List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions

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List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
is considered a major sport, having produced more amateur and professional world champions than any other sport in its history. Puerto Rico has the third-most boxing world champions per country in the world and is the only location to have champions accredited in all of the current divisions. This number also places the archipelago in the global lead in terms of champions per capita. February 9, 2008 marked the first time that boxers from Puerto Rico had held three of the four major welterweights titles (World Boxing Association

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
, International Boxing Federation

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
and World Boxing Organization

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. Its offices are located in San Juan, Puerto Rico....
) when Carlos Quintana

Carlos Quintana

Carlos Quintana is a Puerto Rican people professional boxer. As an amateur Quintana represented Puerto Rico. He debuted as a professional in 1997....
defeated Paul Williams

Paul Williams (boxer)

Paul Williams is an United States Boxing and is the reigning two-time World Boxing Organization welterweight champion. At 6'1, Paul is considered extremely tall for a welterweight....
to join Miguel Cotto

Miguel Cotto

Miguel ?ngel Cotto is a Puerto Rican people professional boxing. As an amateur, Cotto represented Puerto Rico in the lightweight and light welterweight divisions at various international events including the 1999 Pan American Games, the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 1998 Junior World Championships where he won a silver medal....
and Kermit Cintron

Kermit Cintron

Kermit Cintr?n is a Puerto Rican people Boxing who is from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Cintr?n is trained by Ronnie Shields and managed by Josh Dubin....
as champions in the division.

Individually, Puerto Rican world champions have earned numerous achievements. These include, Wilfredo Gómez

Wilfredo Gómez

Wilfredo G?mez is a former boxing and three time world champion. Nicknamed "Bazooka", G?mez had one of the highest knockout win percentages in professional boxing, winning 88 percent of his bouts by knockout....
's record for most defenses in the super bantamweight division and for most successive knockouts by a titleholder. On September 3, 1994, Daniel Jiménez

Daniel Jiménez

Daniel Jim?nez Rom?n is a former Puerto Rico boxing best known for winning the WBO title as a pro....
established a world record for the quickest knockout in a championship fight, defeating Harald Geier in 17 seconds. Juan Manuel López

Juan Manuel López (boxer)

Juan Manuel "Juanma" L?pez Rivera is a Puerto Rican people Professional boxing Boxing. As an amateur boxing, Lopez represented Puerto Rico at numerous international tournaments including the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2003 Pan American Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics....
is fifth in this category, having defeated César Figueroa in 47 seconds during his first defense. Ossie Ocasio

Ossie Ocasio

Osvaldo Ocasio, , better known as Ossie Ocasio and nicknamed Jaws, is a Puerto Rico who was a boxing and world Cruiserweight champion. He got his peculiar nickname after accidentally biting another boxer during a sparring session....
was the first World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight champion, winning it on February 13, 1982. This accomplishment was mimicked in other organizations: Jose De Jesús, José Ruiz Matos, John John Molina

John John Molina

Juan Molina , better known as John John Molina in the world of boxing, is a former boxer whose career transcended boxing in Puerto Rico. A multiple time world champion, this boxer was also known as quite a socialite....
and Héctor Camacho

Héctor Camacho

H?ctor Camacho , nicknamed "Macho Camacho" , is a Puerto Rican people professional boxing. His son, H?ctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer....
did it in their respective divisions in the World Boxing Organization (WBO), while Ángel Almena was the first pugilist to win the International Boxing Organization

International Boxing Organization

The International Boxing Organization is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships....
's super flyweight title.

Boxing in Puerto Rico

Boxing was introduced to Puerto Rico during Spain's colonial government, when it was practiced in a clandestine manner. Fights were organized in hacienda

Hacienda

Hacienda is a Spanish language word for an estate, usually, but not always, a vast ranch. Some haciendas were plantations, mines, or even factories....
s among workers of sugar and coffee plantations, and the objective was to determine the best fighter among the employees. Following the culmination of the Puerto Rican Campaign

Puerto Rican Campaign

The Puerto Rican Campaign was an American military sea and land operation on the island of Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War. The offensive began on May 12, 1898, when the United States Navy attacked the archipelago's capital, San Juan, Puerto Rico....
and Spanish–American War, soldiers that established residence in the main island practiced the sport. During World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, a championship known as Campeonato Las Casas was held as training for military personnel. Nero Chen, the first Puerto Rican boxer to gain recognition, began in these tournaments. The Combat Maneuver Training Center followed this example, organizing activities named Los Campeones del Campamento, which were received with enthusiasm by the young recruits. Most of these events were celebrated without restriction due to jurisdictional limits, although prohibitions were in place for the civilian population. Illegal matches were organized on the rooftops of residences in Old San Juan

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

Old San Juan is the oldest settlement within the territory of the United States and it is the historic colonial section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico....
, empty terrains in El Condado

El Condado, Puerto Rico

El Condado is an oceanfront, tree-lined, vibrant pedestrian-oriented communityin San Juan, Puerto Rico. A primarily middle to upper class community, El Condado is located east of the historic colonial district of Old San Juan....
and in hippodromes. In 1924, several young men were taught to box by Gregario Rosa, a boxer who had won the featherweight championship of the Atlantic Fleet while serving in the Navy. Rosa established "Jack Dempsey Physical Culture and Boxing Club", a gym where he continued instructing more pugilists. The local police department would arrest several boxers that were participating in a card. They were surprised to discover that several members of law enforcement agencies and the government were involved: a group of police officers including a colonel, two members of the governor's cabinet, numerous legislators and a judge. The charges were archived; the decision was justified with a statement that said: "How will we have a boxing world champion if we don't let the boys learn how to box?"

In 1926, a boxing venue was opened in a military facility known as Cuartel de Ballaja, with a fight card

Fight card

Fight card, more commonly known simply as the Card, is a term used to refer to all of the boxing, or another hand-to-hand contact sport such as Mixed martial arts or kickboxing, matches that occur in the evening of a boxing event....
being organized weekly. Legislator Lorenzo Coballes Gandía redacted a proposal to legalize boxing, which was signed by governor Horace Mann Towner in May 1927. Consequently, the Primera Comisión Atlética de Boxeo was created, this would become the first organization dedicated to sanction boxing in Puerto Rico. Estadio Universal became the first venue to organize legal boxing cards. The first event had a fight between Enrique Chaffardet and Al Clemens in the main event, which was declared a draw by the judges. New stadiums were built in Bayamón

Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Bayam?n is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico and Comer?o, Puerto Rico; south of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico and Cata?o, Puerto Rico; west of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico; and east of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico and Naranjito, Puerto Rico....
, Caguas

Caguas, Puerto Rico

Caguas is a city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan, Puerto Rico and Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, west of Gurabo, Puerto Rico and San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, east of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, Cidra, Puerto Rico, and Cayey, Puerto Rico....
, Mayagüez, Ponce

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce , officially the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, is a Municipalities of Puerto Rico of Puerto Rico located in the Southern Coastal Plain region of the island, south of Adjuntas, Utuado and Jayuya; east of Pe?uelas; and west of Juana D?az....
, Aguadilla

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Aguadilla , founded in 1775 by Luis de C?rdova, is a city located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, Puerto Rico, and Moca, Puerto Rico and west of Isabela, Puerto Rico....
and San Juan. The first Puerto Rican to win a world championship was Sixto Escobar

Sixto Escobar

Sixto Escobar was a Puerto Rican people professional boxing. Competing in the bantamweight division, he became Puerto Rico's first world champion....
, who won it on June 26, 1934. In the 1960s and 1970s, there was an improvement in the number of pugilists reaching this recognition. Including Wilfred Benítez

Wilfred Benitez

Wilfred Ben?tez , is a Puerto Rican people boxing. He is remembered best as a skilled and aggressive fighter with exceptional defensive abilities who won world championships in three separate weight divisions, and was the youngest world champion in boxing history....
who on March 6, 1976, became the youngest world champion in history at 17 years old. This tendency continued during the following two decades, reaching a peak between 1980 and 1990, while experiencing a slight reduction in the 1990s, with Félix Trinidad

Félix Trinidad

F?lix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr. is a Puerto Rico professional boxer, considered as one of the best boxers in that archipelago's history. When he was an amateur Trinidad won five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico....
serving as an exception to the rule. The 2000s brought another increase, with over a dozen boxers winning world championships.

Héctor García, Dommys Delgado Berty, Francisco Varcárcel and José Peñagaricano have served as presidents of the Puerto Rico Boxing Commission. This organization gained more prominence in 1985 when it received full control as the sanctioning body in any professional fight organized in Puerto Rico. In 2000, the commission's regulation was revised to exclude professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the Professional wrestling promotion List of professional wrestling terms#B, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat and theatre....
, which up to that point had been under its scope. This was Peñagaricano's first proposal upon taking office, since he considered professional wrestling "a spectacle instead of a sport like boxing". During the following decades, the Puerto Rico Boxing Commission took initiative in certain aspects when compared to other entities. It was the first governing body in the world to have a female president, when Delgado Berty served from 1986 to 1988. Becoming the first commission to demand pre-fight weigh-ins brought some criticisms at first, but this measure was soon adopted by other bodies as well. In 2007, David Bernier, then Secretary of Recreation and Sports, approved a new article in the regulation, which prohibited the signing of any pugilist younger than 18 years old as a professional.

List of world champions

indicates boxer of Puerto Rican heritage that is recognized by the commission due to parent's nationality, residence or other circumstances.

Number	Name	Date	Titles
1	Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar was a Puerto Rican people professional boxing. Competing in the bantamweight division, he became Puerto Rico's first world champion....	June 6, 1934	Bantamweight Bantamweight The term bantamweight usually refers to a boxing weight classes in boxing or boxers who human weight between 112 and 118 pound . Wrestling also has similar wrestling weight classes including bantamweight....
2	Carlos Ortiz Carlos Ortiz Carlos Ortiz is a Puerto Rico who was a three time world boxing champion, twice in the lightweight division and once in the Jr. Welterweights....	June 12, 1959	Light welterweight Light welterweight Professional boxingThe light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds. The first champion of this weight class was Pinky Mitchell in 1926, though he was only awarded his championship by a vote of the readers of the Boxing Blade magazine.... and lightweight Lightweight The word lightweight usually refers to a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight. It is also a slang term, indicating insignificance or ineptitude, for example having a low tolerance for liquor....
3	José Torres José Torres Jos? Torres, known as "Chegui", was a Puerto Rican people professional boxing. As an amateur boxer, Torres won a silver medal in the junior middleweight at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne....	March 30, 1965	Light heavyweight Light heavyweight In boxing, the light heavyweight division is the boxing weight classes between cruiserweight and super middleweight. The light heavyweight class has produced some of boxing's greatest champions: Muhammad Ali , Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Bob Foster, Michael Spinks, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr....
4	Ángel Espada Angel Espada Angel Espada is a former Boxing from Puerto Rico. He was the World Boxing Association's world Welterweight champion. A music lover, Espada also organized, during the late 1970s, a Salsa music orchestra....	June 28, 1975	Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system....
5	Alfredo Escalera Alfredo Escalera Alfredo Escalera is a Puerto Rico who was a world champion Boxing. A native of Carolina, Puerto Rico, his nickname was "Salsero" because he was a fan of Salsa music....	July 5, 1975	Super featherweight Super Featherweight Super Featherweight is a Boxing weight classes in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 lbs.The super featherweight division was created by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although first established by the New York State Athletic Commission in 1930....
6	Samuel Serrano Samuel Serrano Samuel Serrano , nicknamed Sammy and El Torbellino, is a Puerto Rico who won boxing's world junior lightweight championship twice.Serrano, owner of long arms, began his career on October 29, 1969 with a four round decision win over Ramon Laureano....	October 16, 1976	Super featherweight
7	Wilfred Benítez Wilfred Benitez Wilfred Ben?tez , is a Puerto Rican people boxing. He is remembered best as a skilled and aggressive fighter with exceptional defensive abilities who won world championships in three separate weight divisions, and was the youngest world champion in boxing history.... †	March 6, 1976	Light welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight Light middleweight Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, between 148-154 pounds .This division was established in 1962, when the Austrian Board of Control recognized a fight between Emile Griffith and Teddy Wright for the "world" championship....
8	Esteban De Jesús Esteban De Jesús Esteban De Jesus was a Puerto Rico world lightweight champion boxing whose life was full of controversy, problems and scandals. De Jesus, a native of the town of Carolina, Puerto Rico, was a gymmate of Wilfredo Benitez and an acquaintance of Benitez's mother, Clara Benitez....	May 8, 1976	Lightweight
9	Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo G?mez is a former boxing and three time world champion. Nicknamed "Bazooka", G?mez had one of the highest knockout win percentages in professional boxing, winning 88 percent of his bouts by knockout....	May 21, 1977	Super bantamweight Super Bantamweight Super Bantamweight is a Boxing weight classes in professional boxing. It is alternately referred to as Junior Featherweight. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds.... , featherweight Featherweight Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing and wrestling .... and super featherweight
10	Julian Solís Julian Solis Julian Solis is a former Boxing from Puerto Rico. He was born in the San Juan, Puerto Rico area of R?o Piedras, Puerto Rico, but because of the closeness of his birthplace to Caguas, Puerto Rico, he often trained at the Bairoa Gym in Caguas....	August 29, 1980	Bantamweight
11	Carlos De León Carlos De Leon Carlos De Le?n, also known as?"Sugar" De Leon, is a Puerto Rico former boxing who made history by becoming the first Cruiserweight to win the world title twice.? Subsequently, he kept breaking his own record for the most times as Cruiserweight champion by regaining it twice more....	November 25, 1980	Cruiserweight Cruiserweight Cruiserweight is a Boxing weight classes in boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in Great Britain....
12	Ossie Ocasio Ossie Ocasio Osvaldo Ocasio, , better known as Ossie Ocasio and nicknamed Jaws, is a Puerto Rico who was a boxing and world Cruiserweight champion. He got his peculiar nickname after accidentally biting another boxer during a sparring session....	February 13, 1982	Cruiserweight
13	Juan Laporte Juan Laporte Juan Laporte is a former boxer who was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico....	September 15, 1982	Featherweight
14	Edwin Rosario Edwin Rosario Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario , Was born on March 15, 1963 and died on December 1, 1997. Puerto Rico boxing. Unfortunately, his long battle with a suspected drug addiction caused him to die in truth at the age of 34....	May 1, 1983	Lightweight and light welterweight
15	Héctor Camacho Héctor Camacho H?ctor Camacho , nicknamed "Macho Camacho" , is a Puerto Rican people professional boxing. His son, H?ctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer....	August 7, 1983	Super featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, middleweight Middleweight Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s.... , super middleweight Super middleweight Super middleweight is a boxing Boxing weight classes that has a weight limit of 168 pounds. There was interest in a division between middleweight and light heavyweight in the 1970s, and a few states briefly recognized a "Junior Light Heavyweight" division at 167 pounds.... and light middleweight
16	Mark Medal Mark Medal Mark Medal , was a professional boxing in the Light Middleweight division.Medal turned pro in 1979 and won the Vacant IBF Light Middleweight Title with a Knockout win over Earl Hargrove in 1984, becoming the inaugural champion.... †	March 11, 1984	Light middleweight
17	Harry Arroyo Harry Arroyo Harry Arroyo is a former United States boxer who gained international recognition as the IBF Lightweight Champion of the World from 1984 to 1985.... †	April 15, 1984	Lightweight
18	Victor Callejas Victor Callejas Victor Callejas is a Puerto Rico former boxing who was World Junior Featherweight champion. A native of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Callejas as a child wanted to be a singer, and his childhood friend, Orvil Miller, wanted to be a boxing....	May 26, 1984	Super bantamweight
19	Carlos Santos Carlos Santos Carlos Santos is a former boxing from Puerto Rico, who represented his native country as an amateur at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada....	November 2, 1984	Light middleweight
20	Antonio Rivera Antonio Rivera Antonio Rivera was a well known Puerto Rico boxing. He was much better known as Tonito Rivera, and was a prominent boxer during the decade of the 1980s....	August 30, 1986	Featherweight
21	Wilfredo Vázquez Wilfredo Vázquez Wilfredo V?zquez is a boxing born in Bayam?n, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. He is a former World Champion at three different weights, Bantamweight, Super bantamweight and Featherweight....	October 4, 1987	Bantamweight, super bantamweight and featherweight
22	José Ruiz Matos	April 29, 1989	Super flyweight Super Flyweight Super Flyweight is a Boxing weight classes in professional boxing. It is alternately referred to as Junior Bantamweight. The maximum weight for this division is 115 lbs ....
23	John John Molina John John Molina Juan Molina , better known as John John Molina in the world of boxing, is a former boxer whose career transcended boxing in Puerto Rico. A multiple time world champion, this boxer was also known as quite a socialite....	April 29, 1989	Super featherweight
24	José De Jesús	May 19, 1989	Light flyweight Light flyweight Light Flyweight, also known as Junior Flyweight, is a boxing weight class....
25	Juan Nazario	April 4, 1990	Lightweight
26	Orlando Fernandez	May 12, 1990	Super bantamweight
27	Santos Cardona	April 11, 1991	Welterweight and light middleweight
28	Danny Garcia	February 1, 1992	Middleweight
29	Rafael del Valle	May 13, 1992	Bantamweight
30	Felix Camacho	May 27, 1992	Super bantamweight
31	Josue Camacho	July 31, 1992	Light flyweight
32	Daniel Jiménez Daniel Jiménez Daniel Jim?nez Rom?n is a former Puerto Rico boxing best known for winning the WBO title as a pro....	June 9, 1993	Bantamweight and super bantamweight
33	Félix Trinidad Félix Trinidad F?lix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr. is a Puerto Rico professional boxer, considered as one of the best boxers in that archipelago's history. When he was an amateur Trinidad won five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico....	June 19, 1993	Welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight
34	Alex Sánchez Alex Sánchez (boxer) Alex "El Nene" S?nchez is a retired Puerto Rican people professional Boxing....	December 22, 1993	Minimumweight Minimumweight Minimumweight is a Boxing weight classes in professional boxing where boxers may weigh no more than 105 pounds . This is a relatively new weight category for professionals, first inaugurated by the major sanctioning bodies between 1987 and 1990....
35	Jake Rodríguez Jake Rodriguez Evaristo Rodriguez, better known as Jake Rodriguez was a Puerto Rico boxer at light welterweight....	February 13, 1994	Light welterweight
36	Sammy Fuentes	November 7, 1994	Light welterweight
37	Ángel Almena	July 29, 1995	Super flyweight and flyweight Flyweight Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb ....
38	Angel Manfredy Angel Manfredy Angel Manfredy was a United States-Puerto Rican American boxer of Italian people origin who has fought in the Junior Welterweight, Lightweight and Junior Lightweight divisions.... †	November 18, 1995	Super featherweight
39	Frank Toledo Frank Toledo Frank Toledo is an American boxer who held the International Boxing Federation featherweight championship in 2001.Toledo, born in Newark, New Jersey, fought out of Paterson, New Jersey.... †	June 9, 1996	Super bantamweight and featherweight
40	José Antonio Rivera José Antonio Rivera Jos? Antonio Rivera is a professional boxing in the super welterweight division.His record is 38-6-1 . He is a former WBA welterweight and World Boxing Association world super welterweight champion.... †	April 25, 1997	Welterweight and light middleweight
41	Lou Del Valle Lou Del Valle Louis Del Valle is an United States boxing.... †	September 20, 1997	Light heavyweight
42	Eric Morel Eric Morel Eric Arturo Morel is a Puerto Rican professional Boxing. He is a former World Boxing Association flyweight champion....	October 17, 1998	Super flyweight
43	Daniel Santos Daniel Santos (boxer) Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican people professional boxing. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a Olympic medalists in boxing in the Welt...	May 6, 2000	Welterweight and light middleweight
44	Nelson Dieppa Nelson Dieppa Nelson Dieppa is a Puerto Rican people professional Boxing. As an amateur Dieppa represented Puerto Rico in international events including the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 1991 Pan American Games and the 1992 Summer Olympics....	July 22, 2000	Light flyweight
45	John Ruiz John Ruiz John ?The Quiet Man" Ruiz , currently residing in Las Vegas metropolitan area is a professional Puerto Rico-United States Boxing and former two-time WBA World Heavyweight champion..... †	March 3, 2001	Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight is a division, or boxing weight classes, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization....
46	Aléx Trujillo	May 5, 2001	Light welterweight
47	Ángel Chacón	October 27, 2002	Featherweight
48	Iván Calderón Ivan Calderón (boxer) Iv?n Calder?n Marrero is a Puerto Rican people professional Boxing. As an amateur Calder?n represented Puerto Rico in international competitions and attended the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia....	May 3, 2003	Minimumweight and light flyweight
49	Manny Siaca Manny Siaca Manuel Alejandro Siaca, born , is a Puerto Rico boxer at super middleweight.Siaca was born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. He turned pro in 1997 and challenged Bruno Girard in 2000 for the WBA Super Middleweight Title, but lost a split decision....	May 5, 2004	Super middleweight
50	Miguel Cotto Miguel Cotto Miguel ?ngel Cotto is a Puerto Rican people professional boxing. As an amateur, Cotto represented Puerto Rico in the lightweight and light welterweight divisions at various international events including the 1999 Pan American Games, the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 1998 Junior World Championships where he won a silver medal....	September 11, 2004	Light welterweight and welterweight
51	Luis Collazo Luis Collazo Luis Collazo is a boxing in the welterweight boxing weight classes. His boxing record is 29-4 . He is a former World Boxing Association welterweight champion.... †	April 2, 2005	Welterweight
52	Kermit Cintron Kermit Cintron Kermit Cintr?n is a Puerto Rican people Boxing who is from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Cintr?n is trained by Ronnie Shields and managed by Josh Dubin....	October 28, 2006	Welterweight
53	Carlos Quintana Carlos Quintana Carlos Quintana is a Puerto Rican people professional boxer. As an amateur Quintana represented Puerto Rico. He debuted as a professional in 1997....	February 9, 2008	Welterweight
54	Orlando Cruz	March 22, 2008	Featherweight
55	Victor Fonseca	March 22, 2008	Bantamweight
56	Juan Manuel López Juan Manuel López (boxer) Juan Manuel "Juanma" L?pez Rivera is a Puerto Rican people Professional boxing Boxing. As an amateur boxing, Lopez represented Puerto Rico at numerous international tournaments including the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2003 Pan American Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics....	June 7, 2008	Super bantamweight

Current titleholders

Name	Organization	Division	Date won
Daniel Santos	World Boxing Association	Light middleweight	July 11, 2008
Héctor Camacho	World Boxing Empire World Boxing Empire The World Boxing Empire is a boxing sanctioning body founded in 2001, then under the name World Boxing Syndicate . Its inaugural title fight took place in Annandale, Virginia, on March 9, 2002, between Mitch Green and Danny Wofford....	Light middleweight	July 18, 2008
Iván Calderón	World Boxing Organization	Light flyweight	August 25, 2007
Juan Manuel López	World Boxing Organization	Super bantamweight	June 7, 2008
Miguel Cotto	World Boxing Organization	Welterweight	February 21, 2009

List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions

Boxing in Puerto Rico

List of world champions

Current titleholders

See also

Footnotes

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