Sammy Fuentes

Sammy Fuentes in Loíza, Puerto Rico is a retired Puerto Rican boxer.

Professional career

Fuentes turned professional in 1982 & compiled a record of 21–6–1 before facing Julio César Chávez for the WBC light-welterweight title, he would lose via tenth round stoppage. On February 20, 1995, he defeated Fidel Avendano to win the WBO light-welterweight title. Fuentes defended the title once against Hector Lopez before losing it to Giovanni Parisi.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
54	Loss		José Luis López	TKO	2	1998-05-09	ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California, U.S.
53	Loss	34–17–2	Frank Olsen	UD	10	1998-03-20	Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark
52	Draw	34–16–2	Antonio Rivera	PTS	10	1997-10-25	San Juan, Puerto Rico
51	Loss	34–16–1	Santos Cardona	TKO	7	1997-05-31	Coliseo Tomás Dones, Fajardo, Puerto Rico
50	Loss	34–15–1	Jaime Balboa	RTD	6	1997-03-22	Condado, Puerto Rico
49	Win	34–14–1	Rene Valdez	PTS	10	1997-01-18	Condado, Puerto Rico
48	Loss	33–14–1	Giovanni Parisi	TKO	8	1996-03-09	PalaLido, Milan, Italy	Lost WBO light-welterweight title
47	Win	33–13–1	Marco Antonio Lizarraga	KO	4	1995-12-11	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
46	Win	32–13–1	Juan Soberanes	RTD	4	1995-10-23	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
45	Win	31–13–1	Héctor López	SD	12	1995-06-10	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	Retained WBO light-welterweight title
44	Win	30–13–1	Fidel Avendano	TKO	2	1995-02-20	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.	Won vacant WBO light-welterweight title
43	Win	29–13–1	Daniel Hernandez	RTD	6	1994-12-03	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
42	Win	28–13–1	David Ojeda	KO	5	1994-11-07	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
41	Win	27–13–1	Andreas Panayi	TKO	4	1994-09-17	Leisure Centre, Crawley, England, U.K.
40	Win	26–13–1	Gilberto Flores	KO	1	1994-08-15	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
39	Loss	25–13–1	Vyacheslav Yanovskiy	UD	10	1994-05-27	Club Neva, Saint Petersburg, Russia
38	Win	25–12–1	Charlie Brown	KO	2	1993-07-09	Nouméa, New Caledonia
37	Win	24–12–1	Charles Baou	TKO	5	1993-05-15	Nouméa, New Caledonia
36	Loss	23–12–1	Ángel Hernández	SD	10	1993-03-19	Isla Verde, Puerto Rico
35	Loss	23–11–1	Kostya Tszyu	TKO	1	1992-11-13	Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
34	Loss	23–10–1	Charles Murray	UD	10	1992-07-16	Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
33	Win	23–9–1	Marco Antonio Lizarraga	KO	7	1992-06-01	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
32	Win	22–9–1	Liasu Braimoh	KO	5	1992-01-27	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
31	Loss	21–9–1	David Kamau	UD	10	1991-11-04	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
30	Loss	21–8–1	Rodney Moore	TKO	2	1991-06-04	The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
29	Loss	21–7–1	Julio César Chávez	RTD	10	1989-11-18	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	For WBC light-welterweight title
28	Win	21–6–1	Rodolfo Aguilar	UD	12	1989-08-14	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.	Won vacant WBC Continental Americas light-welterweight title
27	Draw	20–6–1	Rodolfo Aguilar	MD	12	1989-05-15	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
26	Win	20–6	John Montes	KO	7	1989-02-28	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
25	Win	19–6	Santos Cardona	TKO	2	1989-01-09	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
24	Win	18–6	Vincent Releford	TKO	2	1988-10-05	Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
23	Win	17–6	Frank Smith	KO	4	1988-04-15	Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
22	Loss	16–6	Freddie Pendleton	TKO	1	1988-02-12	Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
21	Win	16–5	Tony Martin	TKO	5	1987-12-09	Harrah's Marina Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
20	Win	15–5	Nick Parker	TKO	6	1987-06-25	Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
19	Win	14–5	Jerome Spotsville	TKO	1	1987-04-18	Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
18	Loss	13–5	Roger Mayweather	RTD	9	1986-11-28	Trump Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	For vacant WBC Continental Americas lightweight title
17	Loss	13–4	Frankie Randall	TKO	2	1986-05-30	Trump Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
16	Loss	13–3	Frankie Warren	SD	10	1986-04-06	Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
15	Win	13–2	Marvin Garris	TKO	5	1986-02-14	Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
14	Win	12–2	Ali Kareem Muhammad	TKO	8	1986-01-10	Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
13	Win	11–2	Roberto Juarez	TKO	8	1985-11-13	Showboat Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
12	Win	10–2	Harry Arroyo	KO	7	1985-10-09	Trump Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
11	Win	9–2	Othal Dixon	MD	10	1985-06-19	Atlantis Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
10	Win	8–2	Cirilo Morell	TKO	2	1985-03-25	Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S.
9	Win	7–2	Jocko King	UD	6	1985-02-21	Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
8	Win	6–2	Roberto Ortiz	KO	8	1984-09-01	Carolina, Puerto Rico
7	Loss	5–2	Fitzroy Davidson	DQ	7	1983-12-16	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
6	Win	5–1	Angus Alleyne	KO	1	1983-11-11	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
5	Loss	4–1	Juan Nazario	KO	5	1983-08-18	Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
4	Win	4–0	Edwin Rodriguez	KO	2	1983-04-16	Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
3	Win	3–0	Victor Fontanez	KO	2	1983-03-24	Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
2	Win	2–0	Roberto Ortiz	PTS	6	1983-02-12	Canóvanas, Puerto Rico
1	Win	1–0	Victor Aponte	KO	3	1982-11-20	Aguadilla, Puerto Rico