Jorge Vaca (born 14 December 1959) is a Mexican former professional
boxer who held the World Welterweight Championship.
Professional career
Vaca turned pro in 1978 and captured the
WBC and
Lineal welterweight title by beating
Lloyd Honeyghan
Lloyd Honeyghan (born 22 April 1960) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1995. He reigned as the undisputed championship (boxing), undisputed welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987, and held the World Boxing Counci ...
via 8th round technical decision in 1987, but lost the belt to Honeyghan via 3rd KO in a rematch in 1988. Later that year he took on IBF Welterweight Title holder
Simon Brown, but lost the bout via 3rd TKO. Although he never got a shot again at another major title, Vaca was destroyed by a relatively young
Roy Jones Jr. in one round, in the
Light-Middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the Intern ...
weight-class in 1992.
He continued to fight until 2002, mostly in his native Mexico, and retired after a loss to
Marco Antonio Rubio. Vaca finished with a record of 66 wins, 24 losses, 2 draws, with 51 knockouts.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of Mexican boxing world champions
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List of world welterweight boxing champions
Beginning with Mysterious Billy Smith to Harry Lewis, the welterweight world champions listed below are more widely recognized in the United States and are not as widely sanctioned as the boxers that follow. Beginning with boxer Pat Bradley, is a ...
References
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1959 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
Boxers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Light-middleweight boxers
World welterweight boxing champions
World Boxing Council champions
The Ring (magazine) champions
20th-century Mexican sportsmen