Sammy Fuentes (born February 18, 1964) in Loíza, Puerto Rico is a retired Puerto Rican boxer.
Professional career Fuentes turned professional in 1982 & compiled a record of 21–6–1 before facing Julio César Chávez for the WBC light-welterweight title, he would lose via tenth round stoppage. On February 20, 1995, he defeated Fidel Avendano to win the WBO light-welterweight title. Fuentes defended the title once against Hector Lopez before losing it to Giovanni Parisi.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes54LossJosé Luis LópezTKO2 (12)1998-05-0953Loss34–17–2Frank OlsenUD10 (10)1998-03-2052Draw34–16–2Antonio RiveraPTS10 (10)1997-10-2551Loss34–16–1Santos CardonaTKO7 (?)1997-05-3150Loss34–15–1Jaime BalboaRTD6 (10)1997-03-2249Win34–14–1Rene ValdezPTS10 (10)1997-01-1848Loss33–14–1Giovanni ParisiTKO8 (12)1996-03-0947Win33–13–1Marco Antonio LizarragaKO4 (10)1995-12-1146Win32–13–1Juan SoberanesRTD4 (10)1995-10-2345Win31–13–1Héctor LópezSD12 (12)1995-06-1044Win30–13–1Fidel AvendanoTKO2 (12)1995-02-2043Win29–13–1Daniel HernandezRTD6 (10)1994-12-0342Win28–13–1David OjedaKO5 (12)1994-11-0741Win27–13–1Andreas PanayiTKO4 (12)1994-09-1740Win26–13–1Gilberto FloresKO1 (10)1994-08-1539Loss25–13–1Vyacheslav YanovskiyUD10 (10)1994-05-2738Win25–12–1Charlie BrownKO2 (10)1993-07-0937Win24–12–1Charles BaouTKO5 (10)1993-05-1536Loss23–12–1Ángel HernándezSD10 (10)1993-03-1935Loss23–11–1Kostya TszyuTKO1 (10)1992-11-1334Loss23–10–1Charles MurrayUD10 (10)1992-07-1633Win23–9–1Marco Antonio LizarragaKO7 (10)1992-06-0132Win22–9–1Liasu BraimohKO5 (?)1992-01-2731Loss21–9–1David KamauUD10 (10)1991-11-0430Loss21–8–1Rodney MooreTKO2 (10)1991-06-0429Loss21–7–1Julio César ChávezRTD10 (12)1989-11-1828Win21–6–1Rodolfo AguilarUD12 (12)1989-08-1427Draw20–6–1Rodolfo AguilarMD12 (12)1989-05-1526Win20–6John MontesKO7 (10)1989-02-2825Win19–6Santos CardonaTKO2 (10)1989-01-0924Win18–6Vincent RelefordTKO2 (10)1988-10-0523Win17–6Frank SmithKO4 (?)1988-04-1522Loss16–6Freddie PendletonTKO1 (10)1988-02-1221Win16–5Tony MartinTKO5 (10)1987-12-0920Win15–5Nick ParkerTKO6 (10)1987-06-2519Win14–5Jerome SpotsvilleTKO1 (8)1987-04-1818Loss13–5Roger MayweatherRTD9 (12)1986-11-2817Loss13–4Frankie RandallTKO2 (10)1986-05-3016Loss13–3Frankie WarrenSD10 (10)1986-04-0615Win13–2Marvin GarrisTKO5 (10)1986-02-1414Win12–2Ali Kareem MuhammadTKO8 (10)1986-01-1013Win11–2Roberto JuarezTKO8 (10)1985-11-1312Win10–2Harry ArroyoKO7 (10)1985-10-0911Win9–2Othal DixonMD10 (10)1985-06-1910Win8–2Cirilo MorellTKO2 (6)1985-03-259Win7–2Jocko KingUD6 (6)1985-02-218Win6–2Roberto OrtizKO8 (?)1984-09-017Loss5–2Fitzroy DavidsonDQ7 (?)1983-12-166Win5–1Angus AlleyneKO1 (?)1983-11-115Loss4–1Juan NazarioKO5 (?)1983-08-184Win4–0Edwin RodriguezKO2 (?)1983-04-163Win3–0Victor FontanezKO2 (?)1983-03-242Win2–0Roberto OrtizPTS6 (6)1983-02-121Win1–0Victor AponteKO3 (4)1982-11-20
See also Boxing in Puerto Rico List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions List of world light-welterweight boxing champions
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