Flyweight · Television Era (1960–1989)
Miguel Canto
61
Wins
9
Losses
4
Draws
15
KOs
25%
KO %
- Born
- 1948
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Career
- 1969–1982
A defensive master of the flyweight division.
Titles & Honours
- World Flyweight Champion (1975–1979)
Career Timeline
1969–1982- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Raul Hernandez · L TKO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Armando Villa · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Title history
Title reign begins
World Flyweight Champion (1975–1979). Year from profile title history; exact title-winning bout not identified.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Luis Reyes Arnal · SD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Rodolfo Ortega · 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
No freely licensed photographs of Miguel Canto are available in this archive.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-02-05 | L | Raul Hernandez | TKO | 3 | Mérida, Yucatán |
| 1969-05-05 | W | Pedro Martinez | UD | 4 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1969-08-13 | L | Pedro Carillo | TKO | 4 | Arena Coliseo , Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1969-12-06 | W | Vicente Pool | UD | 8 | Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| 1970-01-21 | W | Rudy Granados | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1970-02-04 | D | Joe Calvario | MD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1970-03-04 | W | Vicente Pool | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1970-03-21 | W | Baby Albornoz | TKO | 9 | Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| 1970-04-08 | W | Alex Basilio | KO | 8 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1970-04-29 | D | Juan Torres | MD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1970-05-27 | W | Vicente Pool | UD | 12 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1970-06-24 | W | Jose Luis Cetina | UD | 12 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1970-10-14 | L | Tarcisio Gomez | MD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1970-11-11 | W | Arturo Velazquez | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1970-12-09 | W | Jose Medrano | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-01-21 | W | Pedro Martinez | KO | 2 | Cansahcab, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-02-14 | W | Francisco Montalvo | KO | 6 | Cansahcab, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-03-17 | W | Marcus Gomez | TKO | 6 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-04-04 | W | Tigre Bracamonte | UD | 8 | Tizimin, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-04-29 | W | Jose Luis Cetina | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-05-14 | W | Gavilan Martinez | UD | 10 | Tekax, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-06-02 | W | Mario Garcia | KO | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-07-14 | W | Pedro Lopez | KO | 3 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-07-28 | W | Domingo Ledezma | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-09-01 | W | Roberto Alvarez | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-10-20 | W | Alberto Morales | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1971-12-01 | W | Luis Carlos Urrunaga | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1972-01-22 | W | Rocky Garcia | UD | 12 | Plaza de Toros, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1972-03-15 | W | Jose Vargas | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1972-04-05 | W | Armando Villa | TKO | 4 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1972-05-20 | W | Ricardo Delgado | UD | 12 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1972-07-26 | W | Jose Luis Valencia | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1972-09-27 | W | Jose Antonio Corral | TKO | 3 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1972-11-18 | W | Alberto Morales | UD | 12 | Plaza de Toros, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1973-01-31 | D | Ignacio Espinal | MD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1973-03-24 | W | Tarcisio Gomez | KO | 2 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1973-05-02 | W | Rudy Billones | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1973-05-10 | W | Luis Enrique Garcia | TKO | 7 | Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico |
| 1973-06-29 | W | Chamaco Rodriguez | KO | 5 | Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| 1973-08-04 | L | Betulio González | MD | 15 | Estadio Luis Aparicio , Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| 1973-11-17 | W | Lupe Hernandez | UD | 12 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1974-02-13 | W | Tony Moreno | TKO | 5 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1974-04-27 | W | Manuel Montiel | UD | 12 | Plaza de Toros, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1974-06-08 | W | Pablito Jimenez | SD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1974-08-17 | W | Alberto Morales | UD | 10 | Arena México , Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1974-10-25 | W | Ricardo Delgado | UD | 10 | Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1975-01-08 | W | Shoji Oguma | MD | 15 | Miyagi Sports Center, Sendai, Japan |
| 1975-03-08 | W | Ignacio Espinal | SD | 10 | Parque Carta Clara, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1975-05-24 | W | Betulio González | SD | 15 | Plaza de Toros Monumental, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| 1975-07-18 | W | Lupe Madera | TKO | 9 | Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| 1975-08-23 | W | Jiro Takada | TKO | 11 | Parque Carta Clara, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1975-12-13 | W | Ignacio Espinal | UD | 15 | Parque Carta Clara, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1976-03-13 | W | Francisco Marquez | UD | 10 | Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1976-05-15 | W | Susumu Hanagata | UD | 15 | Parque Carta Clara, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1976-10-03 | W | Betulio González | SD | 15 | Nuevo Circo, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1976-11-19 | W | Orlando Javierto | UD | 15 | Sports Arena , Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1977-04-24 | W | Luis Reyes Arnal | SD | 15 | Nuevo Circo, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 1977-06-15 | W | Kimio Furesawa | UD | 15 | Shinagawa Sports Land, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1977-09-17 | W | Martín Vargas | UD | 15 | Parque Carta Clara, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1977-11-30 | W | Martín Vargas | UD | 15 | Estadio Nacional , Santiago de Chile, Chile |
| 1978-01-04 | W | Shoji Oguma | SD | 15 | City Sogo Gym , Koriyama, Japan |
| 1978-04-18 | W | Shoji Oguma | UD | 15 | Kokugikan , Tokyo, Japan |
| 1978-11-20 | W | Facomron Vibonchai | SD | 15 | Sam Houston Coliseum , Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| 1979-02-10 | W | Antonio Avelar | UD | 15 | Parque Carta Clara, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1979-03-18 | L | Park Chan-hee | UD | 15 | Gudeok Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea |
| 1979-09-09 | D | Park Chan-hee | MD | 15 | Jamsil Gymnasium , Seoul, South Korea |
| 1980-08-16 | W | Alfredo Hernandez | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1980-10-18 | W | Orlando Maldonado | DQ | 6 | Plaza Nuevo Progreso , Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| 1981-02-22 | W | Kim Sung-jun | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1981-03-29 | L | Gabriel Bernal | UD | 10 | Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico |
| 1981-06-06 | W | Gabriel Bernal | UD | 10 | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| 1981-08-29 | L | Candido Tellez | KO | 4 | Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico |
| 1981-10-31 | L | Alfredo Hernandez | TKO | 7 | Auditorio Municipal, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico |
| 1982-07-24 | L | Rodolfo Ortega | TKO | 9 | Parque Carta Clara , Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
Showing 74 of 74 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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