Mexico–Puerto Rico boxing rivalry

The Mexico–Puerto Rico boxing rivalry is a highly competitive sports rivalry^[1] that exists between boxers from the two countries, as well as their respective sets of fans.^[2]

Historically, Mexican and Puerto Rican boxers have fought many important fights against each other. It should be observed that the supposed rivalry between boxers from Mexico and Puerto Rico has been a balanced one, as the winning percentage for these two groups of boxers against the other group is about the same.

Mexican wins

• Azteca-Kid 2
  • The first fight was a draw in the rematch Kid Azteca beat Cocoa Kid by 10 round decision.
• Azteca-Kid 3
  • In the third fight Kid Azteca beat Cocoa Kid by 10 round decision.
• Nápoles-Melendez
  • Nápoles knocks out David Melendez in the 5th round.
• Chávez-Camacho
  • Chávez retains his world Jr. Welterweight title with a 12 round decision. This is Camacho's first real loss. Scorecards 117-111, 119-110, 120-107.
• Chávez-LaPorte
  • Chávez retains his WBC Super featherweight title with a unanimous Decision. Scorecards 117-112, 115-114, 114-113.
• Chávez-Rosario
  • Chávez wins the world Lightweight title with an 11th round knockout.
• Cuevas-Espada 1
  • Cuevas beats Espada for the world Welterweight title,by TKO in the 2nd round
• Cuevas-Espada 2
  • Pipino Cuevas knocks out Espada in the 12 Round
• Cuevas-Espada 3
  • Cuevas Knocks him out in the 10th Round
• De la Hoya-Camacho
  • De la Hoya beats Camacho by unanimous decision to retain the world welterweight title. Scorecards 118-108, 120-106, 120-105.
• Margarito-Cintron 1
  • Margarito defends his WBO world Welterweight title against Cintron via a 5th round knockout.
• Margarito-Cintron 2
  • In 2008, the two faced off in a rematch this time with Margarito as the challenger Cintron loses his IBF Welterweight title after suffering a 6th round knockout.
• Margarito-Cotto
  • Margarito defeats previously undefeated Miguel Cotto via an 11th round knockout to win the WBA welterweight title.(*win is suspect after Margarito got caught with loaded gloves six months later.)
• Lopez-Sanchez
  • Ricardo López unifies the WBC and WBO Minimumweight titles by defeating WBO title holder Alex Sanchez via a 5th round knockout. Sanchez was undefeated.
• Rosario-Ramirez 2
  • In their rematch Ramirez wins the world title with a 4th round knockout.
• Sánchez-Gómez
  • Salvador Sánchez inflicts what many consider the greatest defeat in Puerto Rican boxing history, knocking Gómez out in the 8th round to retain the world Featherweight title.
• Sánchez-LaPorte
  • Sanchez defends his WBC Featherweight title against Juan Laporte by unanimous decision. Scorecards 148-142, 146-139, 147-140. The two were scheduled for a rematch but Sanchez was killed in a car accident before the bout took place. LaPorte would go on to win the vacant WBC title shortly after.
• Barrera-Fernandez
  • Barrera knocks out Orlando Fernandez in the 7th round defending hes WBO Super Bantamweight Title.
• Corrales-Manfredy
  • Corrales knocks out Angel Manfredy in the 3rd Round.
• Lopez-Fuentes
  • José Luis López knocks him down in the first round then knocks Sammy Fuentas out in the 2nd.
• Zurita-Escobar
  • Juan Zurtia outpoints Sixto Escabar to win a 10 round decision.
• Pérez-Vázquez 1
  • Raúl Pérez outpoints Wilfredo Vazquez to win a 10 round decision. Scorecards 91-98, 93-98, 93-96
• Alvarez-Cotto
  • Saul Alvarez TKO's Jose Miguel Cotto in the 9th round.
• Segura-Calderon
  • Giovanni Segura stops Ivan Calderon in the 8th round.
• Segura-Calderon 2
  • Giovanni Segura stops Ivan Calderon in the 3rd round.
• Arce-Vázquez
  • Jorge Arce stops Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. in the 12th round.
• Salido-JuanMa
  • Orlando Salido stops Juan Manuel López in the 8th round.

Puerto Rican wins

• Ortiz-Ramos 1
  • WBC declared title vacant pending a rematch, asserting that referee Billy Conn was favoring Ortiz, giving him the benefit of a long count in the 2d and improperly stopping the match in the 5th round because of a cut to Ramos in the first fight the controversy caused a riot where the ring was torn down, guns were fired and Ortiz had to leave the ring with a bucket over his head.
• Ortiz-Ramos 2
  • In the rematch he stopped Ramos in the 4th round.
• Benítez-Palomino
  • Benitez wins the world Welterweight title with a 15th round split decision. Scorecards 142-145, 146-143, 146-142.
• Camacho-Limón
  • Camacho conquers the world Jr. Lightweight title with a 5th round knockout.
• Camacho-Ramírez
  • Camacho conquers the world Lightweight title with a 12 round decision. Scorecards 118-111, 119-109, 119-112.
• Escobar-Casanova
  • Escobar becomes the first Puerto Rican world champion, winning the world Bantamweight title over Rodolfo Chango Casanova by 9th round knockout, in the first world title fight between a Puerto Rican and a Mexican.
• Gómez-Zarate
  • Gómez retains his world Jr. Featherweight title by 5th round knockout.
• Gómez-Pintor
  • Gómez retains the world Jr. Featherweight title with a 14th round knockout in what was described by The Ring as the fight of the 80s at the Jr. Featherweight division.
• Rosario-Ramirez 1
  • In their first fight, Rosario conquers the vacant world Lightweight title with a unanimous decision. Scorecards 115-113, 115-113, 115-113.
• Trinidad-Yori Boy Campas
  • Trinidad defeats Campas via 4th round knockout. Campas was in his prime at the time with record of 56 wins(50 KO) 0 losses 0 draws.
• Trinidad-Oscar De La Hoya
  • Trinidad defeats De La Hoya in controversial Majority Decision on September 18, 1999. Both men were in the prime of their careers and the fight was the highest grossing non-heavyweight boxing encounter until Mayweather vs. De La Hoya years later.
• Cotto-Gomez
  • Cotto defeats Gomez by technical knockout in the 5th round.
• Calderon - Cazares 1
  • Calderon defeats Cazares via split decision. Scorecards 111-116, 115-112, 115-112.
• Calderon - Cazares 2
  • The two fought again which Calderon also won by 7th round Technical decision due to an accidental headbutt. The Scorecards at the time of the stoppage were 67-66, 68-65, 68-65.
• Lopez - Ponce De Leon
  • Lopez defeats Ponce de Leon via 1st round knockout.
• Lopez - Luevano
  • Lopez defeats Luevano via 7th round knockout.
• Cintron - Angulo
  • Cintron gets a 12 round unanimous decision.Scorecards 116-112, 116-112, 116-112.
• Santos - Margarito 2
  • Stop due to a cut and Santos gets a 10th round Technical decision.Scorecards 84-87, 85-86, 86-85.
• Lopez - Marquez
  • Juanma won the bout by 8th round TKO after Marquez was unable to continue due to a shoulder injury.Lopez was leading on all three scorecards.

References

	Puerto Rico portal
	Mexico portal

1. ^ http://www.boxeo.ws/node/650
2. ^ http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1055403&s=box&type=story