Esteban de Jesús

Career, Record, Stats

Esteban de Jesús (Vita) was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was a lightweight world champion. In a career spanning 11 years, 4 months, and 27 days, Jesús amassed a record of 58-5, which includes 33 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Esteban de Jesús' Boxing Career

Esteban de Jesús was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico on August 2, 1951. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on February 10, 1969 against El Tarita. Jesús defeated Tarita via 2nd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Jesús got his first world-title fight at the age of 22 after 43 professional fights. On March 16, 1974 Jesús challenged Roberto Durán's WBA and The Ring lightweight titles but lost via 11th round KO.

He became a world champion on May 8, 1976 at the age of 24 years, after by defeating Guts Ishimatsu, the then-reining WBC lightweight champion, via 15-round unanimous decision. This was his 51st fight as a professional.

Jesús' last fight was a 13th-round TKO loss to Saoul Mamby at age 28, on July 7, 1980, in which he was fighting for the WBC super-lightweight title.

Some of Esteban de Jesús' best fights were against Roberto Durán (HOFer). For a complete list of Jesús' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Esteban de Jesús".

Jesús has 5 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Esteban de Jesús Losses".

Esteban de Jesús' Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
63	Jul 07, 1980	28	Saoul Mamby	loss	TKO 13
62	May 10, 1980	28	José Vallejo	win	KO 7
61	Nov 09, 1979	28	Ruby Ortiz	win	UD 10
60	Oct 04, 1979	28	Jimmy Blevins	win	UD 10
59	Oct 27, 1978	27	Edwin Viruet	win	SD 10
58	Jul 08, 1978	26	Chuchu Hernandez	win	TKO 2
57	Jun 03, 1978	26	Pablo Baez	win	TKO 3
56	Jan 21, 1978	26	Roberto Durán 26 62-1	loss	TKO 12
55	Sep 10, 1977	26	James Brackett	win	UD 10
54	Jun 25, 1977	25	Vicente Mijares	win	KO 11
53	Feb 12, 1977	25	Buzzsaw Yamabe	win	TKO 6
52	Sep 10, 1976	25	Hector Julio Medina	win	KO 7
51	May 08, 1976	24	Guts Ishimatsu	win	UD 15
50	Mar 06, 1976	24	Valente Ramos	win	TKO 2
49	Oct 11, 1975	24	Rudy Barro	win	TKO 5
48	May 17, 1975	23	Antonio Cervantes 29 47-9-1	loss	UD 15
47	Mar 15, 1975	23	Jesse Lara	win	KO 3
46	Sep 02, 1974	23	Javier Ayala	win	UD 10
45	Jun 10, 1974	22	Gerardo Ferrat	win	TKO 5
44	Mar 16, 1974	22	Roberto Durán 22 41-1	loss	KO 11
43	Jan 07, 1974	22	Alfonso Frazer	win	KO 10
42	Nov 22, 1973	22	Al Foster	win	KO 1
41	Oct 29, 1973	22	Miguel Mayan	win	UD 10
40	Sep 08, 1973	22	Radames Checo	win	KO 1
39	Jul 14, 1973	21	Ray Lampkin	win	UD 12
38	May 21, 1973	21	Raul Montoya	win	UD 10
37	Apr 16, 1973	21	Johnny Gant	win	UD 10
36	Feb 16, 1973	21	Ray Lampkin	win	UD 12
35	Nov 17, 1972	21	Roberto Durán 21 31-0	win	UD 10
34	Oct 30, 1972	21	Doc McClendon	win	UD 10
33	Sep 18, 1972	21	Raymundo Dias	win	UD 10
32	Jul 28, 1972	20	Chuck Wilburn	win	UD 10
31	Jul 08, 1972	20	Angel Robinson Garcia	win	UD 10
30	May 01, 1972	20	Josue Marquez	win	TKO 12
29	Apr 10, 1972	20	George Foster	win	TKO 8
28	Feb 14, 1972	20	Percy Hayles	win	UD 10
27	Dec 10, 1971	20	Antonio Gomez	loss	UD 10
26	Oct 30, 1971	20	Milton Mendez	win	KO 5
25	Oct 20, 1971	20	Frank Leroy	win	KO 7
24	Oct 06, 1971	20	Leonel Hernandez	win	UD 10
23	Sep 04, 1971	20	Josue Marquez	win	UD 12
22	Aug 07, 1971	20	Victor Ortiz	win	KO 4
21	Jul 24, 1971	19	Josue Marquez	win	UD 12
20	Jun 05, 1971	19	Armando Mendoza	win	TKO 7
19	May 05, 1971	19	Gustavo Briceno	win	UD 10
18	Apr 12, 1971	19	Johnny Harp	win	UD 10
17	Oct 19, 1970	19	Jose Llano	win	KO 7
16	Sep 30, 1970	19	Johnny Sandoval	win	UD 10
15	Jul 09, 1970	18	Tommy Shaffer	win	KO 8
14	May 12, 1970	18	Coverly Kid Daniels	win	KO 6
13	Apr 30, 1970	18	Jose Jimenez	win	UD 10
12	Apr 06, 1970	18	Ike Estrada	win	KO 5
11	Mar 28, 1970	18	Bobby Parnell	win	KO 1
10	Feb 28, 1970	18	Braulio Rodriguez	win	TKO 8
9	Feb 14, 1970	18	Chino Guerrero	win	TKO 3
8	Jan 24, 1970	18	Martin Cuello	win	KO 2
7	Nov 22, 1969	18	Ivelaw Eastman	win	KO 5
6	Oct 19, 1969	18	Kid Matt Sheffield	win	TKO 2
5	Sep 27, 1969	18	Ramon Montes	win	KO 3
4	Aug 23, 1969	18	Johnny Sandoval	win	UD 6
3	Aug 02, 1969	18	Francisco Maldonado	win	KO 3
2	Jul 21, 1969	17	Braulio Rodriguez	win	KO 4
1	Feb 10, 1969	17	El Tarita	win	KO 2

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