Saúl Juárez Explained

Saúl Juárez Gil (born 28 November 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer who challenged for the WBC strawweight title in 2016 and the WBC light-flyweight title in 2018.

Career

Juárez turned pro in 2010. He had a successful amateur career.^[1] Juárez won the Cinturón de Oro, an annual tournament for novice boxers, early on in his career. Juárez lost an IBF light-flyweight title eliminator to Milan Melindo in 2014.^[2] Juárez then beat Adrián Hernández twice on back-to-back fights and then defeated Oswaldo Novoa to earn a world title shot. On 2 August 2015, he faced Wanheng Menayothin for the WBC strawweight title in Chonburi. Wanheng seemed to control the fight, outjabbing and outboxing Juárez and won a close unanimous decision (116-112, 115–113, 116–113).^[3]

Juárez lost his next three fights, to Leroy Estrada, Gilberto Pedraza, and Abraham Rodríguez. Then he won against Gilberto Parra, stopping him with a barrage of punches in round 9.^[4] Juárez will get another world title shot on 31 December 2018 against Ken Shiro.

Professional boxing record

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
43	Loss	25–16–2	Ivan Garcia Carrillo	UD	10	25 Feb 2022
42	Loss	25–15–2	Anthony Olascuaga	UD	6	13 Aug 2021
41	Loss		Cristian Gonzalez	UD	10	25 Jun 2021
40	Loss	25–13–2	Jesse Rodriguez	KO	2 (8),	12 Dec 2020
39	Loss	25–12–2	Axel Aragon Vega	UD	10	21 Aug 2020
38	Loss	25–11–2	Jonathan González	UD	10	21 Feb 2020
37	Loss	25–10–2	Ganigan López	SD	10	19 Jul 2019
36	Win	25–9–2	Mario Andrade	TD	7 (10),	8 Mar 2019
35	Loss	24–9–2	Kenshiro Teraji	UD	12	30 Dec 2018
34	Draw	24–8–2	Mario Andrade	SD	10	27 Jul 2018
33	Win	24–8–1	Gilberto Parra	TKO	9 (10),	9 Mar 2018
32	Loss	23–8–1	Abraham Rodríguez	MD	10	6 Dec 2017
31	Loss	23–7–1	Gilberto Pedroza	SD	9	26 Oct 2017
30	Loss	23–6–1	Leroy Estrada	UD	12	27 May 2017
29	Loss	23–5–1	Wanheng Menayothin	UD	12	2 Aug 2016
28	Win	23–4–1	Oswaldo Novoa	UD	10	19 Mar 2016
27	Draw	22–4–1	Oswaldo Novoa	TD	1 (12),	12 Dec 2015
26	Win	22–4	Adrián Hernández	SD	10	8 Aug 2015
25	Win	21–4	Adrián Hernández	TKO	8 (8),	30 May 2015
24	Loss	20–4	Milan Melindo	UD	12	15 Nov 2014
23	Win	20–3	Erick Lopez	PTS	8	31 May 2014
22	Win	19–3	Luis Ceja	UD	8	8 Feb 2014
21	Loss	18–3	Juan Hernández	PTS	8	12 Oct 2013
20	Win	18–2	Samuel Gutierrez Hernandez	UD	8	13 Jul 2013
19	Win	17–2	Arturo Castro	TKO	1 (8)	13 Apr 2013
18	Win	16–2	Armando Torres	KO	10 (10),	9 Feb 2013
17	Win	15–2	Juan Carlos Ramirez	KO	3 (8)	5 Jan 2013
16	Loss	14–2	José Argumedo	UD	12	9 Jun 2012
15	Win	14–1	Samuel Garcia	TKO	2 (8)	19 May 2012
14	Win	13–1	Heriberto Rivas	KO	4 (8),	13 Apr 2012
13	Win	12–1	Reynaldo Avila	KO	2 (6),	4 Feb 2012
12	Win	11–1	Oswaldo Novoa	UD	8	26 Nov 2011
11	Win	10–1	Jose Maria Segovia	TKO	3 (8)	15 Oct 2011
10	Win	9–1	Ricardo Estrella	KO	2 (8)	22 Sep 2011
9	Win	8–1	Luis Huerta Saenz	TKO	2 (6),	6 Aug 2011
8	Win	7–1	Martin Tecuapetla	MD	6	2 Jun 2011
7	Win	6–1	Luis Manuel Ramos	UD	8	9 Apr 2011
6	Loss	5–1	Martin Tecuapetla	RTD	2 (6),	5 Feb 2011
5	Win	5–0	Gustavo Molina	KO	1 (6)	26 Sep 2010
4	Win	4–0	Saul Camilo Ramirez	SD	4	22 Jul 2010
3	Win	3–0	Miguel Dominguez	UD	4	3 Jun 2010
2	Win	2–0	Antonio Flores	UD	4	22 Apr 2010
1	Win	1–0	Victor Marcelino Perez	TKO	1 (4),	4 Mar 2010

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saúl Juárez y Willy Velázquez, 30/3 en GDL . Notifight.com.
2. Web site: "Baby" Juárez, uno de los peleadores más subestimados - Zona de Boxeo . 12 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181112223433/http://zdb.ib.tv/noticias/noticias-destacadas/18718-qbabyq-juarez-uno-de-los-peleadores-mas-subestimados . 12 November 2018 . dead. dmy-all .
3. Web site: Wanheng Menayothin decisions Saul Juarez – The Ring . 2 August 2016 . Ringtv.com.
4. Web site: Rejuvenated Saul Juarez stops Gilberto Parra in nine – The Ring . 10 March 2018 . Ringtv.com.