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Last updated on 2021-02-22

Mexico
Mexican Lightweight Title
(as of 2018-04-21)

* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.

Jimmy Dundee1922-11-24Mexico City, DF
Defeats Joe Leopold.
Merced Montes1923-01-05Mexico City, DF
Joe Brown1923-04-21Mexico City, DF
Jimmy Dundee [2]1923-05-12Mexico City, DF
Joe Brown [2]1923-05-26Mexico City, DF
Defeats Merced Montes
Tommy White1923-06-23Mexico City, DF
May have defeated Patricio Martinez Arrendondo for the title on 23-06-17; also wins the welterweight title on 23-07-21; still champion as of 24-05-04; welterweight by 25.
Carlos Pavon1924-03-15Mexico City, DF
Defeats José Valadez for the vacant title; White still/again defends his title as late as 24-05-04 but becomes a welterweight by 25.
Joe Medina1924-11-08Mexico City, DF
Vacant in 25(?).
Young Brown1925-05-23Mexico City, DF
Defeats Carlos Pavon; vacant in 25(?).
Bulldog Gonzalez1926-06-19Mexico City, DF
Defeats Pete Loya.
Kid Gilbert1926-10-01Tampico, TA
Vacant in 26.
Bobby Fernandez1926-12-09Mexico City, DF
Defeats Bulldog Gonzalez.
Bulldog Gonzalez [2]1927-05-14Mexico City, DF
Manuel Villa I1931-07-04Mexico City, DF
Vacant in 35.
Rodolfo Casanova1935-09-17Mexico City, DF
Defeats Joe Conde.
Joe Conde1937-11-20Mexico City, DF
Juan Zurita1938-09-10Mexico City, DF
Vacant in 39.
Carlos Malacara1939-04-01Mexico City, DF
Defeats Tony Mar.
Tony Mar1939-06-03Mexico City, DF
Juan Zurita [2]1939-07-01Mexico City, DF
Rodolfo Ramirez1939-12-16Mexico City, DF
Retires after his fight on 45-03-17.
Carlos Malacara1946-02-09Mexico City, DF
Defeats Tony Mar.
Tony Mar [2]1946-07-20Mexico City, DF
Julio Cesar Jimenez1949-11-19Mexico City, DF
Manuel Rivera1952-07-12Mexico City, DF
Vacant in 53(?).
Baby Vasquez1954-12-04Mexico City, DF
Defeats Raul Esqueda.
Alfredo Urbina #1959-06-13Mexico City, DF
Title immediately held up by the commission, ordering the rematch.
Alfredo Urbina1959-07-25Mexico City, DF
Defeats Baby Vasquez in the rematch.
Baby Vasquez1962-02-24Mexico City, DF
Baby Gutierrez1963-08-24Colima, CL
José Luis Cruz1963-11-30Mexico City, DF
Raul Soriano1964-12-20Mexicali, BC
Raul Rodriguez1966-12-04Mexicali, BC
Moves up to the welterweight class in 67.
Chango Carmona1967-09-04Tijuana, BC
Defeats Arturo Lomeli.
Alfredo Urbina [2]1967-10-21Mexico City, DF
Arturo Lomeli1968-03-02Mexico City, DF
Chango Carmona [2]1970-11-17Tijuana, BC
Wins WBC World Title on 72-09-15.
Leoncio Ortiz1972-11-04Mexico City, DF
Defeats Jesus Alonso.
Juan Medina1973-05-01Ciudad Obregon, SO
Vacant in 74(?).
Leoncio Ortiz [2]1975-02-21Veracruz, VC
Defeats Jesus Alonso.
Leonardo Bermudez1976-05-28Culiacan, SI
Gerardo Ferrat1976-07-17Mexicali, BC
Humberto Gutierrez1976-11-10Los Mochis, SI
Gerardo Ferrat [2]1977-05-29San Luis Rio Colorado, SO
José Hernandez1978-10-27Ciudad Juarez, CI
Vacant in 79(?).
José Luis Ramirez1979-06-15Ciudad Obregon, SO
Defeats Humberto Gutierrez; loses his bid for WBC world title on 83-05-01.
Ricardo Peralta1983-06-25Merida, YU
Defeats Vicente Mijares.
Roque Montoya1983-10-07Reynosa, TA
Vacant in 85.
Ricardo Peralta [2]1985-04-20Merida, YU
Defeats Ramon Avitia.
Sergio Zambrano1985-05-31Navojoa, SO
Vacant in 86(?).
Primo Ramos1986-03-20Victoria de Durango, DG
Defeats Ricardo Peralta; moves to USA in 87; also wins NABF Title on 87-10-28; vacates Mexican title.
Juan Soberanes1987-12-14Tijuana, BC
Defeats Juan Guardado for the vacant title.
Herminio Delgado1988-03-05Tijuana, BC
Ramon Marchena1988-09-23Ensenada, BC
Jorge Gomez1989-03-05Ensenada, BC
Juan Soberanes1989-08-14Tijuana, BC
Francisco Javier Altamirano1990-04-07Mexico City, DF
Omar Flores1990-07-28Puebla, PU
Luis Mora1992-03-16Tijuana, BC
Mauro Gutierrez1992-05-18Tijuana, BC
Luis Mora [2]1992-08-31Tijuana, BC
Ramon Marchena [2]1992-11-23Tijuana, BC
Juan Carlos Rodriguez1994-08-05Ensenada, BC
Javier Carmona1995-12-02Mexico City, DF
Vacant in 97.
Isaac Cruz1997-06-21Mexico City, DF
Defeats Jesus Rodriguez; vacant in 97.
Javier Carmona [2]1997-12-05Ciudad Obregon, SO
Defeats Arturo Reyes.
Isaac Cruz [2]1998-04-28Mexico City, DF
José Luis Juarez1998-11-06Chihuahua, CI
Vacant in 2000(?).
Arturo Reyes2001-04-27Ciudad Obregon, SO
Defeats Miguel Angel Huerta.
Omar Bernal2001-08-03Ciudad Obregon, SO
Raymundo Gonzalez2002-05-18Cabo San Lucas, BS
Carlos Urias2002-10-18La Paz, BS
Alvaro Aguilar2003-02-15La Paz, BS
Moves up to the super lightweight class in 03.
Raymundo Gonzalez [2]2004-02-27Los Cabos, BS
Defeats Jesus Zatarin.
Julio Cesar Garcia2004-12-03La Paz, BS
Moves up to the super lightweight class in 05.
Juan Humberto Garza2005-08-19Monterrey, NL
Retires in 07.
Julio Sanchez Leon2007-09-21Mexicali, BC
Defeats Cesar Soriano Berumen.
Josafat Perez2008-04-26Monclova, CH
Vacant in 09(?); Perez and Ivan Valle fight for the vacant title to a draw on 10-06-18; Fernando Trejo and Cesar Soriano Berumen fight for the vacant title to a draw on 11-09-17.
Cesar Abundis2011-11-18Minatitlan, VC
Defeats Alejandro Mendez; moves up to the super lightweight class in 12.
Emanuel Lopez2012-05-18Comitan, Chiapas
Defeats Cesar Soriano Berumen; vacant in 13-06(?).
Luis Daniel Flores2018-04-21Iztacalco, DF
Defeats Luis Lopez Escamilla.

Source: BoxRec: Titles, The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia, Wikipedia; various newspapers from newspapers.com and GenealogyBank may have been used to verify the title changes outside Mexico

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