On February 27, 1993, a 34-year-old Hilario Zapata (43-9-1, 14 KOs) got a shot at the super-flyweight WBC title held by Moon Sung-kil.
Zapata came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 26% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 30 days.
Hilario Zapata was defending his super-flyweight titles and, fighting for the super-flyweight WBC titles against Moon Sung-kil and lost via TKO in the 1st round, and adds a loss to his record at 43-10-1.
On September 19, 1992, a 34-year-old Hilario Zapata (41-8-1, 14 KOs) and David Merchant met in the ring in a super-flyweight bout.
Zapata came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 4 days.
Hilario Zapata lost to David Merchant via technical decision in the 12-round super-flyweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 41-9-1.
On April 22, 1989, a 30-year-old Hilario Zapata (35-7-1, 11 KOs) and Pedro Romero met in the ring.
Zapata came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 25% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 19 days.
Hilario Zapata lost to Pedro Romero via split decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 35-8-1.
On December 3, 1988, a 30-year-old Hilario Zapata (35-6-1, 11 KOs) and Julio Gudino met in the ring.
Zapata came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 26% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 3 months, and 18 days.
Hilario Zapata lost to Julio Gudino via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 35-7-1.
On February 13, 1987, the 28-year-old WBA flyweight world champion, Hilario Zapata (35-5, 11 KOs), faced Fidel Bassa, in a title defense fight.
Zapata came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 27% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 6 days.
Hilario Zapata was defending his flyweight WBA titles against Fidel Bassa and lost via unanimous decision in the 15-round flyweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 35-6.
On December 8, 1984, a 26-year-old Hilario Zapata (26-4, 10 KOs) got a shot at the flyweight WBA title held by Santos Laciar.
Zapata came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 28 days.
Hilario Zapata was defending his flyweight titles and, fighting for the flyweight WBA titles against Santos Laciar and lost via unanimous decision in the 15-round flyweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 26-5.
On November 9, 1983, a 25-year-old Hilario Zapata (22-3, 9 KOs) and Harold Petty met in the ring in a bantamweight bout.
Zapata came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 36% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 14 days.
Hilario Zapata lost to Harold Petty via TKO in the 10th round, and adds a loss to his record at 22-4.
On March 26, 1983, Hilario Zapata and Chang Jung-koo met again in a rematch.
Zapata came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 37% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 26 days.
Hilario Zapata was defending his light-flyweight WBC titles against Chang Jung-koo and lost via TKO in the 3rd round, and adds a loss to his record at 22-3.
On February 6, 1982, the 23-year-old WBC light-flyweight world champion, Hilario Zapata (19-1, 8 KOs), faced Amado Ursua, in a title defense fight.
Zapata came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 1 day.
Hilario Zapata was defending his light-flyweight WBC titles against Amado Ursua and lost via KO in the 2nd round, and adds a loss to his record at 19-2.
On November 1, 1978, a 20-year-old Hilario Zapata (6-0, 3 KOs) and Alfonso López met in the ring.
Zapata came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 13 days.
Hilario Zapata lost to Alfonso López via split decision in the 12-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 6-1.