| Antonio Nieves | |
| Realname: | Antonio Jose Nieves |
| Nickname: | Carita |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 4 in |
| Reach: | 68.5 in |
| Birth Date: | 25 May 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 26 |
| Wins: | 20 |
| Ko: | 11 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| Draws: | 2 |
Antonio Jose Nieves (born May 25, 1987) is an American professional boxer who challenged for the World Boxing Organization junior bantamweight title in 2017.
Nieves is a multiple-time Cleveland Golden Gloves open champion and was national runner-up in 2011.[1] [2]
As Nieves rose in the rankings he defeated multiple-time world title challenger Lorenzo Trejo.[3] He defeated Oscar Mojica to win the North American Boxing Organization bantamweight title.[4] [5]
On March 10, 2017 Nieves defend his North American Boxing Organization title against Nikolai Potapov on ShoBox.[6] He lost the defense by split decision.[7] [8] [9]
Nieves fought Naoya Inoue for the WBO junior bantamweight world title.[10] He lost by 6th round technical knockout due to a corner stoppage.[11]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Loss | 20–4–2 |  Alexandro Santiago | RTD | 7 (10), | Oct 29, 2022 |  | ||
| 25 | Win | 20–3–2 | Judy Flores | UD | 8 | May 21, 2021 | | ||
| 24 | Loss | 19–3–2 | Joshua Greer Jr. | UD | 10 | Oct 26, 2019 | | ||
| 23 | Win | 19–2–2 | José Alfredo Rodríguez | TKO | 2 (8), | Jun 8, 2019 | | ||
| 22 | Win | 18–2–2 | Christian Esquivel | KO | 3 (8), | Jul 28, 2018 | | ||
| 21 | Loss | 17–2–2 |  Naoya Inoue | RTD | 6 (12), | Sep 9, 2017 | | ||
| 20 | Loss | 17–1–2 |  Nikolai Potapov | 10 | Mar 10, 2017 | | |||
| 19 | Win | 17–0–2 |  Szilveszter Ajtai | TKO | 2 (6), | Nov 26, 2016 | | ||
| 18 | Draw | 16–0–2 | Alexandro Santiago | SD | 10 | Aug 19, 2016 | | ||
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Oscar Mojica | UD | 10 | Jun 18, 2016 | | ||
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Tibor Nadori | KO | 3 (8) | Feb 13, 2016 | | ||
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Lorenzo Trejo | KO | 1 (6), | Nov 25, 2015 | | ||
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 |  Tae Woong Jung | UD | 6 | Sep 5, 2015 | | ||
| 13 | Draw | 12–0–1 | Stephon Young | 8 | Jun 20, 2015 | | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Gabor Molnar | KO | 1 (8), | Jun 6, 2015 | | ||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Saul Tejada | UD | 8 | Mar 28, 2015 | | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | DeWayne Wisdom | 5 (6) | Dec 20, 2014 | | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Jovany Fuentes | UD | 6 | Nov 14, 2014 | | ||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Justin Lopez | UD | 6 | Aug 15, 2014 | | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Angel Carvajal | TKO | 6 (6), | Jul 11, 2014 | | ||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Adalberto Tapia | KO | 1 (4), | May 17, 2014 | | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Brian Raglin | 1 (4), | Nov 30, 2013 | | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Hector Gonzalez | 3 (4), | Apr 20, 2013 | ||||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Rafael Gramajo | UD | 4 | Nov 24, 2012 | | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Jesus Gonzales | 4 | May 19, 2012 | | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | DeWayne Wisdom | 4 | Nov 12, 2011 | |
He works for PNC Bank as a personal banker.[12] [13] He lost his sister in October, 2016 as a murder victim.[14]