza represented Venezuela as a Featherweight at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games ...

on June 23, 1988, with Villasana getting a point deducted for a low blow in the 5th round. Villasana's very next bout was a third shot at the WBC featherweight title against champion

Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech (born 28 May 1964) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2008. He won world titles in three weight divisions, having held the IBF bantamweight title from 1985 to 1987, the WBC super-bantamweight ...

, which resulted in a unanimous decision defeat. Shortly thereafter, Fenech relinquished the title and moved to the super featherweight division. Villasana won the vacant WBC featherweight title June 2, 1990, defeating

Paul Hodkinson Paul Hodkinson (born 14 September 1965 in Kirkby, Liverpool, England) is a former professional boxer. Hodkinson fought at Featherweight and is the former British, European and World (WBC) Featherweight Title holder. Amateur career Paul Hodkinso ...

. He successfully defended the title three times before losing a unanimous decision rematch to Hodkinson on November 13, 1991.

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* http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=958&cat=boxer * http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:958 1960 births Living people Featherweight boxers Boxers from Guerrero World boxing champions Mexican male boxers {{Mexico-boxing-bio-stub

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