Óscar Larios (born 1 November 1976) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2009. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC super bantamweight title from 2002 to 2004 and the WBC featherweight title from 2008 to 2009.

Professional career

Promoted by Oscar De La Hoya, Larios began his career at 17 and dropped early losses to Israel Vázquez by KO in the 1st round and Agapito Sánchez by TKO in the 5th prior to hitting his stride as he accumulated a record of 39-2 before his first world title.

WBC Super Bantamweight Championship In 2001, Larios challenged undefeated WBC Super Bantamweight title holder Willie Jorrín and lost a disputed 12-round decision. Due to Jorrin's lack of activity, Larios fought Vázquez for the interim WBC Super Bantamweight Title and his earlier loss to Vázquez by scoring a TKO in the 12th round. Several months later, Larios again took on Jorrin and avenged the earlier defeat by defeating Jorrin by TKO in the 1st round.

Larios went on to defend his title 7 times (along with 3 non-title fights), including a victory over Nedal Hussein and two wins over fan favorite Wayne McCullough. He then took on Vázquez yet again but was dominated this time, dropping the trilogy capper by KO 3 and thus losing his title. In July 2006, Larios moved up to Super Featherweight to take on then three-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino boxer highly capable of besting opponents by KO. Larios fought bravely, but was dominated by the much smaller Pacquiao and was dropped twice en route to losing a 12-round decision.

Move to Featherweight

Interim WBC Featherweight Championship On July 21, 2007, Jorge Linares of Venezuela defeated him by KO in the 10th round for the WBC Interim featherweight title in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada. After the fight with Linares, Larios was diagnosed with a minor subdural hematoma, bleeding of the brain, putting any hopes of a future boxing career in jeopardy. Larios eventually returned to boxing, but remains under medical suspension throughout the United States.

Later on February 22, 2008, Larios won his latest match by unanimous decision against Arturo Gomez.

In May 2008, Larios defeated Feider Viloria via fifth-round TKO for the vacant Interim WBC Featherweight title, commissioned when reigning titlist Jorge Linares was unavailable to fight Viloria due to injury. On August 2, 2008, in Zapopan, Jalisco, Larios made his first defense of the WBC interim featherweight title, defeating Marlon Aguilar by seventh-round knockout. The bout was competitive for several rounds, but Larious took command of the fight, knocking Aguilar down at the end of the sixth round and knocking him out in the seventh round.

WBC Featherweight Championship Larios inherited the full-pledge WBC featherweight title when Linares relinquished it to move up in weight.

He won his first defense of his title with a split decision win over Takahiro Ao on October 16, 2008. Despite being floored in the 4th round, Larios managed to outbox the Japanese challenger for the victory.

The two fighters met again on March 12, 2009. Like in the previous encounter, the matches resulted in a decision. But this time, it was in Aoh's favor.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes71LossTakahiro AoUD12 12 Mar 200970Win63–6–1Takahiro AoSD1216 Oct 200869Win62–6–1Marlon AguilarKO7 (12), 2 Aug 200868Win61–6–1Feider ViloriaTKO5 (12), 31 May 200867Win60–6–1Arturo GomezUD12 22 Feb 200866Loss59–6–1Jorge LinaresTKO10 (12), 21 Jul 200765Win59–5–1Luis Cid PachecoUD10 31 Mar 200764Win58–5–1Ramon MendezUD10 14 Dec 200663Win57–5–1Roberto BonillaTKO4 (10), 6 Oct 200662Loss56–5–1Manny PacquiaoUD12 2 Jul 200661Loss56–4–1Israel VázquezTKO3 (12), 3 Dec 200560Win56–3–1Wayne McCulloughRTD10 (12), 16 Jul 200559Win55–3–1Wayne McCulloughUD12 10 Feb 200558Win54–3–1Nedal HusseinUD12 17 Nov 200457Win53–3–1Ivan AlvarezUD10 20 Aug 200456Win52–3–1Jesus Salvador PerezUD10 11 Jun 200455Win51–3–1Shigeru NakazatoUD12 6 Mar 200454Win50–3–1Napapol Sor RungvisaiTKO10 (12), 22 Nov 200353Win49–3–1Kozo IshiiTKO2 (12), 7 Sep 200352Win48–3–1Shigeru NakazatoUD12 26 Apr 200351Win47–3–1Marcos LiconaUD10 16 Jan 200350Win46–3–1Willie JorrínTKO1 (12), 1 Nov 200249Win45–3–1Manabu FukushimaTKO8 (12), 24 Aug 200248Win44–3–1Israel VázquezTKO12 (12), 17 May 200247Win43–3–1Darryl PinckneyUD8 8 Mar 200246Win42–3–1Ivan AlvarezUD127 Dec 200145Win41–3–1Ángel ChacónUD12 19 Oct 200144Win40–3–1John LoweyUD1017 Mar 200143Loss39–3–1Willie JorrínUD12 19 Jan 200142Win39–2–1Sammy VenturaKO1 (12)16 Sep 200041Win38–2–1César SotoUD12 24 Jun 200040Win37–2–1Saul BrisenoTKO10 (12)17 Dec 199939Win36–2–1Jorge Munoz Jr.TKO12 (12)15 Oct 199938Win35–2–1Sammy VenturaKO2 (12)3 Sep 199937Win34–2–1Agustin LorenzoTKO6 (12)25 Jun 1999 36Win33–2–1Saul BrisenoUD1215 May 199935Win32–2–1Miguel Angel EscamillaTKO10 (12), 9 Apr 199934Win31–2–1Alberto MartinezKO4 (12)12 Feb 199933Win30–2–1Javier CalderonTKO2 (12)21 Nov 199832Loss29–2–1Agapito SánchezTKO5 (12)23 Oct 199831Win29–1–1Pedro RamirezTKO2 9 Oct 199830Win28–1–1Gregorio MedinaTKO2 (12)11 Sep 199829Win27–1–1Antonio RamirezPTS8 15 Aug 199828Win26–1–1Pedro AyalaKO2 31 Jul 199827Win25–1–1Javier LucasTKO7 6 Jun 199826Win24–1–1Ulises FloresTKO7 21 Mar 199825Win23–1–1Miguel OchoaKO2 5 Dec 199724Win22–1–1Jose Francisco SarabiaSD1018 Sep 199723Draw21–1–1Carlos MadridTD1 1 Aug 199722Win21–1Israel MelendezTKO2 (12)4 Jul 199721Loss20–1Israel VázquezKO1 (10)12 Apr 199720Win20–0Valente FloresKO2 31 Jan 199719Win19–0Carlos MadridKO4 29 Dec 199618Win18–0Jose RodriguezTKO2 (12)22 Nov 199617Win17–0Israel MelendezPTS10 6 Sep 199616Win16–0Arturo GonzalezTKO2 5 Jul 199615Win15–0Marco MoraKO2 24 May 199614Win14–0Alvaro GarciaKO1 (8)9 May 199613Win13–0Oscar GalindoPTS8 29 Mar 199612Win12–0Eustolio AlbinoKO21 Mar 199611Win11–0Roberto Vera IbarraPTS4 10 Nov 199510Win10–0Manuel RamirezKO3 23 Sep 19959Win9–0Cecilio Marino JimenezPTS4 26 Aug 19958Win8–0Jose AldasKO5 30 Jun 19957Win7–0Gabino ReyesTKO4 17 Mar 19956Win6–0Fernando RamirezKO2 18 Feb 19955Win5–0Juan MaciasTKO2 6 Feb 19954Win4–0Ismael GarciaKO3 (6)18 Jun 19943Win3–0Fernando VegaPTS4 23 Apr 19942Win2–0Pedro LopezKO3 18 Feb 19941Win1–0David GarciaKO1 15 Jan 1994

Pay-per-view bouts +United States Date Fight Billing Buys Network RevenuePacquiao vs. LariosMano-A-Mano120,000Top Rank$4,794,000

See also List of super-bantamweight boxing champions List of featherweight boxing champions List of Mexican boxing world champions

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