Juan Lazcano (born March 23, 1975) is a Mexican-born American professional boxer currently based in Sacramento, California. He fights at light welterweight and is a former World Boxing Foundation (WBF), NABF and IBA lightweight champion, as well as having challenged for the IBO light welterweight title.

Background Lazcano was born in Ciudad Juárez and was moved to El Paso when two months old. There, he attended Jefferson High School, later finishing at Bowie High. At Jefferson High, he and classmate Daniel Puente, along with other young boxers, sparred together at Rocky's Gym where he was crowned the Golden Gloves. He now lives and fights out of Sacramento, California.

He and Lourdes were childhood sweethearts, but are now divorced. Together they raised four children;His step-son and three of their own. They became parents when Juan was only 17 years of age. Lazcano is engaged to Tammy Howard, a teacher in Phoenix, AZ. They have been together since 2018.

Amateur career Lazcano had an extensive amateur career. He had in excess of 100 amateur fights from the age of 8 to 18 with 135 wins and 15 losses and won the Texas Golden Gloves titles and boxed in the US national championships at both junior and open class levels.

Professional career

Lazcano turned professional in July 1993 in Reseda, California on the undercard of a bill that included Shane Mosley and Mauro Gutierrez. On his debut he defeated Chris Crespin with a first round knockout.

Title fight Lazcano won twelve of his first thirteen with eight victories coming via knockout. Then, in December 1996, Lazcano fought his first title fight against Californian Daniel Lujan for the vacant WBF lightweight title. The first fight between the two was judge a draw and they again faced each other in a rematch three months later. This time Lazcano emerged victorious with fourth-round knockout.

Lazcano took on Ricky Hatton at the city of Manchester stadium on May 24, a bout that Lazcano lost via unanimous decision. Lazcano dished out and received punishment from Hatton from start to finish. At one point Lazcano had Hatton visibly hurt. A moment in which a quick timeout was called by the referee so Hatton's corner could tie his shoe.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes43LossRicky HattonUD12May 24, 200842Loss37–4–1Vivian HarrisUD12Feb 10, 200741Win37–3–1Manuel GarnicaSD10Oct 21, 200640Win36–3–1Ben TackieUD10Feb 24, 200639Win35–3–1Courtney BurtonKO9 (10), Nov 11, 200538Win34–3–1Marco Angel PérezKO1 (10), Aug 19, 200537Loss33–3–1José Luis CastilloUD12Jun 5, 200436Win33–2–1Stevie JohnstonTKO11 (12), Sep 13, 200335Win32–2–1Danny RiosTD10 (12), Feb 13, 200334Win31–2–1David ArmstrongTKO6 (12), Sep 20, 200233Win30–2–1Benito RodriguezTKO5 (12), Jul 19, 200232Win29–2–1Julio Sanchez LeonRTD7 (10), Mar 8, 200231Win28–2–1Julio AlvarezKO4 (12), Sep 1, 200130Win27–2–1John John MolinaTKO11 (12), May 5, 200129Win26–2–1Volodymyr MatkivskyyKO5 (10), Jan 19, 200128Win25–2–1Dorin SpiveyTKO8 (12), Oct 27, 200027Win24–2–1Jesse James LeijaSD10Aug 5, 200026Win23–2–1Wilfredo VázquezTKO9 (12), Jun 16, 200025Win22–2–1Eduardo PerezTKO8 (10)May 1, 200024Win21–2–1Julian WheelerSD10Jan 7, 200023Win20–2–1Mark FernandezTKO1 (10), Dec 4, 199922Win19–2–1Jose Luis MontesKO2 (10), Oct 12, 199921Win18–2–1Ernesto MartinezKO4 (10), Sep 1, 199920Win17–2–1Tialano TovarKO2 (8), Jul 17, 199919Win16–2–1Martin GallegosTKO2 (8), Apr 1, 199918Win15–2–1Olegario De LeonTKO4 (6)Nov 19, 199817Loss14–2–1Golden JohnsonTKO3 (10), Jun 6, 199816Win14–1–1James CraytonMD12Jul 11, 199715Win13–1–1Daniel LujanKO4 (12), Feb 20, 199714Draw12–1–1Daniel LujanMD12Dec 19, 199613Win12–1Antonio DíazMD6Sep 21, 199612Win11–1Martin GallegosKO5 (8), Jun 22, 199611Win10–1Jerome JohnsonTKO6 (8), May 18, 199610Win9–1Juan Carlos ArandayTKO3 (?)Apr 26, 19969Loss8–1Jose ManjarrezUD6Jul 24, 19948Win8–0Oscar GonzalezKO2 (6)May 18, 19947Win7–0Joel GarciaPTS4Mar 26, 19946Win6–0Pat ChavezPTS4Dec 2, 19935Win5–0Carlos BarraganTKO3 (4)Nov 11, 19934Win4–0Gerardo MercadoKO1 (4), Oct 16, 19933Win3–0Rudy CruzPTS4Aug 25, 19932Win2–0Jorge CastroKO1 (4)Aug 4, 19931Win1–0Chris CrespinKO1 (4), Jul 21, 1993

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