Gustavo Ballas
Gustavo Ballas (born February 10, 1958) is an Argentine retired super flyweight boxer who fought from 1976 until 1990. He retired with a record of 105 wins (29 KOs), 9 losses and 6 draws.
Gustavo Ballas | |
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Real name | Gustavo Ballas |
Nickname(s) | Mandrake |
Weight(s) | Super flyweight |
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) |
Nationality | |
Born | Villa María, Argentina | February 10, 1958
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 120 |
Wins | 105 |
Wins by KO | 29 |
Losses | 9 |
Draws | 6 |
No contests | 0 |
Ballas fought mainly in Argentina. In 1979 he managed to outpoint future multi champion Santos Benigno Laciar in what is a still remembered fight in Argentina[1]
On September 12, 1981 he became the first ever WBA world super flyweight championship by defeating Sok-Chul Bae by TKO 7 in Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ballas lost the title on his next fight against Rafael Pedroza in Panama. He was unsuccessful on two other attempts at winning the super flyweight title, one from the WBA and another one for the WBC.
Although he fought as much as 120 times in his career, only 4 of those fights were outside of Argentina, losing all of those fights, 3 of them for a world title.
Ballas has had troubles after boxing with alcoholism and drug addiction. He was jailed once for robbery. After that he started recovering and has taken part of anti-drugs campaigns.[2]
Professional boxing record
120 fights | 105 wins | 9 losses |
By knockout | 29 | 5 |
By decision | 75 | 4 |
By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
Draws | 6 |
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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Win | 105-9-6 | KO | 6 (10) | 1990-09-14 | |||
Draw | 104-9-6 | PTS | 10 | 1990-09-07 | |||
Win | 104-9-5 | PTS | 10 | 1990-08-31 | |||
Draw | 103-9-5 | PTS | 10 | 1990-08-10 | |||
Win | 103-9-4 | PTS | 10 | 1990-08-03 | |||
Win | 102-9-4 | PTS | 10 | 1990-07-13 | |||
Win | 101-9-4 | PTS | 10 | 1990-07-06 | |||
Win | 100-9-4 | PTS | 10 | 1990-06-10 | |||
Win | 99-9-4 | PTS | 10 | 1990-05-11 | |||
Win | 98-9-4 | PTS | 10 | 1990-05-11 | |||
Loss | 97-9-4 | RTD | 5 (10) | 1989-05-01 | |||
Win | 97-8-4 | PTS | 10 | 1989-03-10 | |||
Loss | 96-8-4 | KO | 3 (10) | 1989-01-07 | |||
Win | 96-7-4 | PTS | 10 | 1988-12-16 | |||
Win | 95-7-4 | TD | 5 (10) | 1988-11-26 | |||
Win | 94-7-4 | PTS | 10 | 1988-11-11 | |||
Win | 93-7-4 | PTS | 12 | 1988-10-15 | Won vacant Argentins super flyweight title | ||
Win | 92-7-4 | PTS | 10 | 1988-10-15 | |||
Win | 91-7-4 | PTS | 10 | 1988-07-16 | |||
Win | 90-7-4 | PTS | 10 | 1988-05-20 | |||
Loss | 89-7-4 | TKO | 4 (12) 2:39 | 1987-10-24 | For WBC World Super Flyweight title. | ||
Win | 89-6-4 | PTS | 10 | 1987-08-14 | |||
Loss | 88-6-4 | PTS | 10 | 1987-06-13 | |||
Win | 88-5-4 | PTS | 12 | 1987-05-15 | Retained South American super flyweight title | ||
Win | 87-5-4 | PTS | 10 | 1987-04-10 | |||
Win | 86-5-4 | PTS | 10 | 1987-03-21 | |||
Win | 85-5-4 | TKO | 5 (10) | 1987-02-06 | |||
Win | 84-5-4 | PTS | 12 | 1986-12-06 | Retained South American super flyweight title | ||
Win | 83-5-4 | TKO | 6 (12) | 1986-11-14 | Won South American super flyweight title | ||
Draw | 82-5-4 | PTS | 10 | 1986-08-30 | |||
Win | 82-5-3 | PTS | 10 | 1986-08-15 | |||
Draw | 81-5-3 | PTS | 10 | 1986-07-11 | |||
Loss | 81-5-2 | PTS | 12 | 1986-04-11 | Lost Argentina super flyweight title | ||
Win | 81-4-2 | PTS | 10 | 1986-03-14 | |||
Win | 80-4-2 | PTS | 10 | 1986-02-28 | |||
Win | 79-4-2 | TKO | 4 (10) | 1985-12-13 | |||
Win | 78-4-2 | PTS | 12 | 1985-11-15 | Retained Argentina super flyweight title | ||
Loss | 77-4-2 | TKO | 5 (10) | 1985-06-08 | |||
Win | 77-3-2 | PTS | 10 | 1985-05-17 | |||
Win | 76-3-2 | TKO | 7 (10) | 1985-05-03 | |||
Draw | 75-3-2 | PTS | 12 | 1985-03-09 | Retained Argentina super flyweight title | ||
Win | 75-3-1 | PTS | 10 | 1985-02-15 | |||
Win | 74-3-1 | KO | 4 (10) | 1985-02-15 | |||
Win | 73-3-1 | PTS | 10 | 1984-11-09 | |||
Win | 72-3-1 | PTS | 10 | 1984-10-13 | |||
Win | 71-3-1 | PTS | 12 | 1984-09-06 | Retained Argentinean super flyweight title | ||
Win | 70-3-1 | MD | 12 | 1984-04-07 | Retained Argentinean super flyweight title | ||
Win | 69-3-1 | PTS | 10 | 1984-03-16 | |||
Win | 68-3-1 | RTD | 7 | 1984-02-17 | |||
Win | 67-3-1 | PTS | 12 | 1983-11-13 | Won vacant Argentinean super flyweight title | ||
Win | 66-3-1 | PTS | 10 | 1983-09-16 | |||
Loss | 65-3-1 | PTS | 10 | 1983-08-19 | |||
Win | 65-2-1 | PTS | 10 | 1983-07-15 | |||
Win | 64-2-1 | TKO | 2 (10) | 1983-07-02 | |||
Win | 63-2-1 | PTS | 10 | 1983-06-17 | |||
Win | 62-2-1 | PTS | 10 | 1983-06-03 | |||
Win | 61-2-1 | PTS | 10 | 1983-05-12 | |||
Win | 60-2-1 | PTS | 10 | 1983-04-15 | |||
Win | 59-2-1 | PTS | 10 | 1983-03-05 | |||
Win | 58-2-1 | PTS | 10 | 1982-12-11 | |||
Loss | 57-2-1 | RTD | 9 (15) | 1982-07-29 | For WBA World super flyweight title | ||
Win | 57-1-1 | PTS | 10 | 1982-05-22 | |||
Win | 56-1-1 | KO | 3 (10) | 1982-05-07 | |||
Win | 55-1-1 | PTS | 10 | 1982-04-23 | |||
Win | 54-1-1 | TKO | 10 (10) | 1982-03-26 | |||
Loss | 53-1-1 | SD | 15 | 1981-12-05 | Lost WBA super flyweight title | ||
Win | 53-0-1 | TKO | 8 (15) | 1981-09-12 | Won Inaugural WBA super flyweight title | ||
Win | 52-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1981-08-14 | |||
Win | 51-0-1 | TKO | 9 (10) | 1981-07-24 | |||
Win | 50-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1981-06-27 | |||
Win | 49-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1981-06-06 | |||
Win | 48-0-1 | TKO | 11 (12) | 1981-05-09 | |||
Win | 47-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1981-04-03 | |||
Win | 46-0-1 | TKO | 8 (10) | 1981-03-21 | |||
Win | 45-0-1 | TKO | 6 (10) | 1981-03-06 | |||
Win | 44-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1981-02-05 | |||
Win | 43-0-1 | KO | 5 (10) | 1981-01-23 | |||
Win | 42-0-1 | TKO | 8 (10) | 1980-12-11 | |||
Win | 41-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1980-11-22 | |||
Win | 40-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1980-10-04 | |||
Win | 39-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1980-09-19 | |||
Win | 38-0-1 | TKO | 10 | 1980-09-05 | |||
Win | 37-0-1 | KO | 2 (10) | 1980-06-27 | |||
Win | 36-0-1 | DQ | 9 (10) | 1980-06-06 | |||
Win | 35-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1980-05-16 | |||
Win | 34-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1980-04-19 | |||
Win | 33-0-1 | TKO | 7 (10) | 1980-04-03 | |||
Win | 32-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1980-03-08 | |||
Win | 31-0-1 | KO | 6 (10) | 1980-02-08 | |||
Win | 30-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1979-12-06 | |||
Win | 29-0-1 | KO | 3 (10) | 1979-11-16 | |||
Win | 28-0-1 | PTS | 10 | 1979-11-03 | |||
Win | 27-0-1 | TKO | 8 (10) | 1979-10-19 | |||
Win | 26-0-1 | KO | 3 (10) | 1979-10-05 | |||
Win | 25-0-1 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-09-07 | |||
Draw | 24-0-1 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-08-24 | |||
Win | 24-0 | KO | 3 (10) | 1979-07-06 | |||
Win | 23-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-05-03 | |||
Win | 22-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-04-18 | |||
Win | 21-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1979-02-02 | |||
Win | 20-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1978-12-16 | |||
Win | 19-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1978-11-03 | |||
Win | 18-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1978-10-21 | |||
Win | 17-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1978-09-14 | |||
Win | 16-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1978-09-01 | |||
Win | 15-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1978-08-04 | |||
Win | 14-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1978-07-07 | |||
Win | 13-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1978-05-12 | |||
Win | 12-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1978-04-21 | |||
Win | 11-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1978-04-07 | |||
Win | 10-0 | KO | 3 (10) | 1977-12-20 | |||
Win | 9-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1977-12-02 | |||
Win | 8-0 | RTD | 5 (10) | 1977-11-18 | |||
Win | 7-0 | PTS | 10 (10) | 1977-11-04 | |||
Win | 6-0 | PTS | 8 (8) | 1977-10-07 | |||
Win | 5-0 | TKO | 2 (8) | 1977-09-02 | |||
Win | 4-0 | PTS | 8 (8) | 1977-08-12 | |||
Win | 3-0 | PTS | 8 (8) | 1977-07-15 | |||
Win | 2-0 | PTS | 6 (6) | 1977-04-27 | |||
Win | 1-0 | TKO | 5 (6) | 1976-12-01 |
See also
- List of super-flyweight boxing champions
References
- "A 31 años de la pelea entre "Falucho" Laciar y Gustavo Ballas | Mundo D". Mundod.lavoz.com.ar. 1904-03-15. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- "Ballas: la mejor victoria de su vida". clarin.com.
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Achievements | ||
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Inaugural Champion | WBA super flyweight champion September 12, 1981 – December 5, 1981 |
Succeeded by Rafael Pedroza |