Gustavo Espinosa Espadas Jr. (born September 2, 1974 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico) is a Mexican former professional boxer in the Featherweight division. He is the former WBC Featherweight Champion and the son of former WBA Flyweight Champion, Guty Espadas.
Professional career Espadas Jr. turned professional in 1992.
WBC Featherweight Championship In 2000 won the Vacant WBC Featherweight Championship by winning a technical decision over Luisito Espinosa in the 11th round. He defended the belt once before losing a close decision to Erik Morales in 2001.
In 2003 he rematched Morales but was knocked out in the 3rd round.
He announced his retirement after sustaining a 2nd round knockout loss to Rocky Juarez in 2004, only to come out of it in 2007 by beating Moises Perez twice in the same year.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes53Loss45–8Elio RojasUD1220 Feb 201052Win45–7Juan Carlos MartínezSD104 Apr 200951Win44–7Fredy BlandónTD10 (10)20 Dec 200850Win43–7Pascual VázquezKO1 (10), 24 Oct 200849Win42–7Naoki MatsudaTKO2 (12), 31 May 200848Win41–7Eduardo RobledoKO4 (10)15 Dec 199747Win40–7Moisés PérezTKO11 (12)28 Jul 200746Win39–7Moisés PérezSD1031 Mar 200745Loss38–7Rocky JuarezKO2 (12), 3 Dec 200444Win38–6Ramón PérezTKO10 (10), 23 Jul 200443Loss37–6Érik MoralesKO3 (12), 4 Oct 200342Win37–5Juan Manuel ChávezTKO4 (10)20 Jun 200341Win36–5Clarence AdamsSD1216 Nov 200240Loss35–5Héctor VelázquezSD1025 Jun 200239Win35–4Isidro TejedorTKO10 (10)8 Feb 200238Loss34–4William AbelyanUD105 Aug 200137Win34–3José Pablo EstrellaTKO6 (10)1 Jun 200136Loss33–3Érik MoralesUD1217 Feb 200135Win33–2Wethya SakmuangklangUD1223 Jun 200034Win32–2Luisito EspinosaTD11 (12), 14 Apr 200033Win31–2Frangky MamuayaTKO1 (10), 9 Aug 199932Win30–2Rodrigo LópezTKO411 Jun 199931Win29–2Óscar MaldonadoKO2 (10), 26 Apr 199930Win28–2César GüémezUD1026 Mar 199929Win27–2Ricardo MedinaSD107 Dec 199828Win26–2Jesse MagañaTD8 (10), 20 Jun 199827Win25–2Agapito SánchezMD1020 Apr 199826Win24–2Manuel ChávezKO10 (12)14 Feb 199825Win23–2Héctor Javier MárquezSD1213 Dec 199724Win22–2Alfred KoteyUD1012 Aug 199723Win21–2Ramiro SarauzKO29 Jul 199722Loss20–2Jesus SaludUD103 Dec 199621Win20–1Rodrigo CerdaUD1016 Sep 199620Loss19–1Darryl PinckneyTKO7 (10), 10 Jun 199619Win19–0Raúl Martínez MoraUD109 Mar 199618Win18–0Óscar TinajeroKO123 Dec 199517Win17–0Benito RodríguezUD1017 Jun 199516Win16–0Juan ValenciaKO220 May 199515Win15–0Luis EspinozaTKO5 (10)11 Mar 199514Win14–0José Antonio PachecanoKO221 Nov 199513Win13–0César AbundisKO23 Dec 199312Win12–0Juan CatzinTKO429 Oct 199411Win11–0José RodríguezKO422 Jul 199410Win10–0Orlando RojasPTS821 May 19949Win9–0Alonso ZumárragaTKO35 Mar 19948Win8–0Candelario MoralesKO25 Feb 19947Win7–0Manuel CarballoKO620 Nov 19936Win6–0Martín PalomoKO116 Oct 19935Win5–0Víctor CauichKO118 Sep 19934Win4–0Roberto BellosTKO228 Apr 19933Win3–0Santiago MartínTKO220 Mar 19932Win2–0José MarínKO227 Nov 19921Win1–0Manuel PérezUD48 Oct 1992
Personal life Espadas's father, Guty Espadas, was the WBA Flyweight Champion during the 1970s.
See also Notable boxing families List of WBC world champions List of featherweight boxing champions List of Mexican boxing world champions
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