Miguel Iriarte Explained

Miguel Iriarte
Weight:Bantamweight
Birth Place:Colón, Panama
Total:17
Wins:12
Ko:8
Losses:4
Draws:1

Miguel Iriarte is a Panamanian former professional boxer who, on October 27, 1982, challenged American Jeff Chandler for the American's WBA's world Bantamweight championship, losing to the International Boxing Hall of Famer by a ninth-round technical knockout, at the Resorts International Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.[1]

Professional boxing career

Apart from his unsuccessful challenge of Chandler, Iriarte also fought the likes of the then future WBA world Junior-Bantamweight champion Rafael Pedroza and future WBA world Super-Bantamweight title challenger, Chile's Benito Badilla, beating Pedroza by ten rounds unanimous points decision on August 30, 1980 in Colon,[2] but losing to Badilla in what was Iriarte's last professional boxing contest, by seventh-round technical knockout on Saturday, November 17, 1984, also in Colon.[3]

Iriarte retired with a record of 12 wins along with 4 losses and 1 draw (tie), in seventeen professional boxing matches, with 8 wins and 2 losses by way of knockout.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wednesday 27, October 1982 . BoxRec . 14 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210814051121/https://boxrec.com/en/event/23616 . 14 August 2021 . live.
  2. Web site: Saturday 30, August 1980 . BoxRec . 14 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210814051517/https://boxrec.com/en/event/198524 . 14 August 2021 . live.
  3. Web site: Saturday 17, November 1984 . BoxRec . 14 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210814051244/https://boxrec.com/en/event/223240 . 14 August 2021 . live.
  4. Web site: Miguel Iriarte . BoxRec . 14 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210814051726/https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/44768 . 14 August 2021 . live.