On March 22, 1997, a 41-year-old Juan Meza (45-8, 37 KOs) and Wilfredo Negrón met in the ring.
Meza came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 8 days.
Juan Meza lost to Wilfredo Negrón via TKO in the 1st round, and adds an loss to his record at 45-9.
On October 30, 1987, a 31-year-old Juan Meza (44-7, 36 KOs) and Javier Marquez met in the ring.
Meza came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 2 days.
Juan Meza lost to Javier Marquez via TKO in the 8th round, and adds an loss to his record at 44-8.
On December 10, 1986, a 30-year-old Juan Meza (43-6, 35 KOs) got a shot at the super-bantamweight WBC title held by 24-year-old Thai boxer Samart Payakaroon (13-0, 7 KOs).
Meza came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 3 months, and 22 days. Payakaroon was on a 13-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 20 days.
Samart Payakaroon stopped Juan Meza via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Payakaroon improves his record to 14-0 (8 KOs), while Meza adds a loss to his record at 43-7.
On August 18, 1985, the 29-year-old WBC super-bantamweight world champion, Juan Meza (43-5, 35 KOs), faced a 30-year-old fellow Mexican boxer Lupe Pintor (53-7-2, 41 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Meza came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 30 days. Pintor was on a 0-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 8 days.
Lupe Pintor defeated Juan Meza via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title. Pintor improves his record to 54-7-2, while Meza adds a loss to his record at 43-6.
On March 27, 1982, a 26-year-old Juan Meza (37-4, 31 KOs) got a shot at the super-bantamweight WBC title held by 25-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Wilfredo Gómez (34-1-1, 34 KOs).
Meza came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 27 days. Gómez was on a 2-fight win streak with a 94% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 7 days.
Wilfredo Gómez stopped Juan Meza via TKO in the 6th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC and The Ring super-bantamweight titles. Gómez improves his record to 35-1-1 (35 KOs), while Meza adds a loss to his record at 37-5.
On June 26, 1980, a 24-year-old Juan Meza (27-3, 23 KOs) and Carlos Mendoza met in the ring.
Meza came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 4 days.
Juan Meza lost to Carlos Mendoza via split decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 27-4.
On August 2, 1978, a 22-year-old Juan Meza (12-2, 10 KOs) and William Berry met in the ring.
Meza came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 28 days.
Juan Meza lost to William Berry via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 12-3.
On November 18, 1977, a 21-year-old Juan Meza (4-1, 3 KOs) and Carlos Ortiz met in the ring.
Meza came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 15 days.
Juan Meza lost to Carlos Ortiz via split decision in the 4-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 4-2.
On October 13, 1977, a 21-year-old Juan Meza (1-0, 1 KO) and Valentin Holguin met in the ring.
Meza came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 20 days.
Juan Meza lost to Valentin Holguin via points decision in the 4-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 1-1.