Miguel Iriarte

Miguel Iriarte is a Panamanian former professional boxer who, on October 27, 1982, challenged American Jeff Chandler for the American's WBA's world Bantamweight championship, losing to the International Boxing Hall of Famer by a ninth-round technical knockout, at the Resorts International Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.[1]

Miguel Iriarte
Statistics
Weight(s)Bantamweight
NationalityPanamanian
BornColón, Panama
Boxing record
Total fights17
Wins12
Wins by KO8
Losses4
Draws1

Professional boxing career

Apart from his unsuccessful challenge of Chandler, Iriarte also fought the likes of the then future WBA world Junior-Bantamweight champion Rafael Pedroza and future WBA world Super-Bantamweight title challenger, Chile's Benito Badilla, beating Pedroza by ten rounds unanimous points decision on August 30, 1980 in Colon,[2] but losing to Badilla in what was Iriarte's last professional boxing contest, by seventh-round technical knockout on Saturday, November 17, 1984, also in Colon.[3]

Iriarte retired with a record of 12 wins along with 4 losses and 1 draw (tie), in seventeen professional boxing matches, with 8 wins and 2 losses by way of knockout.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Wednesday 27, October 1982". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. "Saturday 30, August 1980". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. "Saturday 17, November 1984". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. "Miguel Iriarte". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.


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