On September 3, 2024, a 41-year-old Ismael Barroso (25-4-2, 23 KOs) and a 28-year-old Ghanaian boxer Andy Hiraoka (23-0, 18 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Barroso came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 28 days. Hiraoka was on a 23-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 8 days.
Andy Hiraoka stopped Ismael Barroso via TKO in the 9th round. Hiraoka improves his record to 24-0 (19 KOs), while Barroso adds a loss to his record at 25-5-2.
On May 13, 2023, 40-year-old Ismael Barroso (24-3-2, 22 KOs) and 27-year-old Rolando Romero (14-1, 12 KOs) fought for the vacant WBA super-lightweight title.
Barroso came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 23 days. Romero was on a -1-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 15 days.
Rolando Romero stopped Ismael Barroso via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Romero improves his record to 15-1 (13 KOs), while Barroso adds a loss to his record at 24-4-2.
On August 18, 2018, a 35-year-old Ismael Barroso (20-2-2, 19 KOs) and a 27-year-old Russian boxer Batyr Akhmedov (4-0, 3 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Barroso came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 79% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days. Akhmedov was on a 4-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 28 days.
Batyr Akhmedov stopped Ismael Barroso via KO in the 9th round. Akhmedov improves his record to 5-0 (4 KOs), while Barroso adds a loss to his record at 20-3-2.
On May 12, 2018, a 35-year-old Ismael Barroso (20-1-2, 19 KOs) and Isa Chaniev met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Barroso came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 29 days.
Ismael Barroso lost to Isa Chaniev via unanimous decision in the 12-round lightweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 20-2-2.
On May 7, 2016, a 33-year-old Ismael Barroso (19-0-2, 18 KOs) got a shot at the lightweight WBA title held by 29-year-old British boxer Anthony Crolla (29-4-3, 12 KOs).
Barroso came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days. Crolla was on a 1-fight win streak with a 32% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 16 days.
Anthony Crolla stopped Ismael Barroso via KO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA lightweight title. Crolla improves his record to 30-4-3 (13 KOs), while Barroso adds a loss to his record at 19-1-2.