Moisés Fuentes Rubio (20 September 1985 – 24 November 2022) was a Mexican

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who held the

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minimumweight title from 2011 to 2013 and the WBO interim

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title from 2013 to 2014.

Professional career

On 6 February 2010, Fuentés won a ten-round

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over Mexican Eduardo González to capture the interim WBC Youth minimumweight title in

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WBO minimumweight champion

On 27 August 2011, Fuentés won a twelve-round

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over Raúl García to capture the WBO minimumweight title. The bout was held at the Auditorio Benito Juárez, in Guadalajara.

Personal life and death

Fuentes suffered a blood clot in his brain as the result of a 2021 fight with David Cuellar. He never fought again after that and complications from the injury resulted in his death at the age of 37 on November 24, 2022.A los 37 años de edad falleció Moi Fuentes, quien peleó en 33 funciones con 25 triunfos, 14 de ellos por nocaut

Professional boxing record

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