89
Wins
27
Losses
2
Draws
34
KOs
38%
KO %
- Born
- 1935
- Died
- 1985
- Nationality
- Philippines
- Career
- 1951–1971
The Philippines' boxing icon, who reigned at junior lightweight for seven years.
Titles & Honours
- World Junior Lightweight Champion (1960–1967)
Career Timeline
1951–1971- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Kid Gonzaga · W KO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Tommy Romulo · PTS. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Sandy Saddler
W UD · Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Sonny Leon · PTS. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Title history
Title reign begins
World Junior Lightweight Champion (1960–1967). Year from profile title history; exact title-winning bout not identified.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Hiruyuki Murakami · L UD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
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
4 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-06-16 | W | Kid Gonzaga | KO | 3 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1951-06-23 | W | Young Basiliano | KO | 3 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1951-07-14 | W | Kid Santos | KO | 5 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1951-07-14 | W | Mike Sanchez | PTS | 5 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1951-07-28 | W | Star Mercado | KO | 1 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1951-08-11 | W | Fighting Chavez | KO | 1 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1951-08-20 | W | Fighting Chavez | KO | 7 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1951-09-08 | W | Little Patilla | KO | 6 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1951-09-15 | W | Star Flores | PTS | 10 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1951-10-16 | L | Kid Independence | KO | 10 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1951-12-01 | W | Lucky Strike | KO | 5 | Cebu , Philippines |
| 1952-01-30 | W | Tenejeros Boy | PTS | 8 | Davao City , Davao del Sur, Philippines |
| 1952-02-24 | L | Little Dundee | PTS | 8 | Davao City , Davao del Sur, Philippines |
| 1952-03-16 | D | Tommy Romulo | PTS | 10 | Davao City , Davao del Sur, Philippines |
| 1952-05-03 | W | Benny Escobar | PTS | 8 | Caloocan , Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1952-05-10 | W | Paulito Escarlan | PTS | 6 | Grace Park Stadium, Caloocan , Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1952-05-31 | W | Tanny Campo | PTS | 8 | Grace Park Stadium, Caloocan , Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1952-07-26 | W | Tanny Campo | PTS | 12 | Rizal Memorial Coliseum , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1952-08-12 | W | Little Dundee | KO | 4 | Davao City , Davao del Sur, Philippines |
| 1952-10-18 | W | Hiroshi Horiguchi | SD | 12 | Kokugikan, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1952-11-29 | D | Akiyoshi Akanuma | PTS | 10 | Kokugikan, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1953-02-18 | W | Willie Brown | TKO | 4 | Rizal Memorial Coliseum , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1953-03-15 | W | Al Cruz | PTS | 10 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1953-05-20 | L | Larry Bataan | PTS | 12 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1953-07-01 | W | Akiyoshi Akanuma | UD | 12 | Korakuen Ice Palace, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1953-08-08 | L | Shigeji Kaneko | PTS | 10 | Koshien Baseball Stadium, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan |
| 1953-10-08 | W | Noboru Tanaka | PTS | 10 | Korakuen Gym, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1953-11-26 | L | Masashi Akiyama | UD | 10 | Kokugikan, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1954-01-28 | W | Kiyoaki Nakanishi | UD | 12 | Kokugikan, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1954-04-21 | W | Hiroshi Okawa | UD | 12 | Kokugikan, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1954-06-29 | L | Shigeji Kaneko | UD | 12 | Metropolitan Gym, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1954-08-05 | W | Roy Higa | UD | 10 | Korakuen Ice Palace, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1954-08-18 | W | Tommy Romulo | PTS | 12 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1954-11-02 | W | Yoichi Hayashi | PTS | 8 | Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka , Japan |
| 1954-11-20 | W | Katsumi Kosaka | TKO | 8 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1954-11-27 | W | Masashi Akiyama | PTS | 10 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1955-01-12 | L | Masashi Akiyama | PTS | 10 | Metropolitan Gym, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1955-04-15 | W | Severino Fuentes | PTS | 10 | Bullfight Arena, Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1955-06-15 | L | Leo Alonzo | SD | 12 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1955-07-20 | W | Sandy Saddler | UD | 10 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1955-10-13 | L | Shigeji Kaneko | PTS | 10 | Tokyo , Japan |
| 1956-01-18 | L | Sandy Saddler | TKO | 13 | Cow Palace, Daly City, California , U.S. |
| 1956-04-23 | W | Cleo Lane | TKO | 1 | San Francisco Gardens, San Francisco, California , U.S. |
| 1956-05-08 | W | Chico Rosa | PTS | 10 | Civic Auditorium, Stockton, California , U.S. |
| 1956-06-11 | W | Gil Velarde | TKO | 7 | San Francisco Gardens, San Francisco , California , U.S. |
| 1956-06-26 | W | Cecil Schoonmaker | KO | 9 | Stockton, California , U.S. |
| 1956-07-24 | W | Dave Gallardo | UD | 10 | San Jose, California , U.S. |
| 1956-08-22 | L | Miguel Berrios | SD | 10 | San Francisco Gardens, San Francisco , California , U.S. |
| 1956-10-16 | W | Luke Sandoval | KO | 2 | Civic Auditorium, San Jose, California , U.S. |
| 1956-11-09 | L | Miguel Berrios | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden , New York, New York City , U.S. |
| 1957-02-05 | W | Hidemi Wada | KO | 5 | Osaka , Japan |
| 1957-03-16 | W | Tommy Romulo | UD | 12 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1957-04-27 | W | Hideto Kobayashi | PTS | 12 | Nagoya , Aichi, Japan |
| 1957-06-23 | L | Omsap Laemfapha | PTS | 12 | Bangkok , Thailand |
| 1957-08-03 | W | Salika Yontrakit | KO | 3 | Bangkok , Thailand |
| 1957-09-24 | L | Shigeji Kaneko | MD | 10 | Metropolitan Gym, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1957-10-23 | W | Leo Alonzo | UD | 12 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Japa |
| 1958-02-02 | W | Hiroshi Okawa | UD | 10 | Tokyo , Japan |
| 1958-05-03 | W | Javellana Kid | UD | 10 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1958-06-10 | W | Ike Chestnut | UD | 10 | Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu , Hawaii , U.S. |
| 1958-09-02 | W | Hisao Kobayashi | PTS | 12 | Tokyo , Japan |
| 1958-11-15 | W | Keiichi Ishikawa | RTD | 6 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1958-12-27 | W | Kiyoaki Nakanishi | TKO | 4 | Davao City , Davao del Sur, Philippines |
| 1959-02-06 | W | Takeo Sugimori | PTS | 10 | Nihon University Auditorium, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1959-02-23 | L | Paolo Rosi | SD | 10 | Cow Palace, Daly City, California , U.S. |
| 1959-03-31 | W | Teddy Davis | UD | 10 | Civic Auditorium, Stockton , California , U.S. |
| 1959-05-25 | W | Sonny Leon | PTS | 10 | Nuevo Circo, Caracas , Venezuela |
| 1959-06-15 | L | Vicente Rivas | PTS | 10 | Caracas , Venezuela |
| 1959-07-29 | L | Solomon Boysaw | UD | 12 | Arena, Cleveland , Ohio, U.S. |
| 1959-10-07 | W | Hisao Kobayashi | PTS | 12 | Tokyo , Japan |
| 1959-11-26 | W | Isami Ikeyama | RTD | 4 | Nihon University Auditorium, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1959-12-15 | W | Bert Somodio | UD | 10 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1960-03-16 | W | Harold Gomes | KO | 7 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1960-07-09 | W | Hachiro Ito | TKO | 5 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1960-08-17 | W | Harold Gomes | KO | 1 | Cow Palace, Daly City, California , U.S. |
| 1960-10-17 | W | Sakuji Shinozawa | UD | 12 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1960-12-16 | W | Vicente Rivas | UD | 10 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1961-03-19 | W | Joey Lopes | UD | 15 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1961-05-31 | W | Giordano Campari | UD | 10 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1961-09-02 | W | Teruo Kosaka | SD | 12 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1961-12-06 | W | Sergio Caprari | TKO | 1 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1962-03-10 | W | Somkiat Kiatmuangyom | KO | 2 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1962-04-30 | L | Teruo Kosaka | SD | 12 | Korakuen Gym, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1962-06-23 | W | Auburn Copeland | MD | 15 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1962-08-04 | W | Teruo Kosaka | UD | 12 | Cebu Coliseum , Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines |
| 1962-11-17 | W | Isarasak Puntainorasing | TKO | 3 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1962-12-21 | W | Solomon Boysaw | UD | 10 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1963-02-16 | W | Johnny Bizzaro | UD | 15 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1963-06-01 | W | Tsunetomi Miyamoto | TKO | 9 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1963-08-03 | W | Love Allotey | UD | 10 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1963-11-16 | W | Love Allotey | DQ | 11 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1964-02-15 | L | Carlos Ortiz | TKO | 14 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex , Manila, Metro Manila |
| 1964-05-08 | W | Takashi Matsumoto | UD | 12 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1964-07-27 | W | Teruo Kosaka | TKO | 12 | Kokugikan , Tokyo , Japan |
| 1964-11-21 | W | Kang-Il Suh | MD | 12 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1965-02-27 | W | Rene Barrientos | UD | 12 | Cebu Coliseum , Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines |
| 1965-06-05 | W | Teruo Kosaka | KO | 15 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1965-08-04 | W | Frankie Narvaez | SD | 10 | Madison Square Garden , New York, New York City , U.S. |
| 1965-12-04 | W | Kang-Il Suh | UD | 10 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1966-03-19 | W | Ismael Laguna | UD | 10 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1966-08-07 | W | Percy Hayles | UD | 10 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1966-10-22 | W | Vicente Milan Derado | MD | 15 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1966-11-28 | L | Carlos Ortiz | KO | 14 | Madison Square Garden , New York, New York City , U.S. |
| 1967-04-25 | W | Fujio Mikami | SD | 10 | Honolulu, Hawaii , U.S. |
| 1967-06-15 | L | Yoshiaki Numata | MD | 15 | Kokugikan , Tokyo , Japan |
| 1967-10-28 | L | Akihisa Someya | UD | 10 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1969-02-16 | L | Eugenio Espinoza | UD | 10 | Quito , Ecuador |
| 1969-04-26 | L | Jaguar Kakizawa | UD | 10 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1969-06-09 | L | Yoshiaki Numata | UD | 12 | Nihon University Auditorium, Tokyo , Japan |
| 1970-03-01 | W | Munchai Rorfortor | TKO | 5 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1970-05-16 | W | Isao Ichihara | KO | 9 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1970-06-27 | W | Kenji Iwata | TKO | 10 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1970-08-28 | W | Chico Andrade | TKO | 5 | Araneta Coliseum , Quezon City, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1970-10-31 | W | Tatsunao Mitsuyama | UD | 10 | Davao City , Davao del Sur , Philippines |
| 1970-12-18 | L | Isao Ichihara | UD | 10 | Recreation Center, Agana, Guam |
| 1971-02-12 | W | Isao Ichihara | KO | 6 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1971-04-01 | W | Shunkichi Suemitsu | UD | 10 | Manila, Metro Manila , Philippines |
| 1971-05-20 | L | Hiruyuki Murakami | UD | 10 | Tokyo , Japan |
Showing 118 of 118 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-11. 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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