Jorge Rodrigo Barrios (born August 1, 1976) is an Argentine former professional boxer who held the WBO junior lightweight title.
Professional career
Barrios made his professional boxing debut on August 10, 1996, with a second-round knockout victory. Barrios accumulated a record of 14–0 before his first loss—a disqualification against César Emilio Domine on December 20, 1997.
After the disqualification loss, Barrios went on a 25-0-1-1 streak. Then, on August 9, 2003, Barrios fought in a superfight against Acelino Freitas for the WBA and WBO 130 lb titles. In the eighth round, Freitas was hit while off balance for a knockdown. In the eleventh round, Freitas was knocked down by a left-right combination and spit out his mouthpiece. As the bell rang at the end of the round, however, Barrios was knocked down by a powerful right hand to the chin. Despite the 60-second break between rounds, Freitas followed up early in the twelfth round with another knockdown of Barrios. A few moments later, Barrios went to his knees and wobbled when he stood up, causing the referee to award Freitas a TKO victory. The eleventh round won The Ring magazine's Round of the Year award.
On April 8, 2005, Barrios fought against undefeated WBO junior lightweight champion Mike Anchondo. Even though Anchondo weighed lb over the weight limit, Barrios won the title and ended Anchondo's unbeaten streak with a fourth-round TKO.
Barrios' last title defense was against undefeated contender Janos Nagy on May 20, 2006. Barrios ended the fight 49 seconds into the first round with a liver punch knockout.
At the weigh-in before his next scheduled defense—September 16, 2006, against undefeated Joan Guzmán—Barrios was overweight, and so he was stripped of his title. Barrios then lost the fight by split decision.
Barrios was scheduled to fight Juan Manuel Márquez (47-3-1 35 KOs) for the WBC Super Featherweight Title on September 15, 2007. Barrios withdrew from the fight due to injury.
On September 6, 2008, Rocky Juarez, (27-4, 19 KO's) won by TKO at 2:55 in the 11th round of the 12-rounder over Barrios, (47-3-1, 34 KO's).
Negligent homicide
On January 24, 2010, Barrios was involved in a car accident in which a 20-year-old pregnant woman was killed in the Argentine city of Mar del Plata. Barrios ran a red light and fled the scene after the accident. Barrios turned himself to the police several hours after the accident. He was suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol but it could not proven given his late arrest. On April 4, 2012, Barrios was declared guilty of negligent homicide and sentenced to spend four years in prison. Three weeks later, Barrios was released from prison after paying a AR$ 200,000 bail.
In November 2014, Barrios finally headed to prison for three and a half years.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes60LossJonathan Victor Barros59Win53–4–1 Diego Alberto Chaves58Win52–4–1 Esteban Miguel Stodulsky57Win51–4–1 Adailton de Jesus56Win50–4–1 Wilson Alcorro55Win49–4–1 Michael Lozada54Win48–4–1 Moises Castro53Loss47–4–1 Rocky Juarez52Win47–3–1 Decho Kokietgym51Loss46–3–1 Joan Guzmán50Win46–2–1 János Nagy49Win45–2–1 Nazareno Ruiz48Win44–2–1 Victor Santiago47Win43–2–1 Mike Anchondo46Win42–2–1 Carlos Uribe45Win41–2–1 Diego Alzugaray44Win40–2–1 Claudio Martinet43Loss39–2–1 Acelino Freitas42Win39–1–1 Fabian Salazar41Win38–1–1 Orlando Soto40Win37–1–1 Rodolfo Rolon39Win36–1–1 Carlos Rios38Win35–1–1 Javier Alvarez37Draw34–1–1 Ricardo Silva36Win34–1 Keylang Umana35 Win33–1 Victor Paz34Win32–1 Justo Martinez33NC31–1 Justo Martinez32Win31–1Laureano Ramírez31Win30–1Carlos Uribe30Win29–1Joel Mayo29Win28–1Sergio Liendo28Win27–1Joao Pereira da Silva27Win26–1Affif Djelti26Win25–1Catalino Becerra25Win24–1Silvano Usini24Win23–1Oscar Lopez23Win22–1Ismael Agustini22Win21–1Gustavo Cuello21Win20–1Walter Rodriguez20Win19–1Jorge Medina19Win18–1Miguel Angel Francia18Win17–1Antonio Avila17Win16–1Ruben Astorga16Win15–1César Domine15Loss14–1César Domine14Win14–0Manuel Billalba13Win13–0Rodolfo Rolon12Win12–0Eduardo Rodriguez11Win11–0Miguel Angel Albarado10Win10–0Dante Tablada9Win9–0Benjamin Robles Murry8Win8–0Pedro Contreras7Win7–0Osvaldo Cortes6Win6–0José Luis Fernandez5Win5–0Nestor Ayala4Win4–0Walter Galvan3Win3–0Fabian Eluaiza2Win2–0Nestor Centeno1Win1–0Hector Martinez
See also List of world super-featherweight boxing champions
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