81
Wins
7
Losses
0
Draws
54
KOs
67%
KO %
- Born
- 1940
- Died
- 2019
- Nationality
- Cuba / Mexico
- Career
- 1958–1975
A smooth, elegant welterweight known as 'Butter' for his silky style.
Titles & Honours
- World Welterweight Champion (1969–1970, 1971–1975)
Career Timeline
1958–1975- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Julio Rojas · W TKO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Baby Gutierrez · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Johnny DePeiza · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Title history
Title reign begins
World Welterweight Champion (1969–1970, 1971–1975). Year from profile title history; exact title-winning bout not identified.
- Signature fight
vs Emile Griffith
W UD · Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Title history
Title reign begins
World Welterweight Champion (1969–1970, 1971–1975). Year from profile title history; exact title-winning bout not identified.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs John H. Stracey · L TKO. 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
3 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958-08-02 | W | Julio Rojas | TKO | 1 | Coliseo Nacional, Havana, Cuba |
| 1958-10-11 | W | Euripides Guerra | TKO | 4 | Coliseo Nacional, Havana, Cuba |
| 1958-11-29 | W | Felix Pomares | TKO | 2 | Havana, Cuba |
| 1959-02-21 | W | Armando Castillo | PTS | 4 | Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, Cuba |
| 1959-05-16 | W | Juan Bacallo | TKO | 4 | Coliseo Nacional, Havana, Cuba |
| 1959-07-11 | W | Clodoaldo Hernandez | TKO | 3 | Coliseo Nacional, Havana, Cuba |
| 1959-07-25 | W | Clodoaldo Hernandez | UD | 8 | Coliseo Nacional, Havana, Cuba |
| 1959-08-22 | L | Hilton Smith | UD | 8 | Coliseo Nacional, Havana, Cuba |
| 1959-10-03 | W | Cristobal Gonzalez | UD | 8 | Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, Cuba |
| 1959-11-14 | W | Augusto Narvalle | UD | 8 | Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, Cuba |
| 1959-11-28 | W | Bobby Cervantes | TKO | 1 | Arena Trejo, Havana, Cuba |
| 1960-01-02 | W | Isaac Espinosa | UD | 10 | Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, Cuba |
| 1960-02-20 | W | Diwaldo Ventosa | UD | 10 | Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, Cuba |
| 1960-05-21 | W | Angel Robinson Garcia | PTS | 10 | Havana, Cuba |
| 1960-07-02 | W | Bunny Grant | PTS | 10 | Havana, Cuba |
| 1960-10-15 | W | Tony Padron | UD | 10 | Coliseo Nacional, Havana, Cuba |
| 1960-11-26 | W | Rolando Chico Morales | PTS | 10 | Havana, Cuba |
| 1960-12-17 | W | Tony Padron | DQ | 5 | Palacio de Deportes, Havana, Cuba |
| 1961-01-28 | W | Guillermo Valdez | UD | 10 | Havana, Cuba |
| 1961-03-18 | W | Rolando Chico Morales | UD | 10 | Havana, Cuba |
| 1961-06-03 | W | Angel Robinson Garcia | PTS | 10 | Havana, Cuba |
| 1962-07-21 | W | Enrique Camarena | KO | 2 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1962-08-25 | W | Kid Anahuac | KO | 9 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1962-09-29 | W | Bobby Cervantes | TKO | 1 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1962-11-10 | W | Tony Perez | PTS | 10 | Plaza de Toros, Los Mochis, Plaza de Toros, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| 1963-01-05 | L | Tony Perez | SD | 10 | Plaza de Toros, HermosilloPlaza de Toros, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| 1963-02-09 | W | Baby Gutierrez | TKO | 7 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1963-03-30 | W | Baby Vasquez | UD | 10 | Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1963-04-27 | L | Alfredo Urbina | PTS | 10 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1963-05-27 | W | Raul Soriano | KO | 4 | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
| 1963-07-13 | W | Baby Vasquez | PTS | 10 | Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1963-08-19 | W | Pulga Serrano | TKO | 10 | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
| 1963-10-23 | W | Francisco Cancio | KO | 1 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1963-11-16 | W | Tony Perez | TKO | 3 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1963-11-30 | W | LC Morgan | KO | 7 | Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1964-03-01 | W | Taketeru Yoshimoto | KO | 1 | Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1964-04-25 | W | Alfredo Urbina | TKO | 1 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1964-06-22 | W | Carlos Morocho Hernández | TKO | 7 | Nuevo Circo, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1964-08-15 | W | Eduardo Moreno | TKO | 5 | Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| 1964-11-14 | W | Alfredo Urbina | KO | 3 | El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1965-01-01 | W | Carlos Rios | KO | 5 | Plaza de Toros, Torreon, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico |
| 1965-02-28 | W | LC Morgan | KO | 3 | Plaza de Toros Monumental, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| 1965-03-25 | W | Giordano Campari | TKO | 2 | Nuevo Circo, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1965-08-03 | W | Eddie Perkins | UD | 10 | Plaza de Toros, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| 1965-12-11 | W | Aldolph Pruitt | TKO | 3 | El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1966-02-12 | W | Johnny Santos | KO | 3 | Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1966-04-17 | W | Al Grant | TKO | 4 | Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| 1966-07-27 | W | Humberto Trottman | KO | 2 | Plaza de Toros, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| 1966-08-22 | L | LC Morgan | TKO | 4 | Estadio Adolfo López Mateos, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| 1966-10-30 | W | Jimmy Fields | TKO | 10 | Plaza de Toros Fermin Rivera, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
| 1966-12-17 | W | Eugenio Espinoza | TKO | 6 | El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1967-06-04 | W | Johnny Brooks | KO | 7 | Merida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1967-07-10 | W | LC Morgan | TKO | 2 | Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
| 1967-09-11 | W | Johnny DePeiza | TKO | 1 | Plaza de Toros, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| 1967-12-03 | W | Charlie Watson | KO | 6 | Merida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1968-02-18 | W | Mike Cruz | TKO | 4 | Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| 1968-04-29 | W | Herbie Lee | TKO | 6 | Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
| 1968-06-02 | W | Peter Cobblah | PTS | 10 | Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1968-06-14 | W | Leroy Roberts | TKO | 1 | Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1968-07-15 | W | Eddie Pace | UD | 10 | Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
| 1968-11-04 | W | Des Rea | TKO | 5 | Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1968-12-22 | W | Lennox Beckles | KO | 1 | Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1969-02-15 | W | Fate Davis | TKO | 6 | Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1969-04-18 | W | Curtis Cokes | RTD | 13 | Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1969-06-29 | W | Curtis Cokes | RTD | 10 | Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1969-10-17 | W | Emile Griffith | UD | 15 | Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1970-02-14 | W | Ernie Lopez | TKO | 15 | Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1970-08-14 | W | Fighting Mack | KO | 3 | Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1970-10-05 | W | Pete Toro | TKO | 9 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1970-12-03 | L | Billy Backus | TKO | 4 | War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| 1971-03-27 | W | Manuel Gonzalez | KO | 6 | Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1971-06-04 | W | Billy Backus | TKO | 8 | Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1971-07-31 | W | David Melendez | TKO | 5 | Arena Coliseo, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| 1971-08-23 | W | Jean Josselin | KO | 5 | Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1971-10-16 | W | Esteban Alfredo Osuna | UD | 10 | Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1971-12-14 | W | Hedgemon Lewis | UD | 15 | Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1972-03-28 | W | Ralph Charles | KO | 7 | Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England |
| 1972-06-10 | W | Adolph Pruitt | TKO | 2 | Plaza de Toros, Monumental, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| 1972-08-05 | W | Edmundo Leite | TKO | 2 | Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1973-02-28 | W | Ernie Lopez | KO | 7 | Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| 1973-06-23 | W | Roger Menetrey | UD | 15 | Palais des Sports, Grenoble, Isère, France |
| 1973-09-22 | W | Clyde Gray | UD | 15 | Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 1974-02-09 | L | Carlos Monzon | RTD | 6 | Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| 1974-08-03 | W | Hedgemon Lewis | TKO | 9 | Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1974-12-14 | W | Horacio Agustin Saldano | KO | 3 | Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1975-03-29 | W | Armando Muñíz | TD | 12 | Centro Internacional Acapulco, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico |
| 1975-07-12 | W | Armando Muñíz | UD | 15 | Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| 1975-12-06 | L | John H. Stracey | TKO | 6 | Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
Showing 88 of 88 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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