Jorge Rodrigo Barrios

Jorge Rodrigo Barrios (born August 1, 1976) is an Argentine former professional boxer who held the WBO junior lightweight title.

Professional career

Barrios made his professional boxing debut on August 10, 1996 with a second-round knockout victory.^[1] Barrios accumulated a record of 14-0 before his first loss—a disqualification against César Emilio Domine on December 20, 1997.^[1]

After the disqualification loss, Barrios went on a 25-0-1-1 streak. Then, on August 9, 2003, Barrios fought in a superfight against Acelino Freitas for the WBA and WBO 130 lb titles.^[1] In the eighth round, Freitas was hit while off balance for a knockdown. In the eleventh round, Freitas was knocked down by a left-right combination and spit out his mouthpiece. As the bell rang at the end of the round, however, Barrios was knocked down by a powerful right hand to the chin. Despite the 60-second break between rounds, Freitas followed up early in the twelfth round with another knockdown of Barrios. A few moments later, Barrios went to his knees and wobbled when he stood up, causing the referee to award Freitas a TKO victory. The eleventh round won The Ring magazine's Round of the Year award.^[2]

On April 8, 2005, Barrios fought against undefeated WBO junior lightweight champion Mike Anchondo. Even though Anchondo weighed 4¾ lb over the weight limit, Barrios won the title and ended Anchondo's unbeaten streak with a fourth-round TKO.^[1]

Barrios' last title defense was against undefeated contender Janos Nagy on May 20, 2006. Barrios ended the fight 49 seconds into the first round with a liver punch knockout.

At the weigh-in before his next scheduled defense—September 16, 2006 against undefeated Joan Guzmán—Barrios was overweight, and so he was stripped of his title. Barrios then lost the fight by split decision.

Barrios was scheduled to fight Juan Manuel Márquez (47-3-1 35 KOs) for the WBC Super Featherweight Title on September 15, 2007. Barrios withdrew from the fight due to injury.

On September 6, 2008, Rocky Juarez, (27-4, 19 KO's) won by TKO at 2:55 in the 11th round of the 12-rounder over Barrios, (47-3-1, 34 KO's).^[3][4]

Legal troubles

In January 2010, Barrios was involved in a car accident in which a 20-year-old pregnant woman was killed in the Argentine city of Mar del Plata. Barrios was accused of running a light and then fleeing the scene of the accident.^[5] On April 4, 2012 Barrios was declared guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced to spend four years in prison.^[6] Three weeks later, Barrios was released from prison after paying a AR$ 200,000 bail.^[7]

In November 2014, Barrios is finally headed to prison for three and a half year.^[8]

Professional boxing record

50 Wins (35 knockouts), 4 Losses (2 knockouts), 1 Draw, 1 No Contest[9]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	50–4–1	Wilson Alcorro	UD	10	2010–10–01	Club de Regatas, Corrientes, Corrientes
Win	49–4–1	Michael Lozada	TKO	5 (12)	2009–11–21	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires	For Interim WBO Latino Lightweight title.
Win	48–4–1	Moises Castro	UD	12	2009–08–08	Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti, Córdoba, Córdoba	Won Interim WBO Latino Lightweight title.
Loss	47–4–1	Rocky Juarez	TKO	11 (12) 2:55	2008–09–06	Toyota Center, Houston, Texas	For vacant WBO Latino Super featherweight title.
Win	47–3–1	Decho Kokietgym	KO	3 (12)	2007–04–21	Luna Park, Buenos Aires	Won WBO Inter-Continental Super featherweight title.
Loss	46–3–1	Joan Guzmán	SD	12	2006–09–16	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada	Lost WBO Super featherweight title.
Win	46–2–1	János Nagy	KO	1 (12) 0:49	2006–05–20	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California	Retained WBO Super featherweight title.
Win	45–2–1	Nazareno Ruiz	UD	10	2005–12–16	Club Belgrano, San Nicolás, Buenos Aires
Win	44–2–1	Victor Santiago	TKO	2 (12) 2:30	2005–08–12	Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba, Córdoba	For WBO Super featherweight title.
Win	43–2–1	Mike Anchondo	TKO	4 (12) 2:00	2005–04–08	Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, Florida	Won WBO Super featherweight title.
Win	42–2–1	Carlos Uribe	TKO	7 (12) 0:01	2004–10–08	Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba, Córdoba	For WBO Latino Super featherweight title.
Win	41–2–1	Diego Alzugaray	UD	10	2004–04–17	Club Atlético Unión, Santa Fe, Santa Fe
Win	40–2–1	Claudio Martinet	UD	12	2003–12–12	Club Newell's Old Boys, Rosario, Santa Fe	For WBO Latino Super featherweight title.
Loss	39–2–1	Acelino Freitas	TKO	12 0:50	2003–08–09	Miami Arena, Miami, Florida	For WBO and WBA (Super) Super featherweight titles.
Win	39–1–1	Fabian Salazar	KO	4 (10)	2003–04–10	Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba, Córdoba
Win	38–1–1	Orlando Soto	TKO	4 (12)	2003–01–31	Casino Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires	For WBO Latino Super Featherweight title.
Win	37–1–1	Rodolfo Rolon	TKO	6 (10)	2002–11–29	Club Defensores de Villa Luján, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán
Win	36–1–1	Carlos Rios	TD	6 (10)	2002–10–26	Estadio F. A. B., Buenos Aires	Won vacant Argentine Super Featherweight title.
Win	35–1–1	Javier Alvarez	TKO	11 (12)	2002–08–24	Radisson Victoria Plaza, Montevideo	Won WBO Latino Super Featherweight title.
Draw	34–1–1	Ricardo Silva	PTS	10	2002–06–29	Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz
Win	34–1	Keylang Umana	KO	1 (10)	2002–04–13	Santa Rosa, La Pampa
Win	33–1	Victor Paz	UD	10	2002–03–16	Estadio F. A. B., Buenos Aires
Win	32–1	Justo Martinez	KO	6 (10)	2001–09–22	Estadio F. A. B., Buenos Aires
N/A		Justo Martinez	NC	2 (10)	2001–06–23	Villa María, Córdoba
Win	31–1	Laureano Ramírez	UD	12	2000–12–16	Piso de los Deportes, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires	For WBU Super featherweight title.
Win	30–1	Carlos Uribe	DSQ	5 (10) 2:17	2000–10–28	Club Atlético Lanús, Lanús, Buenos Aires
Win	29–1	Joel Mayo	DSQ	3 (10) 1:55	2000–03–18	Club Ciclista Juninense, Junín, Buenos Aires
Win	28–1	Sergio Liendo	RTD	5 (10)	2000–02–05	Bolívar, Buenos Aires
Win	27–1	Joao Pereira da Silva	RTD	6 (10) 0:31	1999–12–18	Radisson Victoria Plaza, Montevideo
Win	26–1	Affif Djelti	UD	12	1999–10–16	Club Los Padres Capuchinos, Concordia, Entre Ríos	For WBU Super featherweight title.
Win	25–1	Catalino Becerra	TKO	2 (10)	1999–08–28	Club Glorias, Tigre, Buenos Aires
Win	24–1	Silvano Usini	TKO	8 (12)	1999–07–10	Calatafimi-Segesta, Sicily	Won vacant WBU Super featherweight title.
Win	23–1	Oscar Lopez	KO	6 (10)	1999–03–05	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win	22–1	Ismael Agustini	UD	12	1998–12–18	Morón, Buenos Aires	For South American Super featherweight title.
Win	21–1	Gustavo Cuello	UD	12	1998–10–03	Estadio F. A. B., Buenos Aires	For South American Super featherweight title.
Win	20–1	Walter Rodriguez	TKO	2 (12)	1998–08–15	Estadio F. A. B., Buenos Aires	Won South American Super featherweight title.
Win	19–1	Jorge Medina	KO	1 (8)	1998–07–18	Buenos Aires
Win	18–1	Miguel Angel Francia	TKO	5 (8)	1998–05–09	Club Juventud BBC, Santiago del Estero, Santiago del Estero
Win	17–1	Antonio Avila	KO	1 (10)	1998–04–10	Estadio F. A. B., Buenos Aires
Win	16–1	Ruben Astorga	KO	3 (8)	1998–03–06	Tigre, Buenos Aires
Win	15–1	César Domine	KO	2 (8)	1998–02–13	Club Atlético Quilmes, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Loss	14–1	César Domine	DQ	4 (10)	1997–12–20	Estadio F. A. B., Buenos Aires
Win	14–0	Manuel Billalba	RTD	9 (10)	1997–11–22	Estadio F. A. B., Buenos Aires
Win	13–0	Rodolfo Rolon	TKO	5 (8)	1997–08–23	Estadio F. A. B., Buenos Aires
Win	12–0	Eduardo Rodriguez	KO	1 (8)	1997–08–22	Canal 9 Studios, Buenos Aires
Win	11–0	Miguel Angel Albarado	SD	8	1997–06–21	Canal 9 Studios, Buenos Aires
Win	10–0	Dante Tablada	KO	1 (8)	1997–05–17	Canal 9 Studios, Buenos Aires
Win	9–0	Benjamin Robles Murry	TKO	1 (6)	1997–04–19	Canal 9 Studios, Buenos Aires
Win	8–0	Pedro Contreras	KO	5 (8)	1997–03–22	Buenos Aires
Win	7–0	Osvaldo Cortes	KO	1 (8)	1997–02–22	Buenos Aires
Win	6–0	José Luis Fernandez	KO	1 (8)	1997–01–25	Buenos Aires
Win	5–0	Nestor Ayala	UD	6	1996–12–21	Buenos Aires
Win	4–0	Walter Galvan	KO	2 (6)	1996–12–14	Canal 9 Studios, Buenos Aires
Win	3–0	Fabian Eluaiza	KO	4 (6)	1996–11–16	América 2 Studios, Buenos Aires
Win	2–0	Nestor Centeno	KO	1 (6)	1996–09–06	Estadio F. A. B., Buenos Aires
Win	1–0	Hector Martinez	KO	2 (6)	1996–08–10	Buenos Aires

Notes and references

External links

• Jorge Rodrigo Barrios - BoxRec Boxing Encyclopedia