Zahir Raheem (born November 7, 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American boxer. Known as "Z-Man", his current professional record stands at 30 wins, 3 losses with 17 knockouts.

After a stellar amateur career, which included a 213-4 record, 15-1 against international competition, and a spot in the 1996 U.S. Olympic team. Raheem turned professional on November 16, 1996, with a 4th round KO win over Clifford Watford. Being among the less touted of the '96 U.S. Olympians, Raheem worked his way up the rankings slowly, before finally receiving a shot against Rocky Juarez. Raheem lost to Juarez in what many thought was a "hometown" decision. Raheem was continuously hassled throughout the fight by the referee. After the match, HBO commentator Larry Merchant said, "That referee made it seem like Raheem was fighting two people."

Raheem's next big fight was against legendary Mexican Erik Morales on September 10, 2005 in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Morales was a heavy favorite and the matchup was viewed as warmup for his already scheduled superfight against Manny Pacquiao. Raheem surprised everyone by dominating the fight from the beginning by using excellent footwork and body movement, and never let Morales find his rhythm. Raheem won by unanimous decision, winning Ring Magazine upset of the year for 2005, and cemented himself as a lightweight contender.

On April 29, 2006, Zahir Raheem lost by split decision against Acelino Freitas for the recently vacated WBO Lightweight title. This was Raheem's first world title fight. On the 5th of July 2008 Raheem was knocked out by a South African boxer Ali Funeka.

Amateur Highlights[link]

Won the Bantamweight Olympic Trials in 1996, by defeating the following boxers:

• Rosendo Sanchez (points)
• Teaunce Shepherd (points)
• Steve Carter (points)
• Steve Carter (points), this bout was at the Olympic Box-Offs in Augusta, GA

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Raheem lost in the second round. His results were:

• Jong-Gil Oh (North Korea) won on points
• Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba) lost by TKO 1

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Zahir Raheem from BoxRec

Érik Morales
Statistics
Real name	Érik Isaac Morales Elvira
Nickname(s)	El Terrible
Rated at	Super Bantamweight Featherweight Super Featherweight Lightweight Light Welterweight Welterweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1976-09-01) September 1, 1976 (age 35) Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	60
Wins	52
Wins by KO	36
Losses	8
Draws	0
No contests	0

Érik Isaac Morales Elvira (born September 1, 1976 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican-born boxer in history to win world titles in four different weight classes. He is a former WBC Light Welterweight Champion, WBC & IBF Super Featherweight, WBC Featherweight (x2) and WBC & WBO Super Bantamweight Champion.

Morales has defeated 15 different world champions during the course of his career. He is famous for his trilogies with fellow Mexican legend three-division champion Marco Antonio Barrera and Filipino octuple champion Manny Pacquiao. He is also the last boxer to beat Pacquiao. He ranks #49 on ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxers Of All Time.^[1]

Career history[link]

Early career[link]

Erik Morales was born in the Zona Norte section of Tijuana. Under the tutelage of his father, José Morales, a fighter himself, Erik started boxing at the age of 5 and amassed a very impressive amateur career that saw him fight 114 times (108–6) and win 11 major titles in Mexico. Morales made his professional debut at the age of 16, by knocking out Jose Orejel in two rounds. Between 1993 and 1997, he quickly climbed the ranks in the super bantamweight division, winning 26 fights, 20 by knockout, including wins against former champions Kenny Mitchell and Hector Acero Sánchez, before challenging for his first world title. It was during this time that he signed with promoter Bob Arum.

Super Bantamweight[link]

On September 7, 1997, in El Paso, Texas, at the age of 21, he won his first world title by stopping WBC Super Bantamweight Champion and now member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Daniel Zaragoza, via knockout in eleven rounds.

In his first defense, Morales defeated John Lowey (24–2) by 7th round knockout. In his next fight, he defeated Remigio Molina (31–1) by 6th round knockout. On May 16, 1998, he defeated former champion Jose Luis Bueno via a second round knockout.

In September 1998, in another landmark fight, Morales knocked out former two-weight world champion Junior Jones of the United States. Jones went into the battle with a daunting record against Mexican fighters of 35 victories and no losses, most notably including two victories over the previous champion, Marco Antonio Barrera, in 1996 and 1997. Also noteworthy was that Jones was entering México for the first time to fight and the fight was held at Tijuana. The fight went on to three contested rounds, before Morales knocked out Jones with two consecutive overhead right crosses in the fourth round.

In October 1999, Morales fought and defeated former WBC Bantamweight Champion Wayne McCullough of Northern Ireland, saying that McCullough gave him one of the toughest three fights of his career.

Morales vs. Barrera I[link]

In February 2000, Morales defeated Marco Antonio Barrera to win the WBO Super Bantamweight title, in a fight that is considered one of boxing's classics. Morales won the fight by a split decision. It was an intense battle in which both fighters were cut and battered. After the fight, Morales said, "He was a brave fighter, and we both gave it all we had. We were both hurt during the fight. He was the biggest puncher I ever faced in the ring." The Ring named it the Fight of the Year.

Featherweight[link]

After nine successful title defenses, Morales chose to vacate his WBC Super Bantamweight title and his newly won WBO title in order to move up to the featherweight division. In his second fight at this weight, he fought 33 year-old former world champion Kevin Kelley, in September 2000. Kelley was knocked down in the fifth and seventh rounds, he was finally trapped in that latter round by a flurry of five consecutive uppercuts from Morales. Supported only by the ropes, a sixth uppercut landed, and the fight was stopped. Morales became the Interim WBC Featherweight Champion.

Morales fought again in 2000, knocking out Rodney Jones in the first round. In February 2001, he fought Guty Espadas, Jr., the WBC Featherweight title holder with a thirteen fight winning streak, and whose father, Guty Espadas Sr., was also a world champion boxer. Morales won a close twelve round decision to claim his third world title in his second weight division. Although Morales was highly rated in the featherweight division, Naseem Hamed was seen as the Lineal Champion of the division.

In July 2001, Morales defeated future champion In Jin Chi of South Korea and retained his title. Chi gave a strong effort, but Morales was the sharper, harder puncher and outworked him for much of the fight. Morales was cut and swollen over the left eye in the 6th round by an accidental clash of heads and Chi was penalized one point in the 10th round.^[2]

Morales vs. Barrera II[link]

Morales then tasted defeat for the first time in his 42nd professional fight when he lost a unanimous decision and his WBC title against Lineal Champion, Marco Antonio Barrera in June 2002. Morales constantly pressed forward and dominated much of the first half of the fight. He was cut on the bridge of the nose in the 2nd round, and cut and swollen over his right eye in the 8th. However, he punched Barrera to the canvas during the middle rounds but this was called a slip. Barrera fought cautiously in the early rounds, but rallied as the fight progressed.

Morales bounced back with a dominating twelve round decision victory over former world champion, Paulie Ayala in November 2002 to regain the vacant WBC Featherweight title. The early rounds were close, but Morales started to dominate in the middle rounds, consistently landing the harder punches and Ayala's left eye began to swell. He slowed his pace in the late rounds and Ayala rallied, but Morales rocked him with a series of punches in the 12th round.^[3]

Morales defeated Edward Lee Croft in March, 2003. He scored three knockdowns and stopped Croft in the 3rd round. All the fighters on the card donated their purses to "Vamos Mexico," a children's charity headed by Marta Sahagun, wife of Mexican president Vicente Fox.^[4]

Morales defeated Fernando Velardez later that year. He knocked down Velardez in the 1st, 4th and 5th rounds when the fight was stopped without a count. In October, 2003, Morales defeated Guty Espadas Jr. in a rematch of their first close fight. This time Morales knocked him out in three rounds.^[5]

Super Featherweight[link]

Morales vacated his WBC Featherweight title and moved up to the super featherweight division. On February 28, 2004, Morales captured the WBC Super Featherweight title by unanimous decision over Jesús Chávez. Morales twice knocked down Chávez, which Floyd Mayweather, Jr. himself had been unable to do. Morales was rocked midway through the 1st round, but he came back to score two knockdowns in the 2nd round and managed to cut Chavez over the left eye. Chavez injured his right shoulder early in the fight and threw very few right hands, but still fought aggressively for the rest of the fight with his jab and left hooks which cut Morales over the eye in the 4th round. With the victory he became the second Mexican boxer to win a title at three separate weight divisions, the first being the acclaimed Julio César Chávez.

On July 31, 2004, Morales unified his WBC Super Featherweight title with the IBF version by way of a twelve round unanimous decision over Carlos Hernández. Hernández constantly pressed forward, but Morales boxed effectively consistently landing the harder, more accurate punches which rocked Hernández several times.^[6]

Morales vs. Barrera III[link]

On November 27, 2004, Morales fought Barrera for the third time in a bout for the WBC Super Featherweight title. Their highly anticipated third battle drew a capacity crowd of over 11,000. Barrera started fast and rocked Morales late in the first round and bloodied his nose in the second. Morales came back strongly in the second half of the fight and won four of the last six rounds on two judges' scorecards. The 11th round saw Barrera badly staggered, and was the closest either man had come to being knocked out during their three fights. However, the judges scored the bout 114–114, 114–115, 113–115 in favor of Barrera. Their third meeting was once again named The Ring Fight of the Year.

Morales vs. Pacquiao I[link]

On March 19, 2005, as a betting underdog, Morales defeated then three-division world champion Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, by a unanimous decision. During the 12th round, Morales, comfortably ahead on the scorecards, decided to brawl with the Filipino slugger, even turning southpaw during the process. In a post fight interview, HBO broadcaster Larry Merchant, asked Morales, "Why?" Morales replied by asking a question of his own, "Did you enjoy it? That's why."

Later that night, at the post-fight press conference, Erik further explained his reasoning for brawling with the Filipino slugger; "It was a great pleasure to fight this way. I think I was controlling the fight with my distance. Sometimes I need to put a little flavor into the ring. My promoter always says that I make the fights very difficult, but they're not difficult, they're fun for the public. I decided to stop myself in front of him in the twelfth round because I wanted to give the public what they deserve. It was a great round. I'm very happy about it."^[7]

Morales vs. Raheem[link]

On September 10, 2005, Erik Morales moved up to the lightweight division and was defeated by unanimous decision by Zahir Raheem. Raheem frustrated Morales with constant lateral movement. Raheem rocked Morales in the 5th round and built a lead on the scorecards, but Morales rallied in the 11th round and staggered him with a right hand as Raheem's glove touched the canvas, but it was not scored a knockdown by referee Jon Schorle.^[8] The final scores were 118–110, 116–112 and 115–112 in favor of Raheem.

Morales vs. Pacquiao II & III[link]

On January 22, 2006, Morales fought Pacquiao in a rematch from their bout ten months before and was defeated in ten rounds. Pacquiao knocked down Morales twice in the final seconds of round ten and the fight was stopped.

He fought Pacquiao for the third time in a non-championship title bout, on November 18, 2006. Morales was defeated by a knockout in three rounds. After the fight, Morales said "Maybe it's time I should no longer be doing this." He sat speechless in his corner for five minutes afterward. "I did everything in camp necessary to win this fight. I didn't win it. It wasn't my night...it just wasn't meant to be."^[9] Asked by Larry Merchant whether he would retire from boxing, Morales offered, "Maybe this is the way to end it. It's a beautiful night, and there's a lot of good people (here in the audience)...it was always a pleasure to give the public great fights."

Lightweight[link]

Morales moved up to the lightweight division in search of a possible fourth WBC title. During a holiday visit to the Philippines in January 2007, Morales told a local newspaper that he was fighting again but declined to name his next opponent. He stated that he had unfinished business in the boxing ring and was determined to regain recognition as a world champion. He also expressed his desire to become the first Mexican fighter to win four WBC titles in different divisions and surpass Julio César Chávez's record by campaigning at the lightweight class of 135 lb (61 kg).^[10]

Morales vs. Díaz[link]

On August 4, 2007, Morales fought David Díaz for the WBC Lightweight title and lost a close unanimous decision at the Allstate Arena. Judges Herminio, Cuevas Collazo and Robert Hecko both scored Round 1, 10–9 Morales, even though Morales knocked down Díaz in that round. Collazo then went on to score Round 2, 10–8 for Diaz, when not only did a knockdown not occur, but the two other judges saw it as a Morales round. The final scores read 114–113 (Collazo), 115–113 (Hecko) and 115–112 (Uratani), all in favor of Díaz. It was Morales' fifth loss in his last six bouts. During the post-fight press conference, Morales announced his retirement from boxing.^[11]

Comeback[link]

Morales versus Lorenzo, 2010

In various interviews conducted in 2009, Morales began to state that he would fight again in late 2009 to early 2010, after he gave his body enough time to rest. Morales also stated that he would continue to fight as a lightweight.^[12]

His first comeback fight was then set for México in early 2010, against ranked Nicaraguan welterweight contender Jose Alfaro.

Light Welterweight[link]

On April 9, 2011, the MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted HBO Pay Per View's "Action Heroes." The main event featured Erik Morales vs Marcos Rene Maidana.

Many boxing pundits felt that an aging Morales, fighting a couple of divisions above his best weight, stood little chance against the hard hitting Maidana. However, Morales turned back the clock and gave his best performance since handing Manny Pacquiao his most recent defeat over six years ago. The opening bell saw Maidana jump on the older Morales. Morales' eye was badly swollen in the first round by a series of hard Maidana shots, especially a devastating uppercut, and it looked like the rout was on. However, Morales held his own through the next few rounds before rallying himself in the 8th–10th rounds. Although Maidana was using combos to hurt "El Terrible" Morales started turnin the tide mid-fight throwing very heavy counter-punches almost knocking Maidana down. However, just when the fight seemed within his Morales grasp, Marco Maidana took over by throwing combos at Morales giving him the final rounds of the fight. Morales put up a valiant effort, performed better than anyone thought possible, won the crowd over and gave the boxing public another "Fight of the Year" candidate. However, it just wasn't enough. In the end, Maidana's youth and Morale's age and mileage were just too much to overcome and Maidana eked out a majority decision victory with scores of 114–114 and 116–112 twice.

World title in fourth weight class[link]

Morales was due to fight WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Champion Lucas Matthysse as an under card to the Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather bout. Matthysse pulled out of the bout, citing a viral infection.

On September 17, 2011, Morales won the WBC Light Welterweight Championship with a win over un-rated Pablo Cesar Cano. The title had been vacant after previous champion Timothy Bradley's status had contentiously been changed to Champ in Recess due to inactivity. Many including experts and commentators saw the title won by Morales as a paper championship. Following Morales' win, he would be rated No.7 on Ring Magazine's light welterweight ratings, with all other title holders and highly-rated contenders ranked above him.

On March 24, 2012, Morales faced 23-year-old Danny García (22–0, 14 KOs) in another chapter of the storied "Puerto Rico vs. Mexico" boxing rivalry. García entered the contest following victories over former titleholders Nate Campbell and Kendall Holt. However, Morales attended the weigh-in over two pounds above the light welterweight limit. He remained champion until the fight, but only García could win the belt by defeating him, as a Morales win would vacate it. Morales lost by unanimous decision.

Record[link]

Morales' record consists of 52 wins, 36 of these by knockout, and 8 losses (2KO). He won eight world titles in four different weight classes and successfully defended his titles fifteen times. Morales also holds victories over champions Kenny Mitchell, Hector Acero-Sanchez, Daniel Zaragoza, Junior Jones, Jose Luis Bueno, Wayne McCullough, Marco Antonio Barrera, Kevin Kelley, Guty Espadas Jr., In Jin Chi, Paulie Ayala, Jesús Chávez, Carlos Hernández and Manny Pacquiao.

Outside the ring[link]

Morales was trained and managed by his father José Morales and was promoted by Bob Arum and Top Rank. His brothers are undefeated prospect Iván Morales and former WBO Super Flyweight Champion Diego Morales. Erik and his wife Andrea have three children.

Erik Morales currently spends his time managing a $3.5 million budget running the parks and recreation department in Tijuana. Morales donates his salary back to the department to further help fund it. Morales was quoted as saying, "This is just a way for me to be able to thank the people who have been so good to me all my life."^[13]

Professional record[link]

52 Wins (36 knockouts, 16 decisions), 8 Losses (2 knockouts, 6 decisions), 0 Draw[14]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	52–8	Danny García	UD	12	2012-03-24	Reliant Arena, Houston, Texas, United States	Lost WBC Light Welterweight title on the scale, making the contest titular only for García.
Win	52–7	Pablo César Cano	TKO	10 (12)	2011-09-17	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won vacant WBC Light Welterweight title.
Loss	51–7	Marcos René Maidana	MD	12	2011-04-09	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	For Interim WBA Light Welterweight title.
Win	51–6	Francisco Lorenzo	UD	12	2010-12-18	Caliente Racetrack, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Silver Light Welterweight title.
Win	50–6	Willie Limond	KO	6 (12), (2:46)	2010-09-11	Plaza Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Won vacant WBC Silver Light Welterweight title.
Win	49–6	José Alfaro	UD	12	2010-03-27	Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	Won vacant WBC International Welterweight title.
Loss	48–6	David Díaz	UD	12	2007-08-04	Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, United States	For WBC Lightweight title.
Loss	48–5	Manny Pacquiao	KO	3 (12), (2:57)	2006-11-18	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	For WBC International Super Featherweight title.
Loss	48–4	Manny Pacquiao	TKO	10 (12), (2:33)	2006-01-21	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	For WBC International Super Featherweight title.
Loss	48–3	Zahir Raheem	UD	12	2005-09-10	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States	For vacant WBC International Lightweight title.
Win	48–2	Manny Pacquiao	UD	12	2005-03-19	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won vacant WBC International & vacant IBA Super Featherweight title.
Loss	47–2	Marco Antonio Barrera	MD	12	2004-11-27	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Lost WBC Super Featherweight title. The Ring magazine's "Fight of the Year" (2004)
Win	47–1	Carlos Hernández	UD	12	2004-07-31	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC & won IBF Super Featherweight titles.
Win	46–1	Jesús Chávez	UD	12	2004-02-28	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won WBC Super Featherweight title.
Win	45–1	Guty Espadas, Jr.	KO	3 (12), (2:58)	2003-10-04	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States	WBC Super Featherweight Title Eliminator.
Win	44–1	Fernando Velárdez	TKO	5 (12), (1:02)	2003-07-31	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Featherweight title.
Win	43–1	Edward Lee Croft	TKO	3 (12), (2:16)	2003-2-22	Plaza Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Retained WBC Featherweight title.
Win	42–1	Paulie Ayala	UD	12	2002-11-16	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won vacant WBC Featherweight title.
Loss	41–1	Marco Antonio Barrera	MD	12	2002-06-22	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Lost WBC Featherweight title. For vacant The Ring Featherweight title.
Win	41–0	In-Jin Chi	UD	12	2002-07-31	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States	Retained WBC Featherweight title.
Win	40–0	Guty Espadas, Jr.	UD	12	2001-02-17	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won WBC Featherweight title.
Win	39–0	Rodney Jones	KO	1 (1:02)	2000-12-09	Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	38–0	Kevin Kelley	TKO	7 (12), (2:30)	2000-09-02	Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas, United States	Won Interim WBC Featherweight title.
Win	37–0	Michael Leroy Juárez	KO	3 (1:12)	2000-06-17	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	36–0	Marco Antonio Barrera	SD	12	2000-02-19	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC & won WBO Super Bantamweight titles. The Ring magazine's "Fight of the Year" (2000)
Win	35–0	Wayne McCullough	UD	12	1999-10-22	Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	34–0	Reynante Jamili	TKO	6 (12), (0:11)	1999-07-31	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	33–0	Juan Carlos Ramírez	TKO	9 (12), (0:28)	1999-05-08	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	32–0	Ángel Chacón	KO	2 (12), (1:50)	1999-02-13	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	31–0	Junior Jones	KO	4 (12), (2:55)	1998-09-12	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	30–0	José Luis Bueno	KO	2 (12), (1:19)	1998-05-16	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	29–0	Remigio Molina	TKO	6 (12), (0:14)	1998-04-03	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	28–0	John Lowey	TKO	7 (12), (3:00)	1997-12-12	Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	27–0	Daniel Zaragoza	KO	11 (12), (2:59)	1997-09-06	County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, United States	Won WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	26–0	Concepcion Velásquez	TKO	8 (1:11)	1997-04-04	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	25–0	Robbie Lovato	UD	10	1996-11-29	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	24–0	Pedro Javier Torres	KO	2 (1:50)	1996-10-12	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California, United States	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	23–0	Hector Acero Sánchez	UD	12	1996-06-07	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	22–0	Lee Cargle	TKO	2 (0:11)	1996-04-22	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	21–0	Rudy Bradley	TKO	11 (0:02)	1996-02-25	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	20–0	Kenny Mitchell	TKO	2 (2:30)	1995-12-18	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	19–0	Enrique Angeles	UD	12	1995-11-10	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained NABF & Mexico Super Bantamweight titles.
Win	18–0	Alberto Martínez	TKO	4 (0:42)	1995-09-09	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	17–0	Juan Luis Torres	UD	12	1995-07-14	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won vacant NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	16–0	Armando Castro	TKO	10 (1:04)	1995-06-02	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Mundo Hispano Super Bantamweight title.
Win	15–0	Enrique Jupiter	TKO	6 (0:28)	1995-04-21	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Won Mexico Super Bantamweight title.
Win	14–0	Ricky Hernández	KO	1 (0:14)	1995-02-03	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Mundo Hispano Super Bantamweight title.
Win	13–0	José Valdez	TKO	3 (2:14)	1994-12-19	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Won WBC Mundo Hispano Super Bantamweight title.
Win	12–0	Ramón Magana	TKO	2 (1:19)	1994-11-28	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	11–0	Idelfonso Bernal	KO	3 (0:21)	1994-10-17	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	10–0	Julio César Cardona	KO	2 (1:01)	1994-08-22	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	9–0	Isidro Nolasco	UD	8	1994-03-26	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Win	8–0	Paul Olvera	KO	3 (2:55)	1994-01-21	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	7–0	Alfonso Mota	KO	2 (1:19)	1993-12-06	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	6–0	Jaime Abrica	KO	2 (0:03)	1993-10-22	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	5–0	José Álvarez	UD	6	1993-07-26	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	4–0	Marco Tovar	TKO	1 (0:59)	1993-07-08	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	3–0	Óscar Maldonado	KO	3 (0:32)	1993-05-25	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	2–0	Jaime Rodríguez	KO	2 (1:11)	1993-05-07	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	1–0	José Orejel	KO	2 (0:19)	1993-03-29	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Morales' Professional Debut at 16 years old.

Titles in boxing[link]

Major World Titles:

• WBC Super Bantamweight Champion (122 lbs)
• WBO Super Bantamweight Champion (122 lbs)
• Interim WBC Featherweight Champion (126 lbs)
• WBC Featherweight Champion (126 lbs)
• (2) WBC Featherweight Champion (126 lbs)
• WBC Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)
• IBF Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)
• WBC Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs)

Minor World Titles:

• IBA Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)

Regional/International Titles:

• WBC Mundo Hispano Super Bantamweight Champion (122 lbs)
• Mexico Super Bantamweight Champion (122 lbs)
• NABF Super Bantamweight Champion (122 lbs)
• WBC International Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)
• WBC International Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)

Special Titles:

• WBC Silver Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs)

See also[link]

• List of Mexican boxing world champions
• Notable boxing families
• List of super bantamweight boxing champions
• List of featherweight boxing champions
• List of super featherweight boxing champions
• List of WBC international champions
• List of IBF world champions
• List of WBO world champions
• The Boxing Times – World Rankings
• Reigning boxing champions
• Fight Night 2004
• Fight Night Round 2
• Fight Night Round 3
• Fight Night Round 4
• List of boxing triple champions
• List of boxing quadruple champions

References[link]

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Erik Morales from BoxRec
• (Spanish) Erik Morales Article

Ricardo Dominguez
Statistics
Real name	Ricardo Dominguez
Nickname(s)	Pelón
Rated at	Welterweight Light Welterweight Lightweight
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Reach	71 in (182 cm)
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1985-07-20) July 20, 1985 (age 26) Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	41
Wins	32
Wins by KO	20
Losses	7
Draws	2
No contests	0

Ricardo Dominguez (born July 20, 1985 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division. He is best known for having won the 2009 Campeón Azteca tournament at Lightweight.^[1]

Pro career[link]

Dominguez won his pro debut against Eduardo Castillo in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Campeón Azteca[link]

In 2009, he fought at the first Campeón Azteca tournament in the Lightweight division, were he went on to beat Saul Carreon^[2] and Jesus Gonzalez^[3] in the first two rounds. At the tournaments championship fight he knocked out Reyes Sanchez to not only win the Prize money but also a title fight with the WBC Lightweight Champion.^[4][5]

WBC Lightweight Championship[link]

In May 2010,^[6] Dominguez lost his first ever title fight to WBC champion Humberto Soto.^[7]

IBF Lightweight Championship[link]

On November 27, 2010 Ricardo‎ lost to Miguel Vazquez the IBF Lightweight champion in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.^[8][9] This was the second title fight for Dominguez.^[10]

Professional record[link]

32 Wins (20 knockouts), 7 Losses, 2 Draw
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
N/A	N/A	Antonio Lozada Jr.	N/A	N/A	April 16, 2011	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Loss	32-7-2	Miguel Vazquez	UD	12 (12)	November 27, 2010	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	For the IBF Lightweight title

See also[link]

• Boxing

References[link]

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Ricardo Dominguez from BoxRec

Po Po (born 1957) is a Burmese installation and performance artist. His work has been exhibited in Japan, South Korea and Berlin.^[1]

Life[link]

Po Po was born in 1957 in Pathein, Myanmar. His formal name is Hla Oo.^[2] He is self-taught. Since 1987 Po Po has held many solo exhibitions, and his work has been shown at the Yokohama Triennial in Yokohama, Japan, the Gwangju Biennial in Gwangju, South Korea, Fukuoka Triennale in Fukuoka, Japan and in the House of World Cultures, Berlin.^[1] A May 2004 report described Po Po as one of the younger Myanmar artists who were creating impressive works in isolation and in conditions of penury.^[3] However, Po Po is one of the few "contemporary" Myanma artists who have been able to travel, for example participating in the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum's event in 1999.^[4] He was also able to take part in Saigon Open City in Vietnam.^[2] In June 2010 he visited Singapore to give a talk at the Osage Art Foundation.^[5]

Work[link]

Po Po, and another self-taught artist Aung Myint, are pioneers in the performance art field in Myanmar, with Po Po staging a 30-minute seminal performance in 1997.^[6] Po Po is widely regarded as Myanmar's first practitioner of this art form.^[7] Many of his works are playful, impulsive, ironic and sociable. Other works are provocative and shocking.^[1] His installation work "rice terrace" at the Osage Gallery in Singapore in May/June 2010 involved 1000 Styrofoam boxes, each with about 100 grains of growing rice, with the boxes arranged on mud terraces in the gallery.^[8] He describes his computer-installation Scream of the Dead, which features an open mass grave, as a metaphor for life in Myanmar and the world today.^[1] His work is thoughtful and full of depth. In his photography he employs elements of cubism, which he considers to be the "highest state of intellectual approach" to painting.^[9] A critic has said: "At best, his works reflect the lightness of being, joyfully, bearably so".^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• "Po Po". Magic Art Gallery. http://www.magicartartgallery.com/gallery/default.asp?v=list&id1=2&id2=13&id3=P&p=1. Retrieved 2010-11-16. 

Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Silver	2000 Sydney	Featherweight
World Amateur Championships
Gold	1999 Houston	Featherweight

Ricardo Rocky Juarez (born April 15, 1980 in Houston, Texas) is a professional Mexican-American boxer. Juarez has a current professional record of 28 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, with 19 wins coming by way of knockout.

Amateur career[link]

Juarez had a lustrous amateur career with a 145-17 record, which included a 68 fight winning streak, a Featherweight Olympic silver medal and a Junior Olympic World and National gold medal. In 1999 he won the world title at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in his home town. During the 2000 Olympics Gold medal round, Juarez loss controversially against Bekzat Sattarkhanov who was warned several times for holding and not penalized. It should be also noted that by the end of the second round Juarez was losing 11 points and had only 4 points to lose the match by RSC.^[1] Juarez accepted the silver medal.

• 1998 United States Amateur Featherweight champion. Results were:
  • Defeated Daniel Chavez points
  • Defeated Darling Jimenez points
  • Defeated Aaron Torres points
  • Defeated Hong Gu points
• 1999 United States Amateur Featherweight champion. Results were:
  • Defeated Jose Santa Cruz points
  • Defeated Francisco Valentin TKO 3
  • Defeated Ray Martinez points
  • Defeated Aaron Torres points
  • Defeated Steve Luevano points
• 2000 United States Amateur Featherweight champion
• Member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team as a Featherweight, winning a silver medal. Results were:
  • Defeated Bijan Batmani (Iran) RSC-3
  • Defeated Falk Huste (Germany) points
  • Defeated Somluck Kamsing (Thailand) RSC-4
  • Defeated Kamil Dzamalutdinov (Russia) points
  • Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov (Kazakhstan) points

Professional career[link]

Juarez turned pro on January 25, 2001 with a unanimous decision against Pascali Adorno. A highly touted prospect, Juarez rose up the ranks with wins against Hector Velazquez, and Joe Morales. Juarez's 10th round knockout of Antonio Diaz was named Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year for 2003. His first challenge came from 1996 Olympian Zahir Raheem on July 17, 2004, in which he won by controversial decision, possibly due the fight taking place at Juarez's hometown in Houston, Texas. Juarez's first career loss came to Humberto Soto, who was a late sub replacement to In Jin Chi, Soto outboxed Juarez in the whole fight to win the Interim version of the WBC featherweight title. Juarez bounced back with back-to-back wins against Reynaldo Hurtado and Backlin Medrano and earned a shot against Mexican legend, Marco Antonio Barrera for his WBC Super featherweight title.

Juarez fought Barrera on May 20, 2006 in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Barrera used his jab to win the early rounds, but it was obvious from the start that Juarez wasn't backing down hurting Barrera's nose in the process. During the second half of the fight Juarez took control by rocking Barrera and making him spit out his mouthpiece several times. In a very close fight, the bout was announced originally as a draw, but later it was revealed that two of the judges scorecards had an error, as Barrera was granted the win by split decision.^[2] Despite losing Juarez gained notoriety by standing toe to toe with one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. Although not required by contract, Barrera and Juarez met in a rematch on September 16, this time Barrera winning comfortably on points through a unanimous decision (117-111, 115-113, 115-113).^[3]

As a replacement for Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, Rocky Juarez stepped in and fought Juan Manuel Márquez for the WBC Super Featherweight title on November 3, 2007. He lost to Marquez on a unanimous decision. Juarez fought most of the fight with a bad cut above his left eye due to an accidental headbutt in the first round.^[4]

On September 6, 2008, Rocky Juarez, (27-4, 19 KO's) won by TKO at 2:55 in the 11th round of the 12-rounder over former WBO Junior Lightweight Champion Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, (47-3-1, 34 KO's).^[5][6]

In his fourth attempt at a title, Juarez fought Chris John to a controversial draw on February 28, 2009 in his hometown of Houston. Most ringside observers thought John won.^[7] The two were supposed to fight a rematch on June 27 of that year but John withdrew from the fight due to problems with his blood tests.^[7] The rematch finally took place on September 19 and the fight was won by John.^[8]

Rocky Juarez fought Jason Litzau on April 3, 2010, losing by a controversial technical decision when the fight was halted in the seventh round due to a cut on Litzau's cheek which referee Jay Nady ruled was caused by an accidental head butt. The judges scored it 68-65 and 67-66 twice, in favour of the winner, Jason Litzau.^[9]

Professional boxing record[link]

28 Wins (20 knockouts, 8 decisions), 9 Losses, 1 Draw (s), 0 No Contests[10]
Result	Record	Opponnent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
N/A	N/A	Yuriorkis Gamboa	-	? (?)	2012-03-03	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Loss	28-9-1	Vicente Escobedo	UD	10	2011-09-23	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, United States
Loss	28-8-1	Alejandro Sanabria	UD	12	2011-02-19	Auditorio Ernesto Rufo, Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico	vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Featherweight title on the line.
Loss	28-7-1	Jorge Linares	UD	12	2010-07-31	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	interim WBA Fedelatin Lightweight title on the line.
Loss	28-6-1	Jason Litzau	TD	7 (10)	2010-04-03	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	NABF Fedelatin Super Featherweight title on the line.
Loss	28-5-1	Chris John	UD	12	2009-09-19	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	WBA Super World Featherweight title on the line.
Draw	28-4-1	Chris John	D	12	2009-02-28	Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, United States	WBA World Featherweight title on the line.
Win	28-4	Jorge Barrios	TKO	11 (12), 2:55	2008-09-06	Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, United States	Won vacant WBO Latino Super Featherweight title.

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Rocky Juarez from BoxRec

References[link]