Ismael Laguna

Career, Record, Stats

Ismael Laguna (El Tigre Colonense) is a 81-year-old retired Panamanian professional boxer. He is a former lightweight world champion with 6 world-title wins. In a career spanning 11 years and 23 days, Laguna amassed a record of 65-9-1, which includes 37 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2001.

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LEGEND

Ismael Laguna's Boxing Career

Ismael Laguna was born in Colón, Panama on June 28, 1943. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on August 21, 1960 against Antonio Morgan. Laguna defeated Morgan via 2nd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Laguna became a world champion fight at the age of 21 after 40 professional fights. He challenged Carlos Ortiz for the WBA, WBC, and The Ring lightweight titles and defeated the champion via 15-round majority decision, winning his first world titles. With this win, he also became the undisputed lightweight world champion — in his very first world-title fight.

Laguna's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Ken Buchanan at age 28, on September 13, 1971, in which he was fighting for the WBA and The Ring lightweight titles.

Some of Ismael Laguna's best fights have been against Carlos Ortiz, Mando Ramos, and Nicolino Locche (HOFer). For a complete list of Laguna's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Ismael Laguna".

Laguna has 9 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Ismael Laguna Losses".

Ismael Laguna's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
75	Sep 13, 1971	28	Ken Buchanan 26 40-1	loss	UD 15
74	Jun 22, 1971	27	Eddie Linder	loss	SD 10
73	Apr 03, 1971	27	Chango Carmona	win	UD 10
72	Mar 06, 1971	27	Lloyd Marshall	win	UD 10
71	Sep 26, 1970	27	Ken Buchanan 25 36-1	loss	SD 15
70	Jun 06, 1970	26	Guts Ishimatsu	win	TKO 13
69	Mar 03, 1970	26	Mando Ramos 21 28-3	win	TKO 9
68	Jan 24, 1970	26	Jose Luis Vallejo	win	TKO 3
67	Jul 14, 1969	26	Genaro Soto	win	UD 10
66	Jul 05, 1969	26	Eugenio Espinoza	win	UD 10
65	May 24, 1969	25	Eugenio Espinoza	loss	UD 10
64	Mar 31, 1969	25	Maurice Tavant	win	PTS 10
63	Mar 02, 1969	25	Curly Aguirre	win	TKO 4
62	Nov 15, 1968	25	Roman Blanco	win	MD 10
61	Oct 22, 1968	25	Grady Ponder	win	UD 10
60	Oct 07, 1968	25	Gabe LaMarca	win	TKO 8
59	Aug 20, 1968	25	Lloyd Marshall	win	TKO 9
58	Jul 17, 1968	25	Victor Melendez	win	UD 10
57	Apr 29, 1968	24	Frankie Narvaez	win	UD 10
56	Apr 15, 1968	24	Bud Anderson	win	TKO 10
55	Feb 26, 1968	24	Ray Adigun	win	PTS 10
54	Oct 28, 1967	24	Paul Armstead	win	UD 10
53	Aug 16, 1967	24	Carlos Ortiz 30 50-5-1	loss	UD 15
52	Jun 03, 1967	23	Alfredo Urbina	win	UD 10
51	Apr 01, 1967	23	Vicente Rivas	win	KO 5
50	Mar 10, 1967	23	Frankie Narvaez	win	UD 12
49	Dec 03, 1966	23	Daniel Guanin	win	TKO 8
48	Oct 01, 1966	23	Percy Hayles	win	TKO 6
47	Jul 28, 1966	23	Al Grant	win	UD 10
46	Mar 19, 1966	22	Gabriel Elorde 30 78-19-2	loss	UD 10
45	Feb 19, 1966	22	Carlos Hernández	win	TKO 8
44	Nov 13, 1965	22	Carlos Ortiz 29 45-5	loss	UD 15
43	Jul 17, 1965	22	Nicolino Locche 25 57-2-11	draw	PTS 10
42	Jun 19, 1965	21	Raul Soriano	win	TKO 8
41	Apr 10, 1965	21	Carlos Ortiz 28 45-4	win	MD 15
40	Dec 20, 1964	21	Sebastiao Nascimento	win	UD 10
39	Oct 25, 1964	21	Percy Hayles	win	TKO 7
38	Aug 02, 1964	21	Vicente Milan Derado	win	UD 10
37	Jul 06, 1964	21	Kid Anahuac	win	TKO 8
36	Jun 01, 1964	20	Vicente Saldivar 21 24-1	loss	UD 10
35	Mar 09, 1964	20	Angel Robinson Garcia	win	PTS 10
34	Feb 21, 1964	20	Oripes dos Santos	win	KO 7
33	Jan 26, 1964	20	Pedro Miranda	win	TKO 4
32	Nov 18, 1963	20	Rafiu King	win	UD 10
31	Sep 15, 1963	20	Antonio Herrera	win	TKO 6
30	Aug 25, 1963	20	Eduardo Guerrero	win	UD 10
29	Jul 21, 1963	20	Don Johnson	win	TKO 3
28	Jun 07, 1963	19	Antonio Herrera	loss	PTS 10
27	May 20, 1963	19	Fili Nava	win	KO 3
26	Mar 17, 1963	19	Auburn Copeland	win	UD 10
25	Feb 22, 1963	19	Juan Ramirez	win	UD 10
24	Jan 20, 1963	19	Bobby Gray	win	TKO 9
23	Dec 16, 1962	19	Tony Herrera	win	KO 2
22	Nov 18, 1962	19	Enrique Hitchman	win	KO 2
21	Oct 28, 1962	19	Beresford Francis	win	TKO 5
20	Sep 16, 1962	19	Pedro Ortiz	win	TKO 7
19	Jul 29, 1962	19	Jorge Baby Salazar	win	TKO 6
18	Jun 24, 1962	18	Carlos Celis	win	TKO 5
17	Jun 10, 1962	18	Agustin Carmona	win	KO 6
16	Jun 03, 1962	18	Jorge Uzcategui	win	TKO 2
15	Apr 15, 1962	18	Nelson Estrada	win	TKO 7
14	Mar 02, 1962	18	Castor Castillo	win	PTS 10
13	Jan 14, 1962	18	Eloy Sanchez	win	KO 4
12	Dec 01, 1961	18	Hector Hicks	win	KO 5
11	Oct 15, 1961	18	Euro Partides	win	KO 4
10	Aug 27, 1961	18	Enrique Hitchman	win	UD 10
9	Jun 25, 1961	17	Claudio Martínez	win	TKO 4
8	Jun 04, 1961	17	Killer Solomon	win	KO 7
7	May 21, 1961	17	Battling Escudero	win	KO 2
6	Apr 30, 1961	17	Ernesto Campbell	win	UD 6
5	Apr 16, 1961	17	Jose Pacheco	win	KO 3
4	Mar 26, 1961	17	Carlos Real	win	SD 6
3	Mar 05, 1961	17	Javier Valle	win	UD 4
2	Jan 22, 1961	17	Eduardo Frutos	win	UD 4
1	Aug 21, 1960	17	Antonio Morgan	win	KO 2

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