Light Welterweight · Television Era (1960–1989)
Antonio Cervantes
"Kid Pambelé"
91
Wins
12
Losses
3
Draws
44
KOs
48%
KO %
- Born
- 1945
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Career
- 1964–1983
Colombia's first great world champion.
Titles & Honours
- World Light Welterweight Champion (two reigns)
Career Timeline
1964–1983- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Juan Martinez · W PTS
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Diego Tovar · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Hector Thompson · RTD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Danny Sanchez · L UD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
No freely licensed photographs of Antonio Cervantes are available in this archive.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964-01-31 | W | Juan Martinez | PTS | 6 | Cerete , Colombia |
| 1964-02-28 | W | Rodolfo Marquez | PTS | 4 | Valledupar , Colombia |
| 1964-03-20 | W | Rodolfo Marquez | PTS | 6 | Valledupar , Colombia |
| 1964-04-21 | W | Rodolfo Marquez | KO | 3 | María La Baja , Colombia |
| 1964-05-05 | W | Oscar Gonzalez | PTS | 8 | Medellín , Colombia |
| 1964-06-20 | W | Felix Salgado | PTS | 4 | Barranquilla , Colombia |
| 1965-10-02 | W | Antonio Yi | PTS | 6 | Humberto Perea Coliseum, Barranquilla, Colombia |
| 1966-01-19 | W | Rafael Donodo | KO | 2 | Estadio Once de Noviembre , Cartagena , Colombia |
| 1966-03-19 | W | Antonio Yi | PTS | 6 | Estadio Once de Noviembre, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1966-04-29 | W | Jose Godoy | PTS | 6 | Estadio Once de Noviembre, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1966-05-10 | W | Jesus Cardenas | KO | 7 | Turbaco , Colombia |
| 1966-05-24 | W | Jose Godoy | PTS | 6 | Calamar, Colombia |
| 1966-06-24 | W | Jose Zuniga | PTS | 6 | Estadio Once de Noviembre, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1966-07-29 | D | Reynaldo Lopez | PTS | 8 | Estadio Once de Noviembre, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1966-09-23 | L | Cipriano Zuluaga | PTS | 10 | Dieciocho de Junio stadium, Monteria , Colombia |
| 1966-11-06 | L | Cipriano Zuluaga | PTS | 10 | Dieciocho de Junio stadium, Monteria, Colombia |
| 1967-02-03 | L | Victor Cano | PTS | 8 | Plaza de Toros de Santamaría , Bogotá , Colombia |
| 1967-04-02 | L | Heliodoro Pitalua | PTS | 8 | Estadio Once de Noviembre, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1967-05-20 | W | Heliodoro Pitalua | PTS | 10 | San Andres, Colombia |
| 1967-06-03 | W | Reynaldo Lopez | PTS | 10 | San Andres, Colombia |
| 1967-06-19 | L | Nestor Rojas | PTS | 8 | Nuevo Circo de Caracas, Caracas , Venezuela |
| 1967-08-05 | W | Rafa Rojas | KO | 5 | Coliseo Humberto Perea, Barranquilla, Colombia |
| 1968-01-21 | W | Heliodoro Pitalua | PTS | 10 | Estadio Once de Noviembre, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1968-08-31 | W | Jose Godoy | PTS | 8 | Canal 7 TV Studio, Bogota, Colombia |
| 1968-11-25 | W | Orlando Ruiz | KO | 1 | Nuevo Circo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1968-12-20 | L | Cruz Marcano | KO | 4 | Nuevo Circo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1969-02-09 | W | Jesus Gonzalez | TKO | 2 | Estadio Once de Noviembre, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1969-04-15 | W | Frank Leroy | KO | 2 | Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1969-06-04 | W | Milton Mendez | PTS | 10 | Teatro Circo, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1969-07-21 | L | Francisco Bolivar | PTS | 10 | Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1969-08-15 | W | Orlando Rivas | KO | 2 | Nuevo Circo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1969-11-10 | L | Antonio Gómez | PTS | 10 | Nuevo Circo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1970-02-20 | W | Pedro Chirinos | PTS | 10 | Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1970-03-23 | W | Diego Tovar | KO | 1 | Palacio de Deportes, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1970-11-06 | W | Jorge Rodriguez | KO | 8 | San Jose Civic , San Jose , California , U.S. |
| 1970-12-17 | W | Rodolfo Gonzalez | TKO | 8 | Grand Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles , California, U.S. |
| 1971-02-18 | W | Enrique Jana | TKO | 8 | Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1971-05-28 | W | Lupe Ramirez | UD | 10 | Nuevo Circo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1971-07-10 | W | Gerardo Ferrat | UD | 10 | Valencia , Venezuela |
| 1971-10-18 | W | Julio Vera | UD | 10 | Nuevo Circo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1971-12-11 | L | Nicolino Locche | UD | 15 | Estadio Luna Park , Buenos Aires , Argentina |
| 1972-03-10 | W | Jose Escudero | KO | 1 | Barranquilla, Colombia |
| 1972-04-26 | W | Frank Medina | KO | 8 | Coliseo Humberto Perea, Barranquilla, Colombia |
| 1972-08-19 | W | Lupe Ramirez | PTS | 10 | Maestranza César Girón Bullring, Maracay , Venezuela |
| 1972-10-28 | W | Alfonso Frazer | KO | 10 | Gimnasio Nuevo Panama , Panama City, Panama |
| 1973-02-15 | W | Josue Marquez | SD | 15 | Roberto Clemente Coliseum , San Juan , Puerto Rico |
| 1973-03-17 | W | Nicolino Locche | RTD | 10 | Maestranza César Girón Bullring, Maracay, Venezuela |
| 1973-04-28 | W | Benny Huertas | KO | 1 | Coliseo El Pueblo , Cali , Colombia |
| 1973-05-19 | W | Alfonso Frazer | TKO | 5 | Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama |
| 1973-07-20 | W | Reinaldo Mercado | TKO | 5 | Coliseo Humberto Perea, Barranquilla, Colombia |
| 1973-09-08 | W | Carlos Maria Gimenez | TKO | 5 | El Campín Coliseum, Bogota, Colombia |
| 1973-12-05 | W | Lion Furuyama | UD | 15 | Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama |
| 1974-03-02 | W | Chang-Kil Lee | KO | 6 | Plaza de toros de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1974-06-08 | W | Pedro Adigue | KO | 4 | Maestranza César Girón Bullring, Maracay, Venezuela |
| 1974-07-27 | W | Victor Ortiz | KO | 2 | Plaza de toros de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1974-10-26 | W | Shinichi Kadota | KO | 8 | Nihon University Auditorium, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1975-03-15 | W | Ray Chavez Guerrero | KO | 2 | Poliedro de Caracas , Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1975-05-17 | W | Esteban De Jesus | UD | 15 | Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama |
| 1975-09-20 | W | Battlehawk Kazama | TKO | 6 | Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1975-11-15 | W | Hector Thompson | RTD | 7 | Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama |
| 1976-03-06 | L | Wilfred Benítez | SD | 15 | Hiram Bithorn Stadium , San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 1976-05-23 | W | Javier Ayala | KO | 1 | Maestranza César Girón Bullring, Maracay, Venezuela |
| 1976-07-17 | W | Beau Jaynes | KO | 1 | Maestranza César Girón Bullring, Maracay, Venezuela |
| 1976-10-16 | W | Ariel Maciel | KO | 2 | Maestranza César Girón Bullring, Maracay, Venezuela |
| 1976-11-13 | W | Saoul Mamby | UD | 10 | Maestranza César Girón Bullring, Maracay, Venezuela |
| 1977-03-19 | W | Adriano Marrero | UD | 10 | Maestranza César Girón Bullring, Maracay, Venezuela |
| 1977-06-25 | W | Carlos Maria Gimenez | RTD | 5 | Plaza de toros Monumental de Maracaibo , Maracaibo , Venezuela |
| 1977-11-05 | W | Adriano Marrero | UD | 15 | Maestranza César Girón Bullring, Maracay, Venezuela |
| 1978-03-18 | W | Johnny Copeland | KO | 3 | Plaza de toros de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1978-04-28 | W | Tongta Kiatvayupakdi | KO | 6 | Provincial Stadium, Udon Thani , Thailand |
| 1978-08-26 | W | Norman Sekgapane | TKO | 9 | Mmabatho Stadium , Mmabatho , South Africa |
| 1979-01-18 | W | Miguel Montilla | UD | 15 | Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York , U.S. |
| 1979-08-25 | W | Kwang Min Kim | SD | 15 | Jangchung Gymnasium , Seoul , South Korea |
| 1980-03-29 | W | Miguel Montilla | TKO | 7 | Plaza de toros de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1980-08-02 | L | Aaron Pryor | KO | 4 | Riverfront Coliseum , Cincinnati, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1981-12-04 | W | Lennox Blackmoore | KO | 9 | Bogota, Colombia |
| 1982-04-02 | W | Jerome Artis | PTS | 10 | Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1983-03-26 | W | Amancio Castro | PTS | 12 | Plaza de toros de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1983-07-30 | W | Sergio Alvarez | TKO | 11 | Plaza de toros de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia |
| 1983-12-09 | L | Danny Sanchez | UD | 10 | Casino Miami , Miami, Florida , U.S. |
Showing 80 of 80 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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