Luis Concepción
Luis Miguel Concepción Montiel is a Panamanian professional boxer. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the World Boxing Association flyweight title in 2011 and the WBA super flyweight title in 2016.
Professional career
His nickname is "El Nica", the southpaw resides in the capital of Panama. His professional record includes 24 fights: 22 wins, and 2 losses. He won the WBA Interim Flyweight Title by TKO against Mexican Omar Salado on September 5, 2009. He was promoted to full WBA Champion after reigning Champion Daiki Kameda relinquished his title in 2011. He lost the WBA Flyweight Title to Hernan Márquez by TKO in the 11th round.Concepcion was slated to defend his WBA super flyweight title against Kal Yafai on 10 December, 2016. Concepcion failed to make weight for the fight twice, leading to the WBA stripping him of the title a day before the fight. The title was vacant and only Yafai was eligible to win it with an eventual win. Yafai managed to secure the win with a boxing masterclass, winning on all three scorecards.
In his next fight, he knocked out Luis de la Rosa in the second round to secure the win.
Next, Concepcion was scheduled to fight Iran Diaz. Despite being the underdog, Diaz got a shocking unanimous decision win against Concepcion.
In a bid to get his career back on track, Concepcion fought Colombian Luis Carrillo in his homecountry of Panama, on 24 October, 2017. Concepcion managed to secure the much needed win via a second-round knockout.
Next, Concepcion fought unbeaten super flyweight Andrew Moloney. Concepcion lost the fight in the tenth round via TKO. Moloney was dominant from the opening bell, with Concepcion having some success in the latter rounds, but not nearly enough to make a difference in the fight.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 52 | Loss | 40–12 | Kenneth Llover | TKO | 8, 2:27 | 17 Aug 2025 | Winford Resort and Casino, Manila, Philippines | |
| 51 | Loss | 40–11 | David Cuellar Contreras | 8, 0:45 | 13 Oct 2023 | Polifórum Benito Juárez, Cancún, Mexico | ||
| 50 | Loss | 40–10 | Hernán Márquez | 10 | 7 Oct 2022 | Centro de Usos Múltiples, Hermosillo, Mexico | ||
| 49 | Win | 40–9 | Juan Lopez | TKO | 9, 1:50 | 17 Jun 2022 | Coliseo de Combates, Panama City, Panama | |
| 48 | Loss | 39–9 | Artem Dalakian | TKO | 9, 0:41 | 20 Nov 2021 | AKKO International, Kyiv, Ukraine | For WBA flyweight title |
| 47 | Win | 39–8 | Rober Barrera | TKO | 11 | 7 Feb 2020 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | Won WBA interim flyweight title |
| 46 | Win | 38–8 | Felix Moncada | KO | 4 | 19 Jul 2019 | Gimnasio Los Naranjos, Boquete, Panama | |
| 45 | Loss | 37–8 | Alexandru Marin | UD | 10 | 11 May 2019 | EagleBank Arena, Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. | |
| 44 | Loss | 37–7 | Andrew Moloney | TKO | 10 | 8 Sep 2018 | Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia | For WBA Oceania super flyweight title |
| 43 | Win | 37–6 | Luis Carrillo | KO | 2 | 4 Oct 2017 | Fantastic Casino de Albrook Mall, Panama City, Panama | |
| 42 | Loss | 36–6 | Iran Diaz | UD | 10 | 2 Sep 2017 | Arena Itson, Ciudad Obregón, Mexico | |
| 41 | Win | 36–5 | Luis de la Rosa | KO | 2 | 5 Jul 2017 | Fantastic Casino de Albrook Mall, Panama City, Panama | |
| 40 | Loss | 35–5 | Kal Yafai | UD | 12 | 10 Dec 2016 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 39 | Win | 35–4 | Kohei Kono | UD | 12 | 31 Aug 2016 | Ota City General Gymnasium, Ōta, Japan | Won WBA super flyweight title |
| 38 | Win | 34–4 | Hernán Márquez | UD | 12 | 17 Dec 2015 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | Retained WBA interim super flyweight title |
| 37 | Win | 33–4 | David Sánchez | 10 | 19 Sep 2015 | Centro de Usos Múltiples, Hermosillo, Mexico | Won WBA interim super flyweight title | |
| 36 | Loss | 32–4 | Carlos Cuadras | UD | 12 | 4 May 2015 | Unidad Deportiva Martín Alarcón, Metepec, Mexico | For WBC super flyweight title |
| 35 | Win | 32–3 | Duvan Hernández | TKO | 7 | 23 Aug 2014 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 34 | Win | 31–3 | Carlos Fontes | 9 | 20 Feb 2014 | Centro de Convenciones Figali, Panama City, Panama | ||
| 33 | Win | 30–3 | Carlos Ruben Dario Ruiz | KO | 10 | 19 Oct 2013 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 32 | Win | 29–3 | Nestor Daniel Narvaes | UD | 12 | 3 Aug 2013 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 31 | Win | 28–3 | Anuar Salas | TKO | 6 | 20 Apr 2013 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 30 | Win | 27–3 | Pablo Carrillo | UD | 10 | 22 Nov 2012 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 29 | Win | 26–3 | Pablo Carrillo | UD | 8 | 1 Sep 2012 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 28 | Win | 25–3 | Odilon Zaleta | TKO | 2 | 24 May 2012 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 27 | Win | 24–3 | Oscar Gallardo | KO | 1 | 15 Mar 2012 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 26 | Loss | 23–3 | Hernán Márquez | TKO | 1 | 29 Oct 2011 | Centro de Usos Múltiples, Hermosillo, Mexico | For WBA flyweight title |
| 25 | Win | 23–2 | Manuel Vargas | KO | 1 | 11 Aug 2011 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 24 | Loss | 22–2 | Hernán Márquez | TKO | 11 | 2 Apr 2011 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | Lost WBA flyweight title |
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Denkaosan Kaovichit | TKO | 1 | 2 Oct 2010 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | Retained WBA interim flyweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Wilfrido Váldez | KO | 1 | 14 Aug 2010 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Eric Ortiz | TKO | 4 | 22 Apr 2010 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | Retained WBA interim flyweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Roberto Carlos Leyva | KO | 4 | 27 Nov 2009 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | Retained WBA interim flyweight title |
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Omar Salado | TKO | 12 | 5 Sep 2009 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | Won WBA interim flyweight title |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Ernesto Castro | TKO | 1 | 30 Apr 2009 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama | |
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Santiago Ivan Acosta | UD | 11 | 19 Feb 2009 | Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama City, Panama | |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Noel Arambulet | KO | 1 | 28 Nov 2008 | Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama City, Panama | |
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Juan Esquer | TKO | 5 | 19 Aug 2008 | Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama City, Panama | |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | William De Sousa | UD | 9 | 2 Jul 2008 | Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama City, Panama | |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Luis Singo | KO | 5 | 7 May 2008 | Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama City, Panama | |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Freddy Canate | TKO | 1 | 27 Mar 2008 | Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama City, Panama | |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Emerson Nisperusa | KO | 1 | 1 Dec 2007 | Gimnasio Roberto Duran, Panama City, Panama | |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Humberto Obando | TKO | 3 | 16 Aug 2007 | Centro de Convenciones Figali, Panama City, Panama | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Anduar Vargas | KO | 2 | 13 Jul 2007 | Domo de la Universidad de Panama, Panama City, Panama | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | John Jimenez | KO | 1 | 22 Jun 2007 | Domo de la Universidad de Panama, Panama City, Panama | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Ezequiel Asprilla | UD | 4 | 1 Jun 2007 | Domo de la Universidad de Panama, Panama City, Panama | |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Javier Cordoba | 4 | 10 Mar 2007 | Hotel Melia, Colón, Panama | ||
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Ezequiel Asprilla | UD | 4 | 17 Nov 2006 | Gimnasio 24 de Diciembre, Panama City, Panama | |
| 4 | Loss | 3–1 | Gilmer Baules | UD | 4 | 30 Sep 2006 | Gimnasio Escolar, David, Panama | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Daniel Deago | 4 | 15 Jul 2006 | Gimnasio Municipal, Antón, Panama | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Javier Carpintero | TKO | 3 | 17 Jun 2006 | Gimnasio Escolar, David, Panama | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Alexander Murillo | 2 | 21 Mar 2006 | Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama City, Panama |