Pipino Cuevas
- Born
- 1957
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Career
- 1971–1989
Won the title at 18 and was stopped by Thomas Hearns.
Titles & Honours
- World Welterweight Champion (1976–1980)
Career Timeline
1971–1989- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Alfredo Castro · L KO
- Title history
Title reign begins
World Welterweight Champion (1976–1980). Year from profile title history; exact title-winning bout not identified.
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Randy Shields · UD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Lupe Aquino · L KO. 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 Pipino Cuevas are available in this archive.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-11-14 | L | Alfredo Castro | KO | 2 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1972-01-01 | W | José Arias | TKO | 4 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1972-03-04 | L | Mario Roman | MD | 6 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1972-05-24 | W | Rielero Rodríguez | TKO | 2 | Culiacan, Sinaloa , Mexico |
| 1972-06-22 | W | Pancho Benítez | TKO | 2 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1972-08-19 | L | Juan Pablo Oropeza | MD | 8 | Campeche, Campeche , Mexico |
| 1972-12-07 | W | Raúl Martínez | KO | 1 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1973-03-01 | W | Sergio Alejo | KO | 4 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1973-05-13 | L | Memo Cruz | UD | 10 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1973-08-04 | W | José Figueroa | TKO | 3 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1973-10-06 | W | Octavio Amparan | TKO | 7 | Arena Coliseo, Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1973-11-24 | L | Eleazar Delgado | MD | 10 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1974-05-11 | W | Salvador Ruvalcaba | KO | 1 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1974-06-12 | W | Sugar Sanders | TKO | 1 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1974-08-21 | W | José Luis Pena | KO | 1 | Arena Coliseo , Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1974-10-26 | W | Sammy García | KO | 3 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1975-01-25 | W | Rubén Vázquez Zamora | UD | 10 | Arena Mexico , Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1975-07-12 | W | Carlos Obregón | UD | 10 | Palacio de los Deportes , Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1975-09-27 | W | José Palacios | KO | 10 | Arena Mexico , Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1976-04-03 | W | Rafael Piamonte | KO | 1 | Plaza de Toros Calafia, Mexicali, Baja California , Mexico |
| 1976-06-02 | L | Andy Price | UD | 10 | Sports Arena , Los Angeles, California , US |
| 1976-07-17 | W | Ángel Espada | TKO | 2 | Plaza de Toros Calafia, Mexicali, Baja California , Mexico |
| 1976-10-27 | W | Shoji Tsujimoto | KO | 6 | Jissen Rinri Hall, Kanazawa, Ishikawa , Japan |
| 1977-03-12 | W | Miguel Ángel Campanino | KO | 2 | Arena Mexico , Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1977-08-06 | W | Clyde Gray | KO | 2 | Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles, California , US |
| 1977-11-19 | W | Ángel Espada | TKO | 12 | Coliseo Roberto Clemente , San Juan , Puerto Rico |
| 1978-03-04 | W | Harold Weston | TKO | 9 | Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles, California , US |
| 1978-05-20 | W | Billy Backus | TKO | 2 | Forum , Inglewood, California , US |
| 1978-09-09 | W | Pete Ranzany | TKO | 2 | Hughes Arena, Sacramento, California , US |
| 1979-01-29 | W | Scott Clark | TKO | 2 | Forum , Inglewood, California , US |
| 1979-07-30 | W | Randy Shields | UD | 15 | International Amphitheatre , Chicago, Illinois , US |
| 1979-12-08 | W | Ángel Espada | TKO | 10 | Sports Arena , Los Angeles, California , US |
| 1980-04-06 | W | Harold Volbrecht | KO | 5 | Astro Arena , Houston, Texas , US |
| 1980-08-02 | L | Thomas Hearns | TKO | 2 | Joe Louis Arena , Detroit, Michigan , US |
| 1981-02-07 | W | Bernardo Prada | KO | 2 | Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles, California , US |
| 1981-06-25 | W | Jørgen Hansen | TKO | 1 | Astrodome , Houston, Texas , US |
| 1981-11-07 | L | Roger Stafford | UD | 10 | Hacienda Hotel , Las Vegas, Nevada , US |
| 1983-01-29 | L | Roberto Durán | TKO | 4 | Sports Arena , Los Angeles, California , US |
| 1984-03-01 | W | Mauricio Bravo | TKO | 1 | Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles, California , US |
| 1984-07-12 | L | Jun-Suk Hwang | MD | 10 | Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles, California , US |
| 1985-03-07 | L | Herman Montes | KO | 3 | Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles, California , US |
| 1986-02-25 | W | Felipe Vaca | UD | 4 | Forum , Inglewood, California , US |
| 1986-03-03 | L | Steve Little | MD | 10 | Sacramento, California , US |
| 1986-07-25 | W | Luis Mateo | TKO | 3 | UIC Pavilion , Chicago, Illinois , US |
| 1986-10-04 | L | Lorenzo Luis García | MD | 10 | Salta , Salta , Argentina |
| 1986-12-19 | L | Jorge Vaca | KO | 2 | Guadalajara, Jalisco , Mexico |
| 1987-07-25 | W | Daniel Valenzuela | KO | 6 | Mexico City , Mexico |
| 1989-05-29 | W | Francisco Carballo | KO | 4 | Tijuana, Baja California , Mexico |
| 1989-07-31 | W | Martín Martínez | KO | 1 | Tijuana, Baja California , Mexico |
| 1989-09-25 | L | Lupe Aquino | KO | 2 | Tijuana, Baja California , Mexico |
Showing 50 of 50 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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