| César Cuenca | |
| Realname: | César René Cuenca |
| Nickname: | El Distinto ("The Distinctive One")[1] |
| Weight: | Light welterweight |
| Reach: | 69 in (175 cm) |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Tres Isletas, Chaco, Argentina |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 54 |
| Wins: | 48 |
| Ko: | 2 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| No Contests: | 2 |
César René Cuenca (born January 18, 1981) is an Argentine professional boxer who held the IBF light welterweight title from 2015 to 2016.
On March 20, 2009, Cuenca won a twelve-round unanimous decision against undefeated contender Alex de Jesús.[2]
On May 3, 2014, Cuenca defeated Albert Mensah to become the mandatory challenger for the IBF junior welterweight belt, held by American Lamont Peterson.[3]
On July 18, 2015, he defeated Ik Yang in Macau by unanimous decision, in a bout he dominated and dropped his opponent, despite being knocked down himself. In the process, he won the vacant IBF light welterweight world championship, after a thirteen-year career, that spanned 49 fights prior, including two 'no contests'.[4]
Cuenca lost his world title in his next fight on November 4, 2015, when he faced Eduard Troyanovsky in Kazan, Russia. Cuenca, who was 48–0 at the time of the fight, was unable to get in range for the majority of the boxing match. Troyanovsky had re-hydrated much more than Cuenca and he seemed bigger in the ring, he used his size advantage well. After five rounds Cuenca had won just one, in a close fight, his left eye was cut open. In the sixth round, Troyanovsky landed a hard uppercut and Cuenca grabbed him at the waist, Troyanovsky leaned on the Argentine and he tumbled down, then as Troyanovsky was moving away it is possible that his foot hit Cuenca in his right eye. Immediately afterwards the American referee asked Cuenca if he could continue fighting, to which Cuenca told him in Spanish that his right eye was injured from the tumble and he needed time to recover, but the referee (who could not understand Spanish) asked him again more sternly and Cuenca repeated himself, gesturing to his right eye. The referee then waved off the fight, to the displeasure of Cuenca and his corner.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | Loss | 48–4 | Ibrahim Guemues | TKO | 8 (8), | 22 Feb 2020 | |||
| 53 | Loss | 48–3 | Jonathan Jose Eniz | UD | 10 | 12 Jan 2019 | |||
| 52 | Loss | 48–2 | Eduard Troyanovsky | TKO | 7 (12), | 8 Apr 2016 | |||
| 51 | Loss | 48–1 | Eduard Troyanovsky | TKO | 6 (12), | 4 Nov 2015 | |||
| 50 | Win | 48–0 | Ik Yang | UD | 12 | 18 Jul 2015 | |||
| 49 | Win | 47–0 | Albert Mensah | UD | 12 | 3 May 2014 | |||
| 48 | Win | 46–0 | Patricio Antonio Pedrero | UD | 8 | 23 Nov 2013 | |||
| 47 | Win | 45–0 | Gustavo David Bermúdez | UD | 10 | 25 May 2013 | |||
| 46 | Win | 44–0 | Diego Jesús Ponce | KO | 5 (8) | 9 Mar 2013 | |||
| 45 | Win | 43–0 | Claudio Alfredo Olmedo | UD | 12 | 14 Jul 2012 | |||
| 44 | Win | 42–0 | Luis Gustavo Sosa | UD | 10 | 12 Nov 2011 | |||
| 43 | Win | 41–0 | Sergio Omar Priotti | UD | 10 | 2 Sep 2011 | |||
| 42 | Win | 40–0 | Juan Jose Dias | UD | 8 | 26 Mar 2011 | |||
| 41 | Win | 39–0 | Mauricio Ariel Pereira | UD | 8 | 28 Aug 2010 | |||
| 40 | Win | 38–0 | Cesar Leonardo Telechea | UD | 10 | 6 Aug 2010 | |||
| 39 | NC | 38–0 | Nazareno Gastón Ruíz | NC | 1 (10) | 22 May 2010 | |||
| 38 | Win | 37–0 | Nazareno Gastón Ruíz | UD | 12 | 19 Dec 2009 | |||
| 37 | Win | 36–0 | UD | 12 | 20 Mar 2009 | ||||
| 36 | Win | 35–0 | Pablo Andrés Godoy | UD | 10 | 19 Dec 2008 | |||
| 35 | Win | 34–0 | Ariel Francisco Burgos | DQ | 9 (10) | 18 Oct 2008 | |||
| 34 | Win | 33–0 | Marcelo Martín Miranda | UD | 10 | 12 Jul 2008 | |||
| 33 | Win | 32–0 | Juan Alberto Godoy | UD | 10 | 8 Mar 2008 | |||
| 32 | Win | 31–0 | Sergio Javier Benítez | UD | 6 | 27 Oct 2007 | |||
| 31 | Win | 30–0 | Juan Alberto Godoy | UD | 10 | 1 Sep 2007 | |||
| 30 | Win | 29–0 | Diego Jesús Ponce | UD | 6 | 15 Jun 2007 | |||
| 29 | Win | 28–0 | Carlos Adán Jerez | UD | 10 | 7 Apr 2007 | |||
| 28 | Win | 27–0 | Victor Hugo Paz | UD | 6 | 4 Nov 2006 | |||
| 27 | Win | 26–0 | José Alfaro | MD | 10 | 12 May 2006 | |||
| 26 | Win | 25–0 | Roberto David Arrieta | TD | 8 (10) | 11 Mar 2006 | |||
| 25 | Win | 24–0 | Cristian Sebastián Paz | UD | 8 | 14 Jan 2006 | |||
| 24 | Win | 23–0 | Guillermo de Jesús Paz | UD | 10 | 15 Oct 2005 | |||
| 23 | Win | 22–0 | Iván Orlando Bustos | UD | 10 | 24 Sep 2005 | |||
| 22 | Win | 21–0 | Carlos Wilfredo Vilches | UD | 10 | 30 Jul 2005 | |||
| 21 | Win | 20–0 | Andrés Pablo Villafañe | TKO | 4 (8) | 4 Jun 2005 | |||
| 20 | Win | 19–0 | Pablo Ramón Barbero | UD | 10 | 24 Apr 2005 | |||
| 19 | Win | 18–0 | Héctor Ricardo Gómez | UD | 10 | 18 Dec 2004 | |||
| 18 | Win | 17–0 | Omar Leon | UD | 10 | 16 Oct 2004 | |||
| 17 | Win | 16–0 | Juan Alberto Godoy | UD | 10 | 4 Sep 2004 | |||
| 16 | Win | 15–0 | Carlos Abel Chaves | UD | 8 | 10 Jun 2004 | |||
| 15 | Win | 14–0 | Daniel Osvaldo Villalba | UD | 8 | 28 May 2004 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–0 | Walter Damian Díaz | UD | 8 | 24 Apr 2004 | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–0 | Walter Sergio Gómez | UD | 8 | 3 Feb 2004 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–0 | Julio González | UD | 6 | 22 Nov 2003 | |||
| 11 | Win | 10–0 | Daniel Osvaldo Villalba | UD | 6 | 1 Nov 2003 | |||
| 10 | 9–0 | Daniel Osvaldo Villalba | NC | 4 (1), | 16 Aug 2003 | ||||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Daniel Osvaldo Villalba | UD | 4 | 12 Jul 2003 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Andrés Alejandro Arno | UD | 4 | 17 May 2003 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Ariel Francisco Burgos | SD | 4 | 3 May 2003 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Víctor Daniel Ríos | UD | 4 | 29 Mar 2003 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Carlos Roberto Rodríguez | UD | 4 | 11 Jan 2003 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Oscar Roberto Medina | UD | 4 | 14 Dec 2002 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Ramón Victorio Barrios | UD | 4 | 19 Oct 2002 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Héctor Alberto González | UD | 4 | 5 Oct 2002 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Guillermo Lezcano | UD | 4 | 10 Aug 2002 |
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