Titles: WBC featherweight (1974-75), WBC junior lightweight (1982-83) Win those fights and Figueroa, who has a dangerous right hook, will be eyeing big paydays against the likes of Danny Roman, WBC champion Rey Vargas and WBA-IBF champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev. indicates foreigner-born boxer that represents Mexico due to parent's nationality, residence or other circumstances. In December 2012, he connected with one of the best right-hand counters in history to knock his longtime rival Pacquiao out cold. -- Parkinson. -- Kim. Warriors Boxing president Leon Margules said a year ago on his company website: "Bob Arum thought enough of Lomachenko to put him in a world title fight in his second fight. CompuBox stats showed that Parker landed 119 of 560 punches thrown (21%) and Ruiz landed 107 of his 416 thrown (26%). Birth: Nov. 25, 1965 Ruiz fought again after three months at the same venue, this time knocking Ross Brantley down three times in round one, winning the bout via technical knockout (TKO). Birth: Sept. 17, 1967 He had worked his way onto most pound-for-pound top 10 lists. Native Americans of Mexican descent continue to make their marks in most of the weight divisions, including heavyweight. Many believe that Hernandez should be in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. [44] With his sudden announcement that he would relinquish his heavyweight world title belts due to his various issues, it was unclear exactly how the WBO and WBA would go about filling the vacancies. He landed a big right hand to the head of Vargas, dropping him. Accomplishments/biggest moment: Soto caused an upset when he knocked out Angel Acosta for the belt in June last year, which is probably his best win. The fighter: Berlanga is a pure puncher, to the point that he has not only knocked out every opponent he has faced but has knocked out all 14 in the first round. Future/ceiling/expectations: There has been talk of a showdown with unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko, the best fighter in the division and ESPN's No. Chicanito held a major 130-pound belt for most of the 1990s, making a total of 11 successful defenses. He has no true signature wins, however, and is probably on the outside looking in for big fights, due to the fact that his style is not exactly crowd-pleasing. Well, with Davis, thats a given. 11 Best Mexican UFC Fighters Of All Time - Way of Martial Arts Lost to: Humberto Gonzalez (twice), Maurico Pastrana, Jacob Matlala Its one of the greatest fights of all time.