Rubén Olivares

Career, Record, Stats

Rubén Olivares (El Púas) is a 77-year-old retired Mexican professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 8 world-title wins. In a career spanning 23 years, 2 months, and 8 days, Olivares amassed a record of 89-13-3, which includes 79 wins via KO, 6 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1991.

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LEGEND

Rubén Olivares' Boxing Career

Rubén Olivares was born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico on January 14, 1947. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on January 4, 1965 against Isidro Sotelo. Olivares defeated Sotelo via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Olivares became a world champion fight at the age of 22 after 53 professional fights. He challenged Lionel Rose for the WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles and stopped the champion in the 5th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world titles. With this win, he also became the undisputed bantamweight world champion — in his very first world-title fight.

He then went on to successfully win the featherweight (WBA, WBC) titles also to become a two-division world champion — and undisputed at bantamweight.

Olivares' last fight was a 4th-round KO loss to Ignacio Madrid at age 41, on March 12, 1988.

Some of Rubén Olivares' best fights have been against Bobby Chacon (HOFer), Lionel Rose, Jose Luis Ramirez, and José Medel. For a complete list of Olivares' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Rubén Olivares".

Olivares has 13 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Rubén Olivares Losses".

Rubén Olivares' Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
105	Mar 12, 1988	41	Ignacio Madrid	loss	KO 4
104	Feb 25, 1986	39	Roman Almaguer	draw	MD 4
103	Nov 24, 1981	34	Margarito Marquez	loss	SD 10
102	Aug 24, 1980	33	Rafael Gandarilla	loss	TKO 9
101	Apr 25, 1980	33	Sergio Reyes	win	TKO 7
100	Mar 07, 1980	33	Carlos Serrano	win	TKO 5
99	Jul 21, 1979	32	Eusebio Pedroza 23 22-3	loss	TKO 12
98	Jun 30, 1979	32	Adrian Zapanta	win	TKO 2
97	Apr 22, 1979	32	Guillermo Morales	draw	MD 10
96	Nov 20, 1978	31	Isaac Vega	win	TKO 3
95	Oct 18, 1978	31	Shig Fukuyama	win	KO 2
94	Apr 28, 1978	31	José Luis Ramírez 19 43-1	win	TKO 2
93	Dec 06, 1977	30	Ricky Gutierrez	win	UD 10
92	Aug 20, 1977	30	Bobby Chacon 25 36-3	loss	UD 10
91	Nov 19, 1976	29	Jose Cervantes	loss	KO 6
90	Jul 30, 1976	29	Fernando Cabanela	win	UD 10
89	Jun 02, 1976	29	Pajet Lupikanet	win	TKO 1
88	Dec 04, 1975	28	Danny Lopez 23 8-3	loss	KO 7
87	Sep 20, 1975	28	David Kotey	loss	SD 15
86	Jun 20, 1975	28	Bobby Chacon 23 26-1	win	TKO 2
85	Apr 07, 1975	28	Benjamin Ortiz	win	TKO 6
84	Nov 23, 1974	27	Alexis Arguello 22 35-4	loss	KO 13
83	Oct 05, 1974	27	Carlos Mendoza	win	TKO 6
82	Aug 31, 1974	27	Enrique Garcia	win	TKO 5
81	Jul 09, 1974	27	Zensuke Utagawa	win	KO 7
80	May 14, 1974	27	Adrian Zapanta	win	KO 2
79	Mar 04, 1974	27	Art Hafey	win	SD 12
78	Dec 02, 1973	26	Francisco Durango	win	UD 10
77	Sep 15, 1973	26	Art Hafey	loss	TKO 5
76	Jun 23, 1973	26	Bobby Chacon 21 19-0	win	RTD 9
75	Apr 28, 1973	26	Walter Seeley	win	TKO 2
74	Nov 14, 1972	25	Rafael Herrera	loss	MD 10
73	Aug 19, 1972	25	Godfrey Stevens	win	UD 10
72	Mar 19, 1972	25	Rafael Herrera	loss	KO 8
71	Dec 14, 1971	24	Jesús Pimentel	win	TKO 11
70	Oct 25, 1971	24	Kazuyoshi Kanazawa	win	TKO 14
69	Aug 23, 1971	24	Kid Pascualito	win	TKO 9
68	Jul 10, 1971	24	Efren Torres	win	TKO 4
67	Jun 07, 1971	24	Vicente Blanco	win	KO 5
66	May 19, 1971	24	Tsuguo Mineyama	win	TKO 3
65	Apr 02, 1971	24	Chucho Castillo	win	UD 15
64	Mar 03, 1971	24	Chung Park	win	KO 6
63	Oct 16, 1970	23	Chucho Castillo	loss	TKO 14
62	Sep 11, 1970	23	Memo Rodriguez	win	KO 5
61	Aug 14, 1970	23	Jose Arranz	win	TKO 3
60	Jul 22, 1970	23	Shuji Chiyoda	win	UD 10
59	Apr 18, 1970	23	Chucho Castillo	win	UD 15
58	Mar 18, 1970	23	Romy Guelas	win	TKO 6
57	Feb 22, 1970	23	Angel Hernandez	win	KO 3
56	Dec 12, 1969	22	Alan Rudkin	win	TKO 2
55	Oct 27, 1969	22	Shigeyoshi Oki	win	KO 3
54	Aug 22, 1969	22	Lionel Rose 21 34-2	win	KO 5
53	Jun 29, 1969	22	Nene Jun	win	TKO 1
52	May 23, 1969	22	Takao Sakurai	win	TKO 6
51	May 06, 1969	22	Frank Adame	win	KO 2
50	Mar 17, 1969	22	Ernie Cruz	win	TKO 9
49	Mar 09, 1969	22	Carlos Zayas	win	TKO 7
48	Feb 23, 1969	22	Jose Bisbal	win	KO 3
47	Jan 26, 1969	22	Kazuyoshi Kanazawa	win	TKO 2
46	Nov 24, 1968	21	José Medel 30 64-24-7	win	KO 8
45	Oct 11, 1968	21	Wally Brooks	win	KO 1
44	Sep 15, 1968	21	Antoine Porcel	win	KO 1
43	Aug 28, 1968	21	Bernabe Fernandez	win	TKO 3
42	Aug 10, 1968	21	Tiny Palacio	win	TKO 6
41	Jul 11, 1968	21	Gary Garber	win	TKO 5
40	Jun 25, 1968	21	Enrique Yepes	win	KO 5
39	Jun 08, 1968	21	Octavio Gomez	win	KO 5
38	May 20, 1968	21	King Gavilan	win	KO 4
37	Apr 27, 1968	21	Manuel Arnal	win	DQ 6
36	Mar 31, 1968	21	Salvatore Burruni	win	TKO 3
35	Mar 03, 1968	21	Pornchai Poprai-ngam	win	TKO 9
34	Jan 28, 1968	21	German Bastidas	win	TKO 5
33	Nov 19, 1967	20	Felipe Gonzalez	win	TKO 6
32	Nov 03, 1967	20	Chamaco Castillo	win	KO 5
31	Oct 14, 1967	20	Ushiwakamaru Harada	win	TKO 2
30	Sep 20, 1967	20	Gustavo Sosa	win	TKO 3
29	Sep 06, 1967	20	Grillito Aguilar	win	KO 5
28	Jul 29, 1967	20	German Bastidas	draw	MD 10
27	Jul 14, 1967	20	Angel Hernandez	win	KO 5
26	Jun 17, 1967	20	Julio Guerrero	win	KO 4
25	Feb 26, 1967	20	Felipe Gonzalez	win	UD 10
24	Feb 05, 1967	20	Antonio Leal	win	KO 1
23	Dec 17, 1966	19	Daniel Gutierrez	win	TKO 10
22	Nov 09, 1966	19	Rafael Martinez	win	TKO 5
21	Oct 18, 1966	19	Rafael Macias	win	TKO 5
20	Oct 07, 1966	19	Ernesto Aguilar	win	TKO 3
19	Sep 17, 1966	19	Ramiro Garcia	win	KO 9
18	Aug 07, 1966	19	Oscar Rivas	win	TKO 3
17	Jul 10, 1966	19	Gerardo Lujano	win	TKO 5
16	Jun 24, 1966	19	German Guzman	win	KO 4
15	Jun 11, 1966	19	Alfonso Jose Cazares	win	TKO 2
14	May 20, 1966	19	Emeterio Campos	win	TKO 4
13	Apr 23, 1966	19	Juan Molina	win	TKO 2
12	Mar 12, 1966	19	Gallito Camacho	win	TKO 1
11	Feb 16, 1966	19	Eduardo Alvarado	win	KO 2
10	Jan 28, 1966	19	Reynaldo De La Cerda	win	TKO 3
9	Nov 24, 1965	18	Pablo Martinez	win	TKO 2
8	Oct 20, 1965	18	Mateo Jaimes	win	TKO 5
7	Sep 09, 1965	18	Jorge Gomez	win	TKO 8
6	Aug 14, 1965	18	Nemesio Zenil	win	TKO 2
5	Apr 01, 1965	18	Antonio Gallegos	win	TKO 4
4	Feb 18, 1965	18	Torito Silva	win	KO 6
3	Feb 01, 1965	18	Geronimo Cisneros	win	TKO 3
2	Jan 18, 1965	18	Freddie Garcia	win	KO 1
1	Jan 04, 1965	17	Isidro Sotelo	win	KO 1

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