WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS

April 18, 2012 – Mexico City .

From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

WBC STATISTICS

WBC Vacant Super Bantamweight World Championship

Don Haskins Center - El Paso, Texas

April 21, 2012

This will be the 1,776^th championship fight sanctioned by the WBC in its 49-year history.

GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS PRESENTS:

ABNER MARES (Mexico)

Ranked WBC No. 1 at super bantamweight

Age, date of birth: 26 (November 28, 1985)

Residence: Norwalk, California

Birthplace: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Record: 23-0-1, 13 KOs

Stance: Rightanded

Total rounds: 170

World title fights: 3 (2-0-1)

Managers: Frank Espinoza, Ismael Mares (father)

Trainer: Clemente Medina

Promoter: Golden Boy Promotions

ERIC MOREL (Puerto Rico)

Ranked WBC No. 5 at super bantamweight

Age, date of birth: 36 (October 1, 1975)

Residence: Madison, Wisconsin

Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Record: 46-2, 23 KOs

Stance: Rightanded

Total rounds: 333

World title fights: 9 (7-2)

Manager: Self managed

Trainer: Cirilo Morel (father)

Promoter: Golden Boy Promotions

WBC SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONS:

1. Rigoberto Riasco (Pan)          1976

2. Royal Kobayashi (Jap)           1976

3. Dong-Kyun Yum (Kor)            1976 - 1977

4. Wilfredo Gomez (P. Rico)       1977 - 1982

5. Jaime Garza (US)                  1983 - 1984

6. Juan Meza (US)                     1984 - 1985

7. Lupe Pintor (Mex)                   1985 - 1986

8. Samart Payakaroon (Thai)      1986 - 1987

9. Jeff Fenech (Aust)                 1987 - 1988

10. Daniel Zaragoza (Mex)          1988 - 1990

11. Paul Banke (US)                  1990

12. Pedro Decima (Arg)              1990 - 1991

13. Kiyoshi Hatanaka (Jap)         1991

14. Daniel Zaragoza (Mex) *       1991 - 1992

15. Thierry Jacob (Fra)               1992

16. Tracy Patterson (US)            1992 - 1994

17. Hector Acero-Sanchez (D.R.) 1994 - 1995

18. Daniel Zaragoza (Mex) *       1995 - 1997

19. Erik Morales (Mex)               1997 - 2000

20. Willie Jorrin (US)                  2000 - 2002

21. Oscar Larios (Mex)               2002 - 2005

22. Israel Vazquez (Mex)            2005 - 2007

23. Rafael Marquez (Mexico)      2007

24. Israel Vazquez (Mexico) *     2007 - 2008

25. Toshiaki Nishioka (Japan)     2008 - 2012

* Regained title

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION IN WBC HISTORY:

22 world champions have been recognized by the WBC, of whom only two have regained the title: Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) two times, and Israel Vazquez (Mexico).

98 world title bouts have been held in the super bantamweight division in WBC history, 48 of them in the United States.

Wilfredo Gomez (Puerto Rico) holds the record for super bantamweight world title defenses with 17.

Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) made 14 title defenses in three periods as champion.

Oscar Larios (Mexico) made 10 title defenses.

WBC TITLE FIGHTS BETWEEN MEXICO – PUERTO RICO:

There have been 33 WBC world title fights between Mexico and Puerto Rico - Mexico has won 16, Puerto Rico has won 17.

MEMORABLE FIGHTS:

Oct. 22, 1966    Carlos Ortiz TKO5 Ultiminio Ramos, Mexico City - L

Jul. 1, 1967       Carlos Ortiz TKO4 Ultiminio Ramos, San Juan - L

May 16, 1977    Alfredo Escalera KO8 Carlos Becerril, Landover - SF

Jun. 24, 1977    Esteban De Jesus KO11 Vicente Mijares, San Juan - L

Jul. 11, 1977     Wilfredo Gomez KO5 Raul Tirado, San Juan - SB

Sep. 10, 1977    Alfredo Escalera W15 Sigfrido Rodriguez, San Juan - SF

Apr. 8, 1978      Wilfredo Gomez KO8 Juan  Antonio Lopez, Bayamon - SB

Apr. 22, 1978     Carlos Zarate TKO13 Andres Hernandez, San Juan - B

Oct. 28, 1978    Wilfredo Gomez TKO5 Carlos Zarate, San Juan - SB

Jan. 14, 1979    Wilfredo Benitez W15 Carlos Palomino, San Juan - W

Dec. 13, 1980    Salvador Sanchez W15 Juan Laporte, El Paso - F

Aug. 21, 1981    Salvador Sanchez KO8 Wilfredo Gomez, Las Vegas - F

Mar. 27, 1982    Wilfredo Gomez TKO6 Juan Meza, Atlantic City - SB

Jun. 11, 1982    Wilfredo Gomez KO10 Juan Antonio Lopez, Las Vegas - SB

Aug. 18, 1982    Wilfredo Gomez TKO8 Roberto Rubaldino, San Juan - SB

Dec. 3, 1982     Wilfredo Gomez TKO14 Lupe Pintor, New Orlenas - SB

May 1, 1983      Edwin Rosario W12 Jose Luis Ramirez, San Juan - L

Aug. 7, 1983      Hector Camacho TKO5 Rafael Limon, San Juan - SF

Nov. 3, 1984     Jose Luis Ramirez TKO4 Edwin Rosario, San Juan - L

Aug. 10, 1985    Hector Camacho W12 Jose Luis Ramirez, Las Vegas - L

Dec. 12, 1986    Julio Cesar Chavez W12 Juan Laporte, New York - SF

Jun. 5, 1989      Gilberto Roman W12 Juan Carazo, Inglewood – S Fl

Nov. 18, 1989    Julio Cesar Chavez TKO11 Sammy Fuentes Las Vegas - SL

Aug. 15, 1991    Marcos Villasana W12 Ricardo Cepeda, Marbella - F

Apr. 10, 1992     Julio Cesar Chavez TKO5 Angel Hernandez, Naucalpan - SL

Sep. 12, 1993    Julio Cesar Chavez  W12 Hector Camacho, Las Vegas - SL

Aug. 23, 1997    Ricardo Lopez TKO5 Alex Sanchez New York - St

Feb. 13, 1999    Erik Morales KO2 Angel Chacon, Las Vegas - SB

Sep. 18, 1999    Felix Trinidad W12 Oscar De La Hoya, Las Vegas - W

Mar. 22, 2003    Jesus Chavez TKO6  Carlos Gerena, Las Vegas - SF

Jul. 28, 2007     Hector Velazquez TW10 Mario Santiago, Tacoma - F

Sep. 15, 2009    Edgar Sosa TKO6 Omar Soto, Puebla – L Fl

Aug. 14, 2010    Ganigan Lopez W12 Omar Soto, Mexico City - St

WBC Statistics by Luis Medina.

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