Miguel Acosta (born April 20, 1978) is a Venezuelan 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 ...
who competed from 1999 to 2016. His nickname is "Aguacerito". He is the former
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxi ...
lightweight champion.
Professional career
Acosta turned professional in 1999 and compiled a record of 26-3-2 before knocking out
Paulus Moses
Paulus Moses (born 4 June 1978) is a Namibian professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) lightweight title from 2009 to 2010. He retired on 20 October 2018, shortly after losing his WBO Africa middleweight fight in Accra, Ghana.
Profession ...
on May 29, 2010 to become the new WBA lightweight champion. However Acosta lost the title in his first official defense against
Brandon Ríos
Brandon Lee Ríos (born April 29, 1986) is an American professional boxer. He held the WBA lightweight title in 2011 and has challenged once for the WBO welterweight title in 2015. Nicknamed "Bam Bam", Ríos was known for his aggressive pressur ...
on February 26, 2011.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of lightweight boxing champions
This is a list of world lightweight boxing champions by organization, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
* The World ...
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Miranda (state)
Venezuelan male boxers
Lightweight boxers
World lightweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions