- Guty Espadas
Infobox Boxer
name=Guty Espadas
realname=Gustavo Hernan Espadas Cruz
nickname=
weight=Flyweight
nationality= flagicon|Mexico Mexican
birth_date=Birth date and age|1954|12|20|mf=y
birth_place=Merida ,Mexico
death_date=
death_place=
style=Orthodox
total=50
wins=39
KO=28
losses=6
draws=5
no contests=0|Guty Espadas was a Mexican boxer who won the
World Boxing Association flyweight championship. he was born onDecember 20 ,1954 , to Hernan Espadas Cruz and Isabel Cruz Espadas. [Citation
last = Amer
first = Eduardo
title = WBA Fly King, Espadas, is Yucatan Idol
journal = The Ring
volume = 66, no. 5
page = 26
date = June 1977]He became a professional boxer in 1971 and won the WBA flyweight title on
October 2 ,1976 , when he knocked out Alfonso Lopez in thirteen rounds. He defended the title four times before losing it toBetulio Gonzalez onAugust 12 ,1978 , via a fifteen-round majority decision. He challenged twice more for world titles, although he was unsuccessful in both tries. After his final try, a tenth-round knockout loss toPayao Poontarat in 1984, he retired.His son,
Guty Espadas Jr. , was a boxing champion in thefeatherweight division.External links
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