Ismael Laguna

Career, Record, Stats
Ismael Laguna

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