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José Antonio Aguirre (boxer)
José Antonio Aguirre Balderas (born 5 July 1975) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2015. He held the WBC minimumweight title from 2000 to 2004. Professional career Aguirre was born in Cárdenas, Tabasco, Mexico. WBC minimumweight title On February 11, 2000, Aguirre beat Wandee Singwangcha to win the WBC minimumweight title, becoming the first world champion from the state of Tabasco. He successfully defended his title seven times, before losing it to Eagle Kyowa by 12-round unanimous decision on January 10, 2004. Professional boxing record See also *List of WBC world champions *List of Mexican boxing world champions A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... References External links * 1975 births Living people World Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minimumweight
Mini flyweight, also known as paperweight, minimumweight, strawweight, or super atomweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing In professional boxing, boxers in the minimumweight division may weigh no more than . This is a relatively new weight category for professionals, first inaugurated by the major boxing sanctioning bodies between 1987 and 1990. History The minimumweight division was originally introduced in 1968 for the Summer Olympic Games under the name light flyweight. However, the division was not recognized by any of the four most widely regarded sanctioning bodies until the International Boxing Federation (IBF) in June 1987, when Kyung-Yung Lee knocked out Masaharu Kawakami to become the inaugural champion. The division was then later recognized by the World Boxing Council (WBC) in October 1987, the World Boxing Association (WBA) in January 1988, and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) in August 1989, while The Ring (magazine), Ring magazine did not begin rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |