Victor Rabanales Explained

Victor Rabanales
Realname:	Victor Manuel Rabanales
Nickname:	Lacandon
Weight:	Bantamweight Super bantamweight
Height:	5 ft 4+1/2 in
Reach:	65 in
Birth Date:	December 23, 1962
Birth Place:	Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, Mexico
Style:	Orthodox
Total:	73
Wins:	49
Ko:	26
Losses:	21
Draws:	3

Victor Manuel Rabanales (born December 23, 1962) is a Mexican former professional boxer. He is a former WBC bantamweight Champion. He was trained by Boxing Hall of Famer Ignacio Beristáin.

Professional career

In August 1983, Rabanales won his pro debut by knocking out veteran Mario Asteaga in Mexico City.

WBC bantamweight title

His first shot at a WBC bantamweight title was against Greg Richardson, but he lost a disputed decision. In Inglewood, California he upset Yong-Hoon Lee to win the Interim WBC bantamweight title. On September 17, 1992 he won the WBC Bantamweight Championship by beating an undefeated Joichiro Tatsuyoshi in Japan.^[1] He would lose his title to Byun Jung-il in another very disputed decision in South Korea. He also had close decision losses to an undefeated Wayne McCullough and Sirimongkol Singwancha.

Professional boxing record

	Result	Record	Opponent
73	Loss	49–21–3	Fernando Beltrán Jr.
72	Loss	49–20–3	Saul Briseno
71	Win	49–19–3	Jaime Ortiz
70	Win	48–19–3	Diego Andrade
69	Loss	47–19–3	Heriberto Ruiz
68	Win	47–18–3	Saul Briseno
67	Win	46–18–3	Hugo Romero
66	Loss	45–18–3	Carlos Contreras
65	Loss	45–17–3	Sergio Perez
64	Win	45–16–3	Justo Almazan
63	Win	44–16–3	Jesus Almazan
62	Loss	43–16–3	Genaro García
61	Draw	43–15–3	Justo Almazan
60	Loss	43–15–2	Sirimongkol Singwancha
59	Win	43–14–2	Marius Heriberto Frias
58	Win	42–14–2	Arturo Estrada
57	Win	41–14–2	Alejandro Sanabria
56	Win	40–14–2	Rafael Márquez
55	Win	39–14–2	Javier Cintron
54	Win	38–14–2	Silverio Tan
53	Loss	37–14–2	Nana Konadu
52	Loss	37–13–2	Wayne McCullough
51	Win	37–12–2	Juan Francisco Soto
50	Loss	36–12–2	Joichiro Tatsuyoshi
49	Loss	36–11–2	Byun Jung-il
48	Win	36–10–2	Dadoy Andujar
47	Win	35–10–2	Joichiro Tatsuyoshi
46	Win	34–10–2	Jang Kyun Oh
45	Win	33–10–2	Luis Alberto Ocampo
44	Win	32–10–2	Yong Hoon Lee
43	Win	31–10–2	Gustavo Rodriguez
42	Win	30–10–2	Abraham Barrientos
41	Win	29–10–2	Jose Valdez
40	Win	28–10–2	Luis Espinoza
39	Loss	27–10–2	Greg Richardson
38	Win	27–9–2	Javier Leon
37	Win	26–9–2	César Soto
36	Win	25–9–2	Cardenio Ulloa
35	Win	24–9–2	Jose Luis Vegagil
34	Win	23–9–2	Julio Pliego
33	Win	22–9–2	César Soto
32	Win	21–9–2	Tomas Valdez
31	Win	20–9–2	Jose Luis Vegagil
30	Draw	19–9–2	Guadalupe Rubio
29	Win	19–9–1	Efrain Pintor
28	Win	18–9–1	Roberto Rios
27	Win	17–9–1	Fernando Varguez
26	Win	16–9–1	Armando Salazar
25	Loss	15–9–1	Efrain Pintor
24	Win	15–8–1	Abraham Barrientos
23	Loss	14–8–1	Diego Avila
22	Loss	14–7–1	Santiago Caballero
21	Loss	14–6–1	Diego Avila
20	Win	14–5–1	Armando Castro
19	Win	13–5–1	Julio Blanco
18	Win	12–5–1	Javier Herrera
17	Win	11–5–1	Manuel Ramos
16	Win	10–5–1	Martin Lopez
15	Win	9–5–1	Javier Esquivel
14	Loss	8–5–1	Felipe Gutierrez
13	Win	8–4–1	Edgar Garcia
12	Win	7–4–1	Octavio Santos
11	Win	6–4–1	Arturo Mendoza
10	Loss	5–4–1	Arturo Mendoza
9	Win	5–3–1	Victor Manuel Gomez
8	Draw	4–3–1	Saul Martinez
7	Win	4–3	Jose Jaimes
6	Win	3–3	Guillermo Alonso
5	Win	2–3	Jose Jaimes
4	Loss	1–3	Jose Jaimes
3	Loss	1–2	Hector Garcia
2	Loss	1–1	Oscar Ortiz
1	Win	1–0	Mario Asteaga