Saúl Juárez Gil (born 28 November 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer who challenged for the WBC strawweight title in 2016 and the WBC light-flyweight title in 2018.
Career Juárez turned pro in 2010. He had a successful amateur career. Juárez won the Cinturón de Oro, an annual tournament for novice boxers, early on in his career. Juárez lost an IBF light-flyweight title eliminator to Milan Melindo in 2014. Juárez then beat Adrián Hernández twice on back-to-back fights and then defeated Oswaldo Novoa to earn a world title shot. On 2 August 2015, he faced Wanheng Menayothin for the WBC strawweight title in Chonburi. Wanheng seemed to control the fight, outjabbing and outboxing Juárez and won a close unanimous decision (116-112, 115–113, 116–113).
Juárez lost his next three fights, to Leroy Estrada, Gilberto Pedraza, and Abraham Rodríguez. Then he won against Gilberto Parra, stopping him with a barrage of punches in round 9. Juárez will get another world title shot on 31 December 2018 against Ken Shiro.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes43Loss25–16–2Ivan Garcia CarrilloUD1025 Feb 202242Loss25–15–2Anthony OlascuagaUD613 Aug 202141LossCristian GonzalezUD1025 Jun 202140Loss25–13–2Jesse RodriguezKO2 (8), 12 Dec 202039Loss25–12–2Axel Aragon VegaUD1021 Aug 202038Loss25–11–2Jonathan GonzálezUD1021 Feb 202037Loss25–10–2Ganigan LópezSD1019 Jul 201936Win25–9–2Mario AndradeTD7 (10), 8 Mar 2019 35Loss24–9–2Kenshiro TerajiUD1230 Dec 201834Draw24–8–2Mario AndradeSD1027 Jul 201833Win24–8–1Gilberto ParraTKO9 (10), 9 Mar 201832Loss23–8–1Abraham RodríguezMD106 Dec 201731Loss23–7–1Gilberto PedrozaSD926 Oct 201730Loss23–6–1Leroy EstradaUD1227 May 201729Loss23–5–1Wanheng MenayothinUD122 Aug 201628Win23–4–1Oswaldo NovoaUD1019 Mar 201627Draw22–4–1Oswaldo NovoaTD1 (12), 12 Dec 201526Win22–4Adrián HernándezSD108 Aug 201525Win21–4Adrián HernándezTKO8 (8), 30 May 201524Loss20–4Milan MelindoUD1215 Nov 201423Win20–3Erick LopezPTS831 May 201422Win19–3Luis CejaUD88 Feb 201421Loss18–3Juan HernándezPTS812 Oct 201320Win18–2Samuel Gutierrez HernandezUD813 Jul 201319Win17–2Arturo CastroTKO1 (8)13 Apr 201318Win16–2Armando TorresKO10 (10), 9 Feb 201317Win15–2Juan Carlos RamirezKO3 (8)5 Jan 201316Loss14–2José ArgumedoUD129 Jun 201215Win14–1Samuel GarciaTKO2 (8)19 May 201214Win13–1Heriberto RivasKO4 (8), 13 Apr 201213Win12–1Reynaldo AvilaKO2 (6), 4 Feb 201212Win11–1Oswaldo NovoaUD826 Nov 201111Win10–1Jose Maria SegoviaTKO3 (8)15 Oct 201110Win9–1Ricardo EstrellaKO2 (8)22 Sep 20119Win8–1Luis Huerta SaenzTKO2 (6), 6 Aug 20118Win7–1Martin TecuapetlaMD62 Jun 20117Win6–1Luis Manuel RamosUD89 Apr 20116Loss5–1Martin TecuapetlaRTD2 (6), 5 Feb 20115Win5–0Gustavo MolinaKO1 (6)26 Sep 20104Win4–0Saul Camilo RamirezSD422 Jul 20103Win3–0Miguel DominguezUD43 Jun 20102Win2–0Antonio FloresUD422 Apr 20101Win1–0Victor Marcelino PerezTKO1 (4), 4 Mar 2010
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