| José Medel | |
| Realname: | José Medel |
| Nickname: | El Huitlacoche |
| Weight: | Lightweight Featherweight Bantamweight Flyweight |
| Height: | 5 ft 4+1/2 in |
| Reach: | 67+1/2 in |
| Nationality: |  Mexican |
| Birth Date: | March 19, 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 108 |
| Wins: | 69 |
| Ko: | 44 |
| Losses: | 31 |
| Draws: | 8 |
José Medel (June 21, 1938 - January 31, 2001), sometimes introduced as Joe Medel,[1] was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division.[2] He was one of the most popular boxers from Mexico.[3] [4]
Medel was born in Mexico City, Mexico. In August 1959, he beat José Toluco López to win the Mexican Bantamweight Championship.[5]
His first world title shot was in Brazil against the WBA champion Eder Jofre, Medel would go on to lose the bout.[6]
In his next title fight, Medel lost a fifteen round decision to Fighting Harada in Japan the country of the champion.[7]
|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|69 Wins (44 knockouts, 25 decisions), 31 Losses (10 knockouts, 20 decisions, 1 disqualification), 8 Draws|- style="text-align:center; margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%; background:#e3e3e3;"| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res.| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Round| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes|-align=center| Loss|69–31–8|align=left|
Royal Kobayashi|align=left|RTD|6 (10)|1974-06-09|align=left| Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan|align=left||-align=center| Loss|69–30–8|align=left|
Adalides Munoz|align=left|KO|4 (10)|1973-09-29|align=left| Acapulco, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|69–29–8|align=left| Miguel Hernandez|align=left|TKO|6 (10)|1972-04-18|align=left| Auditorio Matamoros, Matamoros, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|68–29–8|align=left| Salvador Martinez Carillo|align=left|PTS|10|1972-01-21|align=left| Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|68–28–8|align=left| Jose Luis Meza|align=left|PTS|10|1971-03-27|align=left| Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|68–27–8|align=left| Efren Torres|align=left|KO|4 (10)|1970-10-31|align=left| Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|68–26–8|align=left|
Benito Estrella|align=left|TKO|3 (10)|1970-09-05|align=left| Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|67–26–8|align=left|
Ubaldo Duarte|align=left|PTS|10|1970-04-11|align=left| Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|66–26–8|align=left| Misao Yamane|align=left|TKO|3 (10)|1969-11-28|align=left| Plaza Nuevo Progreso, Guadalajara, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Draw|65–26–8|align=left| Chucho Castillo|align=left|PTS|12|1969-09-30|align=left| Ciudad Juárez, Mexico|align=left|For Mexican bantamweight title|-align=center| Loss|65–26–7|align=left| Kazuyoshi Kanazawa|align=left|PTS|10|1969-08-07|align=left| Tokyo, Japan|align=left||-align=center| Win|65–25–7|align=left| Shigeyoshi Oki|align=left|UD|10|1969-06-10|align=left| Plaza de Toros, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|64–25–7|align=left| Rubén Olivares|align=left|KO|8 (10)|1968-11-24|align=left| Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|64–24–7|align=left|
Lionel Rose|align=left|PTS|10|1968-08-28|align=left|
The Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.|align=left||-align=center| Win|64–23–7|align=left| Evan Armstrong|align=left|PTS|10|1968-03-31|align=left| El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Draw|63–23–7|align=left| Masataka Uno|align=left|PTS|10|1968-02-07|align=left| Nagoya, Japan|align=left||-align=center| Loss|63–23–6|align=left| Efren Torres|align=left|PTS|10|1967-10-07|align=left| Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|63–22–6|align=left| Chucho Castillo|align=left|UD|12|1967-04-29|align=left| Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left|Lost Mexican bantamweight title|-align=center| Loss|63–21–6|align=left| Fighting Harada|align=left|UD|15|1967-01-03|align=left| Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, Japan|align=left|For WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles|-align=center| Win|63–20–6|align=left| Hiroshi Otomori|align=left|TKO|7 (10)|1966-10-22|align=left| El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|62–20–6|align=left| Rudy Corona|align=left|TKO|6 (10)|1966-06-21|align=left| Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, U.S.|align=left||-align=center| Win|61–20–6|align=left| Jesús Pimentel|align=left|UD|10|1965-12-06|align=left| Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, U.S.|align=left||-align=center| Win|60–20–6|align=left| Walter McGowan|align=left|TKO|6 (10)|1965-06-01|align=left| Empire Pool, London, England|align=left||-align=center| Win|59–20–6|align=left| Katsuo Saito|align=left|UD|10|1965-05-13|align=left| Nihon University Auditorium, Tokyo, Japan|align=left||-align=center| Win|58–20–6|align=left| Vicente Garcia|align=left|KO|9 (12)|1965-04-03|align=left| Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left|Retained Mexican bantamweight title|-align=center| Win|57–20–6|align=left| Ray Asis|align=left|KO|3 (10)|1964-09-26|align=left| El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|56–20–6|align=left| Manuel Galvez|align=left|PTS|10|1964-07-10|align=left| Tampico, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|55–20–6|align=left| Ray Asis|align=left|SD|10|1964-04-18|align=left| Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines|align=left||-align=center| Win|55–19–6|align=left| Manuel Barrios|align=left|PTS|12|1963-11-30|align=left| El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left|Retained Mexican bantamweight title|-align=center| Draw|54–19–6|align=left| Tetsuro Kawai|align=left|PTS|10|1963-10-17|align=left| Kumamoto, Japan|align=left||-align=center| Win|54–19–5|align=left| Fighting Harada|align=left|TKO|6 (10)|1963-09-26|align=left| Tokyo, Japan|align=left||-align=center| Draw|53–19–5|align=left| Manuel Barrios|align=left|PTS|12|1963-08-17|align=left| Ciudad Juárez, Mexico|align=left|Retained Mexican bantamweight title|-align=center| Loss|53–19–4|align=left| Manuel Barrios|align=left|PTS|10|1963-04-21|align=left| Ciudad Juárez, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|53–18–4|align=left| Edmundo Esparza|align=left|TKO|3 (12)|1963-02-02|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left|Retained Mexican bantamweight title|-align=center| Loss|52–18–4|align=left|
Éder Jofre|align=left|KO|6 (15)|1962-09-11|align=left| Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil|align=left|For WBA, The Ring, and lineal bantamweight titles|-align=center| Win|52–17–4|align=left| Sadao Yaoita|align=left|PTS|10|1962-03-29|align=left| Tokyo, Japan|align=left||-align=center| Win|51–17–4|align=left| Ignacio Pina|align=left|TKO|11 (12)|1961-11-04|align=left| Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left|Retained Mexican bantamweight title|-align=center| Win|50–17–4|align=left| Haruo Sakamoto|align=left|PTS|10|1961-10-17|align=left| Tokyo, Japan|align=left||-align=center| Win|49–17–4|align=left| Mitsunori Seki|align=left|PTS|5 (10)|1961-08-31|align=left| Tokyo, Japan|align=left||-align=center| Win|48–17–4|align=left|
Felix Gutierrez|align=left|PTS|7 (10)|1961-07-29|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|47–17–4|align=left| Hector Agundez|align=left|PTS|4 (10)|1961-06-18|align=left| Mexicali, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|46–17–4|align=left| Herman Leyva Marques|align=left|SD|12|1961-03-21|align=left| Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.|align=left|Won North American bantamweight title|-align=center| Draw|45–17–4|align=left| Hiram Bacallao|align=left|PTS|10|1961-02-25|align=left| Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|45–17–3|align=left| José Toluco López|align=left|TKO|7 (10)|1960-11-19|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left|Originally a Mexican bantamweight title bout, but López missed weight.|-align=center| Win|44–17–3|align=left| Manny Elias|align=left|PTS|10|1960-10-15|align=left| Nuevo Laredo, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|43–17–3|align=left| Éder Jofre|align=left|KO|10 (12)|1960-08-18|align=left| Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.|align=left||-align=center| Win|43–16–3|align=left| Eloy Sanchez|align=left|PTS|12|1960-07-23|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left|Retained Mexican bantamweight title|-align=center| Win|42–16–3|align=left| Monito Luna|align=left|KO|8 (10)|1960-06-09|align=left| Puebla, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|41–16–3|align=left| Danny Kid|align=left|UD|10|1960-04-09|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|40–16–3|align=left| Toto Ibarra|align=left|KO|3 (10)|1960-02-20|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|39–16–3|align=left| Eloy Sanchez|align=left|PTS|10|1959-12-19|align=left| Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|39–15–3|align=left| Ignacio Pina|align=left|PTS|10|1959-11-16|align=left| Tijuana, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|39–14–3|align=left| Danny Kid|align=left|SD|12|1959-09-24|align=left| Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.|align=left|For North American bantamweight title|-align=center| Win|39–13–3|align=left| Pimi Barajas|align=left|KO|7 (10)|1959-09-12|align=left| Monterrey, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|38–13–3|align=left| José Toluco López|align=left|PTS|12|1959-08-01|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left|Won Mexican bantamweight title|-align=center| Win|37–13–3|align=left| Javier Garfias|align=left|TKO|8 (10)|1959-07-04|align=left| Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|36–13–3|align=left| Antonio Rosales|align=left|TKO|8 (10)|1959-06-20|align=left| Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|35–13–3|align=left| Hector Agundez|align=left|KO|5 (10)|1959-05-01|align=left| Mexicali, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|34–13–3|align=left| Johnny Sarduy|align=left|KO|3 (10)|1959-04-25|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|33–13–3|align=left| Mario de Leon|align=left|UD|12|1959-01-29|align=left| Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.|align=left||-align=center| Loss|32–13–3|align=left| Boots Monroe|align=left|UD|10|1959-01-08|align=left| Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.|align=left||-align=center| Win|32–12–3|align=left| Ross Padilla|align=left|TKO|7 (10)|1958-10-30|align=left| Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S.|align=left||-align=center| Win|31–12–3|align=left| Eduardo Guerrero|align=left|KO|6 (10)|1958-10-11|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|30–12–3|align=left| Carlos Cardoso|align=left|PTS|10|1958-08-23|align=left| Monterrey, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|30–11–3|align=left| Dwight Hawkins|align=left|KO|7 (10)|1958-06-28|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|29–11–3|align=left| Jose Luis Mora|align=left|PTS|10|1958-05-24|align=left| El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|28–11–3|align=left| Carlos Cardoso|align=left|PTS|10|1958-04-26|align=left| Acapulco, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|28–10–3|align=left| Miguel Lazu|align=left|KO|4 (10)|1958-03-22|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|28–9–3|align=left| José Becerra|align=left|PTS|10|1958-02-08|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|28–8–3|align=left| Eduardo Guerrero|align=left|PTS|10|1958-01-11|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|27–8–3|align=left| David Rodriguez|align=left|KO|9 (10)|1957-12-07|align=left| Monterrey, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|26–8–3|align=left| Raul Leanos|align=left|KO|4 (10)|1957-11-23|align=left| Monterrey, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|25–8–3|align=left| David Rodriguez|align=left|PTS|10|1957-10-30|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|24–8–3|align=left| Mario de Leon|align=left|PTS|10|1957-09-07|align=left| Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|24–7–3|align=left| David Rodriguez|align=left|PTS|10|1957-08-05|align=left| Reynosa, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|24–6–3|align=left| Chucho Gonzalez|align=left|KO|9 (10)|1957-07-01|align=left| Reynosa, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|23–6–3|align=left| Mario Ruiz|align=left|TKO|8 (10)|1957-05-11|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|22–6–3|align=left| Kildo Martinez|align=left|KO|10|1957-04-13|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|21–6–3|align=left| Percy Lightburn|align=left|KO|4 (10)|1957-03-23|align=left| Acapulco, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|20–6–3|align=left| José Becerra|align=left|PTS|10|1957-03-02|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|20–5–3|align=left| José Becerra|align=left|PTS|10|1957-02-09|align=left| Monterrey, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|20–4–3|align=left| Roque Fernandez|align=left|KO|9 (10)|1957-01-12|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|19–4–3|align=left| Mike Garcia|align=left|KO|2 (10)|1956-12-15|align=left| Acapulco, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|18–4–3|align=left| Chuy Guerrero|align=left|PTS|10|1956-11-22|align=left| Plaza de Toros, Torreón, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|17–4–3|align=left| Jose Luis Mora|align=left|KO|8 (10)|1956-10-31|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|17–3–3|align=left| Cheto Fernandez|align=left|KO|3 (10)|1956-10-06|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|16–3–3|align=left| Jorge Herrera|align=left|KO|8 (10)|1956-09-11|align=left| Arena Progresso, Guadalajara, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Draw|15–3–3|align=left| Roque Fernandez|align=left|PTS|10|1956-08-15|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|15–3–2|align=left| Ernesto Castaneda|align=left|KO|8 (10)|1956-07-11|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|14–3–2|align=left| Mike Cruz|align=left|KO|2 (10)|1956-06-30|align=left| Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|13–3–2|align=left| Juancito Lopez|align=left|PTS|8|1956-05-26|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|12–3–2|align=left| Roque Fernandez|align=left|KO|3 (8)|1956-05-13|align=left| Acapulco, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|11–3–2|align=left| Tony Alamillo|align=left|KO|2 (8)|1956-04-28|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|10–3–2|align=left| Fili Maya|align=left|KO|1 (8)|1956-04-11|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|9–3–2|align=left| Juancito Lopez|align=left|PTS|8|1956-03-21|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|8–3–2|align=left| Daniel Silva|align=left|KO|7 (8)|1956-02-29|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|7–3–2|align=left| Roberto Mar|align=left|KO|9 (10)|1955-12-17|align=left| Acapulco, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Draw|7–2–2|align=left| Roberto Mar|align=left|PTS|8|1955-12-03|align=left| Acapulco, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|7–2–1|align=left| Eleazar Gonzalez|align=left|KO|2 (8)|1955-11-19|align=left| Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|6–2–1|align=left| Zurdo Arce|align=left|KO|2 (8)|1955-11-05|align=left| Acapulco, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|5–2–1|align=left| Juan Alcantara|align=left|KO|2 (8)|1955-10-22|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|4–2–1|align=left| Zurdo Arce|align=left|DQ|1 (6)|1955-10-01|align=left| Acapulco, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Draw|4–1–1|align=left| Daniel Silva|align=left|PTS|6|1955-09-21|align=left| Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|4–1|align=left| Salvador Mora|align=left|KO|5 (6)|1955-08-24|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|3–1|align=left| Carlos Olivares|align=left|PTS|6|1955-07-20|align=left| Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|2–1|align=left| Antonio Coria|align=left|PTS|4|1955-06-18|align=left| Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Win|1–1|align=left| Mario Gabarro|align=left|PTS|4|1955-06-04|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center| Loss|0–1|align=left| Heriberto Fuentas|align=left|KO|3 (4)|1955-03-19|align=left| Mexico City, Mexico|align=left||-align=center