On August 21, 2021, a 28-year-old Julio Ceja (32-4-1, 28 KOs) and a 26-year-old Filipino boxer Mark Magsayo (22-0, 15 KOs) met in the ring.
Ceja came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 8 months, and 29 days. Magsayo was on a 22-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 11 days.
Mark Magsayo stopped Julio Ceja via KO in the 10th round. Magsayo improves his record to 23-0 (16 KOs), while Ceja adds a loss to his record at 32-5-1.
On June 23, 2019, a 26-year-old Julio Ceja (32-3, 28 KOs) and a 38-year-old Cuban boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux (18-1, 12 KOs) met in the ring.
Ceja came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 28 days. Rigondeaux was on a 1-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 10 days.
Guillermo Rigondeaux stopped Julio Ceja via TKO in the 8th round. Rigondeaux improves his record to 19-1 (13 KOs), while Ceja adds a loss to his record at 32-4.
On May 26, 2018, a 25-year-old Julio Ceja (32-2, 28 KOs) and Franklin Manzanilla met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Ceja came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day.
Julio Ceja lost to Franklin Manzanilla via RTD in the 4th round, and adds a loss to his record at 32-3.
On February 27, 2016, Julio Ceja and Hugo Ruiz met again in an immediate rematch.
Ceja came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 29 days. Ruiz was on a -1-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 29 days.
Hugo Ruiz made quick work of Julio Ceja in the rematch, stopping the champion via TKO in the 1st. Ruiz improves his record to 36-3 (32 KOs), while Ceja adds a loss to his record at 30-2.
On May 11, 2013, 20-year-old Julio Ceja (24-0, 22 KOs) and 27-year-old Jamie McDonnell (20-2-1, 9 KOs) fought for the vacant IBF bantamweight title.
Ceja came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 2 days. McDonnell was on a 12-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 21 days.
Jamie McDonnell defeated Julio Ceja via majority decision . McDonnell improves his record to 21-2-1, while Ceja adds a loss to his record at 24-1.