Moisés Calleros (14 May 1989 - 1 March 2024) was a Mexican

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. On 26 February 2017 Calleros lost by

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to Tatsuya Fukuhara for the interim

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title. On 18 March 2018 Calleros challenged Ryuya Yamanaka for the World Boxing Organization minimumweight title, losing by 8th round

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. On 23 October 2020 Calleros fought Julio Cesar Martinez, losing by 2nd-round technical knockout; Calleros was supposed to challenge Martinez for the

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title, but came into the fight overweight. Calleros was found dead by his wife on 1 March 2024. A few months later,

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, unaware of his death, banned Calleros for four years due to testing positive to

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after his 2023 fight in London Against Galal Yafai.

Professional boxing record

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