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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.
Dávila boxed with many of the best boxers of the bantamweight division during the following years. 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 ...
In 1979, Zárate made what would turn out to be his last successful defense, with a third-round knockout win over Mensah Kpalongo in Los Angeles. After winning a non-title bout against Celso Cháirez by a knockout in five in Houston, Texas, Zárate met gym-mate Lupe Pintor in Las Vegas and lost a close and controversial 15-round decision ...
Lupe Pintor: June 3, 1979 Bantamweight (M), Super bantamweight (M) 8, 0 27 Salvador Sánchez: February 2, 1980 Featherweight (L & M) 9 28 Rafael Limón: December 11, 1980 Super featherweight (M) 2 29 Antonio Avelar: May 12, 1981 Flyweight (L & M) 1 30 Pedro Flores: March 8, 1981 Light flyweight (M) 0 31 Juan Herrera: September 26, 1981 ...
On September 2, 1980 Sandoval fought World Boxing Council Bantamweight champion, Lupe Pintor at The Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles California. They fought for twelve rounds with Pintor defending his title. Pintor won by twelfth round knockout. [4]
John Richard Owens (7 January 1956 – 4 November 1980) was a Welsh professional boxer who fought under the name Johnny Owen.His seemingly fragile appearance earned him many epithets, including the "Merthyr Matchstick" and the "Bionic Bantam".
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 ...
Lupe Pintor: Owen was knocked out and died six weeks later without regaining consciousness. [1] [39] 7 May 1982: Andy Balaba: Hi-Sup Shin: Died of injuries sustained in the fight. [39] [44] [45] 14 Jun 1982: Young Ali: Barry McGuigan: Collapsed in the ring, fell into a coma, and died from a blood clot two days later. [43] [39] 13 Nov 1982: Kim ...