Cristóbal Cruz Rivera, also known as Lacandón (born 19 May 1977) is a Mexican professional boxer and former IBO and IBF featherweight Champion.
Career On 17 January 1992, Cruz began his professional career, beating fellow Mexican debutant Manuel Morales with a second round knockout in Monterrey.
After racking up 24 fights with 21 wins and 11 knockouts in just over tens years, Cruz faced Francisco Dianzo for the WBC Continental Americas featherweight title. Cruz overcame Dianzo in the eleventh round about would beat him again in 2005 with a 6th-round knockout.
Road to the IBF title Between October 2005 and May 2007 Cruz's career looked to be coming to an end when he had seven fights with four losses and a no contest including two losses to Francisco Lorenzo.
In August 2007, Cruz started back on the comeback trail when he defeated Alberto Garza with a tenth-round knockout to capture the WBC FECOMBOX featherweight title. This victory lead to a shot at the IBO featherweight title against South African champion Thomas Mashaba who had only one loss in a ten-year 25 fight career. The clash took place in March 2008 at the Foxwoods Casino, Connecticut. The pair fought twelve tough rounds with Cruz having blood running from his nose from the eighth round onwards. In a major upset Cruz finished strongly breaking CompuBox record for punches thrown in a 12-round fight to take the victory by majority decision with one judge calling the fight even and two giving it to Cruz by one solitary round.
In October 2008, Cruz would vacate his newfound IBO title and aim for a bigger prize - the IBF featherweight title - which had been recently vacated by Robert Guerrero who moved up to super featherweight. He faced fellow Mexican Orlando Salido who had won an eliminator less than a year previous and had fought for the title previously, losing to Juan Manuel Márquez in 2004, his only loss since 2001 and a no contest again Guerrero in 2006. Once again Cruz overcame the odds to defeat the bookies favourite to take one of the most prestigious titles in boxing by beating a battered and swollen Salido on points.
He followed this up with a defeat of once-beaten Jorge Solís, avenging a loss earlier in his career.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateAgeLocationNotes68Loss Luis SolisUD8Jun 17, 201767Loss41–21–4 Maurice HookerUD10Feb 24, 201766Win41–20–4 Manuel ValdezTKO7 (10), Feb 4, 201765Loss40–20–4 Luis Ramos Jr.UD8Apr 2, 201664Loss40–19–4 Gervonta DavisTKO3 (8), Oct 30, 201563Loss40–18–4 Eddie RamirezUD6Sep 8, 201562Loss40–17–4 Alejandro LunaUD8Jun 6, 201561Draw40–16–4 Emanuel LópezPTS10Jun 27, 201460Loss40–16–3 Fernando MontielMD10Mar 15, 201459Loss40–15–3 Miguel BercheltTKO5 (10), Aug 31, 201358Win40–14–3 Enrique LugoTKO5 (8), Jun 1, 201357Loss39–14–3 Javier FortunaTKO2 (10), Jul 6, 201256Loss39–13–3 Juan Carlos BurgosUD10Feb 24, 201255Draw39–12–3 Art HovhannisyanTD4 (10), Aug 5, 201154Loss39–12–2 Orlando SalidoUD12May 15, 201053Draw39–11–2 Ricardo CastilloTD3 (12), Dec 19, 200952Win39–11–1 Jorge SolísUD12Jul 11, 200951Win38–11–1 Cyril ThomasUD12Feb 14, 200950Win37–11–1 Orlando SalidoSD12Oct 23, 200849Win36–11–1 Thomas MashabaMD12Mar 7, 200848Win35–11–1 Alberto GarzaTKO10 (12), Aug 20, 200747Loss34–11–1 Zahir RaheemUD10May 18, 200746Loss34–10–1 Francisco LorenzoUD12Apr 13, 200745Win34–9–1 Jose ReyesMD12Dec 8, 200644Loss33–9–1 Francisco LorenzoUD8Dec 1, 200643Win33–8–1 Leonardo ResendizRTD5 (10), Sep 8, 200642Loss32–8–1 Steve LuevanoUD12Jul 21, 20064132–7–1 Gerardo ZayasNC4 (10), Oct 28, 200540Win32–7–1 Francisco DianzoTKO6 (10), May 6, 200539Win31–7–1 Luisito EspinosaKO3 (10)Feb 18, 200538Win30–7–1 Jose NavarreteTKO4 (10)Jan 7, 200537Win29–7–1 Cornelius LockTKO8 (10), Oct 29, 200436Win28–7–1 Mario FloresUD6Oct 8, 200435Loss27–7–1 Jose Miguel AguinigaSD10Jul 23, 200434Win27–6–1 Julio Cesar AcostaTKO1 (6)Jun 7, 200433Loss26–6–1 Juan RuizUD12Feb 27, 200432Loss26–5–1 Jorge SolísUD10Dec 11, 200331Loss26–4–1 Heriberto RuizUD10Sep 12, 200330Win26–3–1 Edgar BarcenasTKO9 (10)Jun 20, 200329Win25–3–1 Eduardo GutierrezTKO3 (?)Apr 12, 200328Win24–3–1 Cesar HuizarRTD6 (12), Mar 21, 200327Win23–3–1 Ricardo CastilloUD8Jan 1, 200326Loss22–3–1 Martin HonorioKO1 (10), Aug 10, 200225Win22–2–1 Francisco DianzoTKO11 (12)Jan 26, 200224Draw21–2–1 Agustin LorenzoPTS10Aug 16, 200123Win21–2 Ruben EstanislaoPTS10Jun 16, 200122Win20–2 Cristin RojasPTS10Mar 10, 200121Win19–2 Nino GonzalezPTS10Jan 20, 200120Win18–2 Polo CamachoPTS12Oct 29, 200019Win17–2 Erelyn ValenciaKO9 (?)Jan 31, 199818Loss16–2 Jose MartinezPTS10Nov 29, 199717Win16–1 Luis EspinozaTKO7 (?)Aug 27, 199716Loss15–1 Manuel ArjonaKO6 (?)Apr 19, 199715Win15–0 Agustin SanchezPTS10Dec 30, 199614Win14–0 Frank LorenzanaTKO2 (?)Nov 15, 199613Win13–0 Israel CruzTKO2 (?)Oct 13, 199612Win12–0 Jose MartinezPTS10Sep 28, 199611Win11–0 Enrique ZunigaTKO9 (10)Aug 26, 199610Win10–0 Jose MartinPTS10May 3, 19969Win9–0 Eduardo CaballeroTKO9 (?)Mar 11, 19968Win8–0 Humberto VelazquezTKO5 (?)Feb 5, 19967Win7–0 Jorge EscobarPTS8Dec 25, 19956Win6–0 Martin MartinezTKO3 (?)Nov 17, 19955Win5–0 Jose LaraTKO3 (?)Dec 12, 19934Win4–0 Ceciclio RiosTKO5 (?)Feb 6, 19933Win3–0 Edwin Armando ZaratePTS6Dec 11, 19922Win2–0 Sergio MoralesTKO5 (?)Nov 27, 19921Win1–0 Manuel MoralesTKO2 (?)Jan 17, 1992
See also List of IBF world champions List of Mexican boxing world champions
References
External links Biography and Pictures