Víctor José Terrazas Martínez (born February 11, 1983) is a Mexican
professional boxer and a former
WBC
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super bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
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champion.
Professional career
Terrazas turned professional in 2003 and would lose his first fight to Adrian Tellez by second round stoppage. He worked his way up to a world title eliminator in 2010 against British boxer Rendall Munroe. In the fight he would lose his first fight in seven years by ninth round stoppage.
On November 19, 2011 Terrazas upset former world champion
Fernando Montiel
Fernando Montiel Martínez (born March 1, 1979) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a multiple-time former world champion in three weight classes, having held the WBO flyweight title from 2001 to 2002, the WBO junior bantamweight title twic ...
, to win the
WBC Silver Super bantamweight Championship.
In April 2013, Terrazas defeated
Christian Mijares in a close split-decision to win the vacant
WBC
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*Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, a former large India broadcaster now folded into CBS
*Westpac (New Delhi Exchange code: WBC), a multinational Financial services company
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super bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...
title vacated by
Abner Mares
Abner Mares Martínez (born November 28, 1985) is a Mexican-American professional boxer who also works as a boxing analyst and commentator for Showtime. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the IBF bantam ...
. Terrazas won despite being knocked down in the 12th round.
In August 2013 Terrazas would lose the title in his first defence against
Leo Santa Cruz via third-round technical knockout in Los Angeles.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions
*
List of Mexican boxing world champions
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
Boxers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Super-bantamweight boxers
Featherweight boxers
Super-featherweight boxers
World super-bantamweight boxing champions
World Boxing Council champions