Saúl "La Cobra" Montana (born November 23, 1970) is a Mexican former professional boxer.Saúl “La Cobra” Montana, va por el título pesado contra El Vikingo Montana is the former IBA, NABA, WBC Mundo Hispano, WBC Continental Americas Champion at Cruiserweight, NBA, and Mexican National Champion at Heavyweight. He also challenged once for the IBF cruiserweight title in 2000.
Professional career
Montana turned pro in 1988 and won the Mexican Light heavyweight title by knocking out an undefeated Isaias Lucero(21-0).
WBA Light Heavyweight Championship In November 1993, Saul lost a shot at WBA Light heavyweight Champion, Virgil Hill in 1993. The fight was close until it was stopped.
Move to Cruiserweight Montana moved to cruiserweight and lost to former Olympian Torsten May in 1995 and Uriah Grant in 1996.
IBF Cruiserweight Championship Montana then beat Kenny Keene and then Grant in a rematch, setting up a shot at Vassiliy Jirov for his IBF Cruiserweight title. Montana lost via TKO and moved up to heavyweight in 2001.
Move to Heavyweight He had success at Heavyweight, upsetting the undefeated China Smith for the NBA World heavyweight title and then defending that title by winning their rematch.
On September 11, 2010, he lost a twelve-round decision to Johnathon Banks for Johnathon's NABF Heavyweight title.
During his boxing career Montana has fought many famous fighters like Virgil Hill (twice), Uriah Grant (twice), David Tua, Dennis Bakhtov, Johnathon Banks, Torsten May, Tye Fields, Sinan Şamil Sam, Grigory Drozd, and James Toney.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotesLoss53–19 Marselles Brown Loss53–18 Mario Heredia Win53–17 Jorge Valenzuela Loss52–17 Felipe Romero Loss52–16 Johnathon Banks Win52–15 Ramiro Reducindo Win51–15 Alejandro De la Torre Win50–15 Jorge Valenzuela Win49–15 Fernando Vicente Loss48–15 David Tua Win48–14 Mario Maciel Loss47–14 Sinan Şamil Sam Win47–13 Daniel Cota Loss46–13 Tye Fields Win46–12 Dennis Bakhtov Win45–12 Agustin Corpus Win44–12 Gabe Brown Win43–12 Benito Quiroz Loss42–12 Grigory Drozd Win42–11 Gabe Brown Win41–11 Greg Pickrom Win40–11 Eduardo Ayala Win39–11 Ricardo Arce Win38–11 China Smith Win37–11 Nestor Maciel Win36–11 China Smith Loss35–11 Ramón Garbey Win35–10 Carlos Sandoval Loss34–10 James Toney Loss34–9 Jason Robinson Win34–8 Ricardo Phillips Loss33–8 Louis Azille Loss33–7 Vassiliy Jirov Win33–6 George Stevens Win32–6 Tiwon Taylor Win31–6 Uriah Grant Win30–6 Kenny Keene Win29–6 Cesar Rendon Win28–6 Cesar Rendon Loss27–6 Uriah Grant Win27–5 Keith McMurray Win26–5 Jimmy Bills Win25–5 Jaime Munguia Loss24–5 Torsten May Win24–4 Pedro Salinas Win23–4 Jade Scott Win22–4 Jose Arnaldo Balbuena Loss21–4 Virgil Hill Win21–3 Jaime Munguia Win20–3 Jorge Amparo Loss19–3 Isaias Lucero Win19–2 Mario Osuna Win18–2 Salvador Maciel Loss17–2 Salvador Maciel Win17–1 Javier Pena Win16–1 Isaias Lucero Win15–1 Martin Lopez Win14–1 Antonio Ramos Win13–1 Guillermo Chavez Win12–1 Rosendo Rosales Win11–1 Mario Felix Win10–1 Mario Osuna Win9–1 Carlos Mendoza Win8–1 Javier Pena Win7–1 Manuel Soto Win6–1 Emeterio Soto Win5–1 Sergio Gonzalez Win4–1 Jorge Vilchis Win3–1 Mauro Ruiz Win2–1 Alberto Castillo Win1–1 Jorge Ceron Loss0–1 Troy Weaver
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