Nickname(s) Puro Yucatan Name Guty Espadas Draws 5 Nationality Mexican Role Professional Boxer Losses 6 | Stance Orthodox Martial art Boxing Children Guty Espadas, Jr. Wins 39 Total fights 50 | |
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Real name Gustavo Hernan Espadas Cruz Rated at Lightweight
Featherweight
Super Bantamweight
Flyweight Born December 20, 1954 (age 69)
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico ( 1954-12-20 ) Division Flyweight, Featherweight, Lightweight | ||
Guty Espadas (born December 20, 1954 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico) is a Mexican retired professional boxer who won the World Boxing Association's world Flyweight Championship. He is also the father of former World Champion Guty Espadas Jr.
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Early life
He was born to Hernan Espadas Cruz and Isabel Cruz Espadas.
Professional career
He became a professional boxer in 1971.
WBA Flyweight Championship
He won the WBA Flyweight Championship on October 2, 1976, when he knocked out Alfonso Lopez in thirteen rounds. He defended the title four times before losing it to Betulio González on August 12, 1978, via a fifteen-round majority decision. He challenged twice more for world titles, although he was unsuccessful in both tries. After his final try, a tenth-round knockout loss to Payao Poontarat in 1984, he retired.
Personal life
His son, Guty Espadas Jr., was a boxing champion in the Featherweight division.