On July 6, 2024, a 33-year-old Ángel Acosta (24-4, 22 KOs) and Ricardo Rafael Sandoval met in the ring.
Acosta came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 10 days.
Ángel Acosta lost to Ricardo Rafael Sandoval via KO in the 10th round, and adds a loss to his record at 24-5.
On April 6, 2023, a 32-year-old Ángel Acosta (23-3, 22 KOs) and a 27-year-old Venezuelan boxer Angelino Cordova (17-0-1, 12 KOs) met in the ring in a flyweight bout.
Acosta came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 25 days. Cordova was on a 14-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 13 days.
Angelino Cordova defeated Angel Acosta via unanimous decision in the 10-round flyweight fight. Cordova improves his record to 18-0-1, while Acosta adds a loss to his record at 23-4.
On September 10, 2021, a 30-year-old Ángel Acosta (22-2, 21 KOs) got a shot at the flyweight WBO title held by 23-year-old Japanese boxer Junto Nakatani (21-0, 16 KOs).
Acosta came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 23 days. Nakatani was on a 21-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 4 days.
Junto Nakatani stopped Ángel Acosta via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO flyweight title. Nakatani improves his record to 22-0 (17 KOs), while Acosta adds a loss to his record at 22-3.
On June 21, 2019, the 28-year-old WBO light-flyweight world champion, Ángel Acosta (20-1, 20 KOs), faced a 22-year-old Mexican boxer Elwin Soto (14-1, 10 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Acosta came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 22 days. Soto was on a 12-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 17 days.
Elwin Soto stopped the champion via KO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBO light-flyweight champion. Soto improves his record to 15-1 (11 KOs), while Acosta adds a loss to his record at 20-2.
On May 20, 2017, a 26-year-old Ángel Acosta (16-0, 16 KOs) got a shot at the light-flyweight WBO title held by 21-year-old Japanese boxer Kosei Tanaka (8-0, 5 KOs).
Acosta came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 9 days. Tanaka was on a 8-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 20 days.
Kosei Tanaka defeated Ángel Acosta via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO light-flyweight title. Tanaka improves his record to 9-0, while Acosta adds a loss to his record at 16-1.