José Cuevas

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Pipino Cuevas boxer
Data
Birth Name José Isidro Cuevas González
Weight class Welterweight
nationality Mexican
birthday December 27, 1957
place of birth Santo Tomás de los Plátanos
style Left delivery
Combat Statistics
Struggles 50
Victories 35
Knockout victories 31
Defeats 15th

José "Pipino" Cuevas (born December 27, 1957 in Santo Tomás de los Plátanos , Mexico as José Isidro Cuevas González ) is a former Mexican boxer.

Professional career

After a short amateur career, he turned pro at the age of 13 and already lost his debut fight (on November 14, 1971) by knockout. In another four of his first twelve fights he was defeated on points. In the early stages of his career, he showed only above-average taker skills and enormous punching power, especially with the left hook.

Without having beaten particularly good opponents, he got on July 17, 1976 shortly after another, this time controversial, point defeat by Andy Price at the age of 18 against the Puerto Rican Ángel Espada the opportunity to win the WBA title. He knocked Espada, known for his ability to take, three times in the second round and finally won by a technical knockout.

He successfully defended the title ten times, including against Miguel Ángel Campanino (who had won 32 times in a row at the time of the fight and had a record 84-4-4), Billy Backus, Pete Ranzany, Harold Volbrecht, Clyde Gray and Scott Clark and two rematches against Espada. He almost always won with spectacular knockouts, only with Randy Shields he had bigger problems.

On August 2, 1980, however, he met the undefeated Thomas Hearns , who had also defeated Espada KO and won against him in his hometown of Detroit by TKO in round two. On June 25, 1981, he managed a spectacular knockout victory in round 1 over the reigning European champion Jørgen Hansen , then he could no longer build on his previous performances and lost eight of 16 fights by the end of his career in 1989, including against Roberto Durán . He knocked out Mauricio Bravo (25-1) in the first round, but did not get another title chance,

In 2001, José Cuevas was charged with being involved in organized crime. He was acquitted a year later. In the same year he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

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personal data
SURNAME Cuevas, José
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pipino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican boxer
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Santo Tomás de los Plátanos