Jesús Marcelo Andrés Cuéllar (born 28 December 1986) is an Argentine professional boxer. He held the WBA (Regular) featherweight title from 2015 to 2016.
Amateur career Cuellar had an amateur record of 230 wins and 10 losses, and was a member of the Argentina national team.
Professional career
Cuellar was trained by former world champion and 2012 Trainer of the Year, Robert García.
Cuellar vs. Marrero On 23 August 2013, Cuellar defeated Claudio Marrero for the WBA interim featherweight title, in a close fight. Cuellar was the more aggressive fighter and scored a knockdown in the 6th round.
Cuellar vs. Mares On 10 December 2016, Cuellar defended his WBA (Regular) featherweight title against Abner Mares who was ranked #6 by the WBA at featherweight. Mares defeated Cuellar via split decision, scoring 117–110, 116-111 and 112–115 on the scorecards.
Cuellar vs. Davis After coming off his third loss and 2 years of layoff, Cuellar returned to the ring against Gervonta Davis. On 5 March 2018, the fight was finalized for the vacant WBA (Regular) super featherweight title. And for the fight Cuellar had to move up from featherweight to super featherweight. Prior to the fight, Alberto Machado, the WBA (Super) champion at the same weight class, was inexplicably downgraded to 'Regular' champion, and the Davis-Cuellar fight was upgraded to be for Machado's WBA (Super) super featherweight title. On 21 April 2018, Davis knocked Cuellar down three times en route to a third-round knockout win.
Cuellar vs. Fortuna On 2 November 2019, Cuellar faced Javier Fortuna. Cuellar suffered his fourth loss as Fortuna dominated and dropped him twice en route to a second-round knockout win.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes33Loss29–4 Javier FortunaKO2 (10), 2 November 2019 32Win29–3 Carlos PadillaKO2 (6), 9 March 2019 31Loss28–3 Gervonta DavisTKO3 (12), 21 April 2018 30Loss28–2 Abner Mares1210 December 2016 29Win28–1 Jonathan OquendoUD125 December 2015 28Win27–1 Vic DarchinyanTKO8 (12), 6 June 2015 27Win26–1 Ruben TamayoTKO5 (12), 20 December 2014 26Win25–1 Juan Manuel LópezKO2 (12), 11 September 2014 25Win24–1 Rico RamosUD122 May 2014 24Win23–1 Claudio MarreroUD1223 August 2013 23Win22–1 Gustavo Daniel GonzalezTKO1 (8), 12 December 2012 22Win21–1 Jean Javier SoteloTKO1 (10), 30 November 2012 21Win20–1 Claudio Rosendo TapiaKO2 (10), 31 August 2012 20Win19–1 Miguel Leonardo Caceres104 February 2012 19Win18–1 Ramon Elizer EsperanzaTKO4 (10), 25 November 2011 18Loss17–1 Óscar EscandónTKO7 (12), 15 October 2011 17Win17–0 Hugo Orlando GomezTKO3 (12), 23 July 2011 16Win16–0 Ramon Armando TorresKO4 (10), 16 April 2011 15Win15–0 Jose SaezTKO2 (12), 12 January 2011 14Win14–0 Diego Herminio Alejandro SanancoRTD8 (12), 23 October 2010 13Win13–0 Miguel Leonardo CaceresUD1021 August 2010 12Win12–0 Claudio Rosendo TapiaRTD11 (12), 30 April 2010 11Win11–0 Lucas Rafael BaezTKO1 (10), 27 February 2010 10Win10–0 Luis Armando JuarezUD1224 October 2009 9Win9–0 Victor Cardozo CoronelTKO9 (10), 4 September 2009 8Win8–0 Julio Cesar RuizTKO3 (10), 23 May 2009 7Win7–0 Cristian Javier OlmedoTKO 3 (6), 21 March 2009 6Win6–0 Marcelo Antonio Gomez624 January 2009 5Win5–0 Carlos Alberto IbarraTKO2 (4), 6 December 2008 4Win4–0 Pascal BouchezKO1 (4), 1 November 2008 3Win3–0 Juan Ramon Alfonsin1 (4), 2 August 2008 2Win2–0 Juan Atonio Alcaraz1 (4), 11 July 2008 1Win1–0 Cristian Omar Gimenez1 (4), 12 June 2008
References
External links
Jesus Cuellar - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live