Paulie Ayala
Career, Record, Stats
Paulie Ayala is a 54-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 11 years, 6 months, and 23 days, Ayala amassed a record of 35-3, which includes 12 wins via KO.
Paulie Ayala's Boxing Career
Paulie Ayala was born in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. on April 22, 1970. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on November 27, 1992 against Jaime Olvera. Ayala defeated Olvera via 6 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Ayala got his first shot at a world title at the age of 28 after 25 professional fights. On August 23, 1998 Ayala challenged Joichiro Tatsuyoshi's WBC bantamweight title but lost via 6 round technical decision.
He became a world champion on June 26, 1999 at the age of 29 years, after by defeating Johnny Tapia, the then-reining WBA bantamweight champion, via 12-round unanimous decision. This was his 29th fight as a professional.
Ayala then went on to successfully win the super-bantamweight (The Ring) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Ayala's last fight was a 10th-round TKO loss to Marco Antonio Barrera at age 34, on June 19, 2004.
Some of Paulie Ayala's best fights have been against Johnny Tapia (HOFer). For a complete list of Ayala's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Paulie Ayala".
Ayala has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Paulie Ayala Losses".
Paulie Ayala's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38 | Jun 19, 2004 | 34 | 
Marco Antonio Barrera 30 57-4 | loss | TKO 10 |
37 | Nov 14, 2003 | 33 |  Edel Ruiz | win | UD 10 |
36 | Nov 16, 2002 | 32 | 
Érik Morales 26 41-1 | loss | UD 12 |
35 | Feb 23, 2002 | 31 | Clarence Adams | win | UD 12 |
34 | Aug 04, 2001 | 31 | Clarence Adams | win | SD 12 |
33 | Mar 30, 2001 | 30 | Hugo Dianzo | win | UD 12 |
32 | Oct 07, 2000 | 30 | 
Johnny Tapia 33 48-1-2 | win | UD 12 |
31 | Mar 04, 2000 | 29 | Johnny Bredahl | win | MD 12 |
30 | Oct 23, 1999 | 29 | Anupong Saohin Srisuk | win | UD 12 |
29 | Jun 26, 1999 | 29 |
Johnny Tapia 32 46-0-2 | win | UD 12 |
28 | Feb 20, 1999 | 28 | David Vazquez | win | UD 10 |
27 | Nov 14, 1998 | 28 | Ivan Salazar | win | KO 4 |
26 | Aug 23, 1998 | 28 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi | loss | TD 6 |
25 | May 16, 1998 | 28 | Antonio Ramirez | win | TKO 7 |
24 | Feb 11, 1998 | 27 | Elias Paulin | win | KO 4 |
23 | Sep 13, 1997 | 27 | Ricardo Medina | win | UD 10 |
22 | Aug 08, 1997 | 27 | Roberto Lopez | win | TKO 5 |
21 | Apr 12, 1997 | 26 | Nestor Lopez | win | UD 10 |
20 | Jan 11, 1997 | 26 | Cuauhtemoc Gomez | win | UD 12 |
19 | Sep 28, 1996 | 26 | Ivan Alvarez | win | UD 12 |
18 | Feb 22, 1996 | 25 | Roland Gomez | win | TKO 7 |
17 | Dec 06, 1995 | 25 | Jose Rangel | win | TKO 3 |
16 | Sep 09, 1995 | 25 | Sergio Millan | win | UD 12 |
15 | Jun 20, 1995 | 25 | Mario Diaz | win | UD 12 |
14 | Mar 10, 1995 | 24 | Miguel Espinoza | win | TKO 3 |
13 | Jan 26, 1995 | 24 | Juan Mendoza | win | UD 10 |
12 | Dec 02, 1994 | 24 | Juan Francisco Soto | win | UD 10 |
11 | Aug 23, 1994 | 24 | Julian Flores | win | UD 10 |
10 | Apr 16, 1994 | 23 | Lee Cargle | win | TKO 3 |
9 | Feb 17, 1994 | 23 | Javier Diaz | win | UD 8 |
8 | Dec 09, 1993 | 23 | George Acevedo | win | PTS 6 |
7 | Nov 11, 1993 | 23 | Enrique Gomez | win | TKO 1 |
6 | Oct 13, 1993 | 23 | Arturo Estrada | win | UD 6 |
5 | Aug 28, 1993 | 23 | Marcos Flores | win | KO 1 |
4 | Jun 24, 1993 | 23 | Evgeny Novoselov | win | UD 6 |
3 | Apr 02, 1993 | 22 | Manuel Robles | win | TKO 2 |
2 | Mar 05, 1993 | 22 | Armando Morado | win | TKO 4 |
1 | Nov 27, 1992 | 22 | Jaime Olvera | win | PTS 6 |