Luis Miguel Concepción Montiel (born October 6, 1985) is a Panamanian professional boxer. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight title in 2011 and the WBA super flyweight title in 2016.
Professional career
His nickname is "El Nica", the southpaw resides in the capital of Panama. His professional record includes 24 fights: 22 wins (17 knockouts), and 2 losses. He won the WBA Interim Flyweight Title by TKO against Mexican Omar Salado on September 5, 2009. He was promoted to full WBA Champion after reigning Champion Daiki Kameda relinquished his title in 2011. He lost the WBA Flyweight Title to Hernan Márquez by TKO in the 11th round.
Concepcion was slated to defend his WBA super flyweight title against Kal Yafai on 10 December 2016. Concepcion failed to make weight for the fight twice, leading to the WBA stripping him of the title a day before the fight. The title was vacant and only Yafai was eligible to win it with an eventual win. Yafai managed to secure the win with a boxing masterclass, winning on all three scorecards.
In his next fight, he knocked out Luis de la Rosa in the second round to secure the win.
Next, Concepcion was scheduled to fight Iran Diaz. Despite being the underdog, Diaz got a shocking unanimous decision win against Concepcion.
In a bid to get his career back on track, Concepcion fought Colombian Luis Carrillo in his homecountry of Panama, on 24 October 2017. Concepcion managed to secure the much needed win via a second-round knockout.
Next, Concepcion fought unbeaten super flyweight Andrew Moloney. Concepcion lost the fight in the tenth round via TKO. Moloney was dominant from the opening bell, with Concepcion having some success in the latter rounds, but not nearly enough to make a difference in the fight.
One of his trainers was María Toto.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes52Loss40–12Kenneth LloverTKO8 (10), 17 Aug 202551Loss40–11David Cuellar Contreras8 (10), 13 Oct 202350Loss40–10Hernán Márquez107 Oct 202249Win40–9Juan LopezTKO9 (10), 17 Jun 2022 48Loss 39–9 Artem DalakianTKO9 (12), 20 Nov 2021 47Win39–8 Rober BarreraTKO11 (12)7 Feb 2020 46Win38–8 Felix MoncadaKO4 (8)19 Jul 2019 45Loss37–8 Alexandru MarinUD10 11 May 2019 44Loss37–7 Andrew MoloneyTKO10 (10)8 Sep 2018 43Win37–6 Luis CarrilloKO2 (8)4 Oct 2017 42Loss36–6 Iran DiazUD102 Sep 2017 41Win36–5 Luis de la RosaKO2 (8)5 Jul 2017 40Loss35–5 Kal YafaiUD1210 Dec 2016 39Win35–4 Kohei KonoUD1231 Aug 2016 38Win34–4 Hernán MárquezUD12 17 Dec 2015 37Win33–4 David Sánchez10 (12)19 Sep 2015 36Loss32–4 Carlos CuadrasUD124 May 2015 35Win32–3 Duvan HernándezTKO7 (12)23 Aug 2014 34Win31–3 Carlos Fontes9 (12)20 Feb 2014 33Win30–3 Carlos Ruben Dario RuizKO10 (12)19 Oct 2013 32Win29–3 Nestor Daniel NarvaesUD123 Aug 2013 31Win28–3 Anuar SalasTKO6 (12)20 Apr 2013 30Win27–3 Pablo CarrilloUD1022 Nov 2012 29Win26–3 Pablo CarrilloUD81 Sep 2012 28Win25–3 Odilon ZaletaTKO2 (10)24 May 2012 27Win24–3 Oscar GallardoKO1 (12)15 Mar 2012 26Loss23–3 Hernán MárquezTKO1 (12)29 Oct 2011 25Win23–2 Manuel VargasKO1 (10)11 Aug 2011 24Loss22–2 Hernán MárquezTKO11 (12)2 Apr 2011 23Win22–1 Denkaosan KaovichitTKO1 (12)2 Oct 2010 22Win21–1 Wilfrido VáldezKO1 (8)14 Aug 2010 21Win20–1 Eric OrtizTKO4 (12)22 Apr 2010 20Win19–1 Roberto Carlos LeyvaKO4 (12)27 Nov 2009 19Win18–1 Omar SaladoTKO12 (12)5 Sep 2009 18Win17–1 Ernesto CastroTKO1 (8)30 Apr 2009 17Win16–1 Santiago Ivan AcostaUD11 19 Feb 2009 16Win15–1 Noel ArambuletKO1 (10)28 Nov 2008 15Win14–1 Juan EsquerTKO5 (11)19 Aug 2008 14Win13–1 William De SousaUD9 2 Jul 2008 13Win12–1 Luis SingoKO5 (9)7 May 2008 12Win11–1 Freddy CanateTKO1 (8)27 Mar 2008 11Win10–1 Emerson NisperusaKO1 (8)1 Dec 2007 10Win9–1 Humberto ObandoTKO3 (6)16 Aug 2007 9Win8–1 Anduar VargasKO2 (4)13 Jul 2007 8Win7–1 John JimenezKO1 (4)22 Jun 2007 7Win6–1 Ezequiel AsprillaUD4 1 Jun 2007 6Win5–1 Javier Cordoba4 (8)10 Mar 2007 5Win4–1 Ezequiel AsprillaUD4 17 Nov 2006 4Loss3–1 Gilmer BaulesUD4 30 Sep 2006 3Win3–0 Daniel Deago4 15 Jul 2006 2Win2–0 Javier CarpinteroTKO3 (4)17 Jun 2006 1Win1–0 Alexander Murillo2 (4)21 Mar 2006
See also List of flyweight boxing champions List of super-flyweight boxing champions List of Panamanians
References
External links
Luis Concepcion - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live