On May 21, 2021, a 26-year-old Alfredo Santiago (13-1, 5 KOs) and a 27-year-old Panamanian boxer Ricardo Nunez (21-3, 19 KOs) met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Santiago came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 4 days. Nunez was on a -1-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 9 months, and 24 days.
Ricardo Nunez stopped Alfredo Santiago via TKO in the 9th round. Nunez improves his record to 22-3 (20 KOs), while Santiago adds a loss to his record at 13-2.
On November 9, 2019, a 24-year-old Alfredo Santiago (12-0, 4 KOs) got a shot at the lightweight WBC title held by 20-year-old American boxer Devin Haney (23-0, 15 KOs).
Santiago came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 8 days. Haney was on a 23-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 27 days.
Devin Haney defeated Alfredo Santiago via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC lightweight title — in his first world-title fight. Haney improves his record to 24-0, while Santiago adds a loss to his record at 12-1.