| Luis Santana | |
| Nickname: | Cucuso |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
| Reach: | 67+3/4 in |
| Nationality: | Dominican |
| Birth Date: | November 19, 1958 |
| Birth Place: | La Romana, Dominican Republic |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 61 |
| Wins: | 42 |
| Ko: | 31 |
| Losses: | 17 |
| Draws: | 2 |
Luis Santana (born November 19, 1958, in La Romana, Dominican Republic), is a retired professional boxer who fought in the super welterweight (154lb) division. He was the World Boxing Council's world Super Welterweight champion.
Santana turned pro in 1981 and challenged Simon Brown for the IBF Welterweight Titlein 1989, but lost a unanimous decision.
In 1994 he got another title shot against WBC Light Middleweight Title holder Terry Norris and won the title when Norris was disqualified in the 5th round for downing Santana with an illegal blow to the back of the head or rabbit punch.[1] After a lengthy delay, the ringside doctor ruled Santana unable to continue. Norris, along with some media members, believed that Santana was faking the injury in order to win the championship and presumably, a rematch fight with Norris. In 1995 they fought a rematch, and again Norris was disqualified for hitting Santana after the bell to end Round 3 had sounded.[2] Later that year they again rematched, and Norris dominated the fight, winning by 2nd round TKO.[3]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Loss | 42–17–2 | Sam Garr | TKO | 10 (?) | 1999-06-24 | |||
| 60 | Win | 42–16–2 | Jose Concepcion | TKO | 2 (?) | 1998-12-11 | |||
| 59 | Win | 41–16–2 | Kevin Sedam | TKO | 2 (?) | 1995-10-17 | |||
| 58 | Loss | 40–16–2 | Terry Norris | TKO | 2 (12) | 1995-08-19 | |||
| 57 | Win | 40–15–2 | Terry Norris | DQ | 3 (12) | 1995-04-08 | |||
| 56 | Win | 39–15–2 | Terry Norris | DQ | 5 (12) | 1994-11-12 | |||
| 55 | Win | 38–15–2 | Ronnie Gibbons | TKO | 5 (?) | 1993-11-12 | |||
| 54 | Win | 37–15–2 | Johnny Bizzarro | PTS | 10 (10) | 1993-05-02 | |||
| 53 | Loss | 36–15–2 | Vinny Paz | UD | 10 (10) | 1992-12-15 | |||
| 52 | Loss | 36–14–2 | Crisanto España | UD | 12 (12) | 1991-02-12 | |||
| 51 | Loss | 36–13–2 | Glenwood Brown | TKO | 8 (12) | 1990-02-20 | |||
| 50 | Loss | 36–12–2 | Simon Brown | UD | 12 (12) | 1989-11-09 | |||
| 49 | Win | 36–11–2 | Jorge Maysonet | UD | 10 (10) | 1989-09-25 | |||
| 48 | Loss | 35–11–2 | Vincent Pettway | UD | 10 (10) | 1989-06-05 | |||
| 47 | Loss | 35–10–2 | Aaron Davis | UD | 12 (12) | 1989-04-13 | |||
| 46 | Loss | 35–9–2 | Derrick Kelly | UD | 12 (12) | 1989-01-30 | |||
| 45 | Draw | 35–8–2 | Louis Howard | SD | 12 (12) | 1988-09-27 | |||
| 44 | Win | 35–8–1 | Graylin Curry | TKO | 4 (10) | 1988-07-02 | |||
| 43 | Win | 34–8–1 | Joe Garcia | TKO | 2 (12) | 1988-06-18 | |||
| 42 | Loss | 33–8–1 | Royan Hammond | SD | 10 (10) | 1988-03-12 | |||
| 41 | Win | 33–7–1 | Roderick Starks | TKO | 2 (10) | 1988-02-12 | |||
| 40 | Win | 32–7–1 | Shawn O'Sullivan | TKO | 11 (12) | 1988-01-08 | |||
| 39 | Loss | 31–7–1 | Derrick Kelly | UD | 10 (10) | 1987-11-03 | |||
| 38 | Win | 31–6–1 | Ali Salaam | KO | 9 (10) | 1987-07-27 | |||
| 37 | Loss | 30–6–1 | Darrin Van Horn | UD | 10 (10) | 1987-06-21 | |||
| 36 | Loss | 30–5–1 | Tommy Ayers | TKO | 4 (12) | 1987-03-05 | |||
| 35 | Win | 30–4–1 | Allen Braswell | TKO | 9 (12) | 1986-11-07 | |||
| 34 | Win | 29–4–1 | Kenny Lopez | TKO | 4 (10) | 1986-09-04 | |||
| 33 | Win | 28–4–1 | Tomas Perez | UD | 10 (10) | 1986-08-05 | |||
| 32 | Win | 27–4–1 | Manning Galloway | TD | 8 (10) | 1986-06-25 | |||
| 31 | Loss | 26–4–1 | Nathan Dryer | MD | 10 (10) | 1986-02-17 | |||
| 30 | Loss | 26–3–1 | Milton McCrory | TKO | 3 (10) | 1985-05-26 | |||
| 29 | Win | 26–2–1 | Darrell Chambers | TKO | 3 (8) | 1985-04-15 | |||
| 28 | Win | 25–2–1 | Gary Baca | TKO | 7 (10) | 1985-02-12 | |||
| 27 | Win | 24–2–1 | Noe Ramirez | TKO | 2 (10) | 1985-01-10 | |||
| 26 | Win | 23–2–1 | Glenn Corbus | TKO | 2 (10) | 1984-11-28 | |||
| 25 | Win | 22–2–1 | Dennis Horne | TKO | 4 (10) | 1984-09-27 | |||
| 24 | Win | 21–2–1 | Felipe Canela | SD | 10 (10) | 1984-07-12 | |||
| 23 | Loss | 20–2–1 | Reggie Miller | UD | 10 (10) | 1984-04-12 | |||
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Art Geronimo | TKO | 4 (10) | 1984-03-30 | |||
| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 | Brian Matthews | UD | 10 (10) | 1984-03-05 | |||
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | Jesus Gonzalez | KO | 2 (4) | 1983-11-10 | |||
| 19 | Win | 17–1–1 | Agapito Ramirez | UD | 6 (6) | 1983-10-25 | |||
| 18 | Win | 16–1–1 | Miguel Mayan | UD | 8 (8) | 1983-06-30 | |||
| 17 | Loss | 15–1–1 | Brian Matthews | PTS | 8 (8) | 1983-05-10 | |||
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Manny Valenzuela | KO | 1 (8) | 1983-04-21 | |||
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Doug James | KO | 3 (?) | 1983-03-31 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Joe Moliere | TKO | 7 (8) | 1983-03-10 | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Dave Marsala | TKO | 1 (6) | 1983-02-19 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Harry Truman | TKO | 3 (8) | 1982-11-25 | |||
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Chuck Peralta | TKO | 4 (6) | 1982-11-13 | |||
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Randy Holmes | TKO | 1 (6) | 1982-10-21 | |||
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Chuck Peralta | UD | 6 (6) | 1982-09-23 | |||
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | John Herbert | TKO | 6 (6) | 1982-09-02 | |||
| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Willie Paul | TKO | 1 (6) | 1982-08-19 | |||
| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Charles LaCour | KO | 6 (6) | 1982-07-08 | |||
| 5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Charles Williams | TKO | 1 (?) | 1982-07-01 | |||
| 4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Jose Luis Cardenas | KO | 2 (?) | 1982-06-19 | |||
| 3 | Draw | 2–0–1 | Mike Ruelas | PTS | 4 (4) | 1982-05-23 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Don Estridge | TKO | 2 (6) | 1982-05-04 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ernesto Herrera | KO | 4 (6) | 1981-12-03 |
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