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José Guadalupe Pintor Guzmán (born April 13, 1955), better known as Lupe Pintor, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1974 to 1995. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC bantamweight title from 1979 to 1983 and the WBC super bantamweight title from 1985 to 1986.
He avenged his earlier defeat by beating Rodríguez on points to win the European title. He challenged World Boxing Council (WBC) champion Lupe Pintor for his world bantamweight title on 19 September 1980, losing the contest by way of a twelfth round knockout after being knocked down for the third time. Owen left the ring on a stretcher and ...
He beat Lupe Pintor by a 10-round decision in 1976, [5] and lost to Wilfredo Gómez by a knockout in Puerto Rico, the first fight in which he was knocked out. [6] In 1978, Dávila challenged Carlos Zarate for the WBC's world title, losing by a knockout. [7] Later that year, he fought for the World Boxing Association championship against Panama ...
The Carnival of Champions, as Don King nicknamed it, was an important boxing event held in New Orleans's Louisiana Superdome on December 3, 1982.. The event had caught the international attention of boxing fans worldwide, but particularly in the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico, because the two main events that night featured two Puerto Ricans, one Mexican and one American.
Note: This list does not include Mexican women world boxing champions such as Jackie Nava. M Major Organization U Undisputed World Championship L Lineal World Championship; This compendium uses the same parameters used by the Mexico Boxing Commission to classify champions. Minor, regular and interim titlists are not included.
This is a list of world bantamweight boxing champions, ... Lupe Pintor: WBC 1983-09-01 1984-05-26-Vacated Alberto Davila: WBC 1985-05-04 1985-08-09 Daniel Zaragoza:
The Benítez–Hearns fight was promoted by Don King with a co–main event featuring a super bantamweight championship fight between Wilfredo Gomez and Lupe Pintor in a fight card dubbed "The Carnival of Champions." [10] The massive Louisiana Superdome was chosen as the site for event and it was expected to draw a crowd of 40,000. However ...
June 3 – Lupe Pintor survives a knockdown to win the WBC world Bantamweight title, defeating Carlos Zarate by a fifteen-round split decision at Las Vegas. June 17 – In Ring Magazine's fight of the year, Danny Lopez retains his WBC world Featherweight title by knocking out Mike Ayala in round fifteen at San Antonio.