Óscar Larios

Oscar Larios
Statistics
Real name	Oscar Larios
Nickname(s)	Chololo
Rated at	Super Bantamweight
Height	5 ft. 7 in. (170 cm.)
Nationality	Mexico
Born	(1976-11-01) November 1, 1976 Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	71
Wins	63
Wins by KO	39
Losses	7
Draws	1
No contests	0

Óscar Larios (born November 1, 1976) is a professional boxer from Mexico and former WBC Super Bantamweight and Featherweight champion. He is trained by Jose "Chepo" Reynoso.^[1]

Boxing career

Promoted by Oscar de la Hoya, Larios began his career at 17 and dropped early losses to Israel Vázquez by KO in the 1st round and Agapito Sánchez by TKO in the 5th prior to hitting his stride as he accumulated a record of 39-2 before his first world title.

WBC Super Bantamweight Championship

In 2001, Larios challenged undefeated WBC Super Bantamweight title holder Willie Jorrin and lost a disputed 12 round decision. Due to Jorrin's lack of activity, Larios fought Vázquez for the interim WBC Super Bantamweight Title and his earlier loss to Vázquez by scoring a TKO in the 12th round. Several months later, Larios again took on Jorrin and avenged the earlier defeat by defeating Jorrin by TKO in the 1st round.

Larios went on to defend his title 7 times (along with 3 non-title fights), including a victory over Nedal Hussein and two wins over fan favorite Wayne McCullough. He then took on Vázquez yet again but was dominated this time, dropping the trilogy capper by KO 3 and thus losing his title. In July 2006, Larios moved up to Super Featherweight to take on then three-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino boxer highly capable of besting opponents by KO. Larios fought bravely, but was dominated by the bigger Pacquiao and was dropped twice en route to losing a 12 round decision.

Move to Featherweight

Interim WBC Featherweight Championship

On July 21, 2007, Jorge Linares of Venezuela defeated him by KO in the 10th round for the WBC Interim featherweight title in Las Vegas, Nevada. After the fight with Linares, Larios was diagnosed with a minor subdural hematoma, bleeding of the brain, putting any hopes of a future boxing career in jeopardy. Larios eventually returned to boxing, but remains under medical suspension throughout the United States.

Later on February 22, 2008, Larios won his latest match by unanimous decision against Arturo Gomez.

In May 2008, Larios defeated Feider Viloria via fifth-round TKO for the vacant Interim WBC Featherweight title, commissioned when reigning titlist Jorge Linares was unavailable to fight Viloria due to injury.^[2] On August 2, 2008 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Larios made his first defense of the WBC interim featherweight title, defeating Marlon Aguilar by seventh round knockout. The bout was competitive for several rounds, but Larious took command of the fight, knocking Aguilar down at the end of the sixth round and knocking him out in the seventh round.^[3]

WBC Featherweight Championship

Larios inherited the full-pledge WBC featherweight title when Linares relinquished it to move up in weight.^[4]

He won his first anez of his title with a split decision win over Takahiro Aoh on October 16, 2008. Despite being floored in the 4th round, Larios managed to outbox the Japanese challenger for the victory.^[5]

The two fighters met again on March 12, 2009. Like in the previous encounter, the matches resulted in a decision. But this time, it was in Aoh's favor.

Professional boxing record

63 Wins (39 knockouts), 7 Losses (4 knockouts), 1 Draw[6]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	63-7-1	Takahiro Ao	UD	12	2009-03-12	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo	Lost WBC Featherweight title.
Win	63-6-1	Takahiro Ao	SD	12	2008-10-16	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo	Retained WBC Featherweight title.
Win	62-6-1	Marlon Aguilar	KO	7 (12), 2:30	2008-08-02	Auditorio Benito Juárez, Zapopan, Jalisco	Retained interim WBC Featherweight title.
Win	61-6-1	Feider Viloria	TKO	5 (12), 0:24	2008-05-31	Centro Internacional de Convenciones, Chetumal, Quintana Roo	Won vacant interim WBC Featherweight title.
Win	60-6-1	Arturo Gomez	UD	12	2008-02-22	Salon Marbet Plus, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Distrito Federal
Loss	59-6-1	Jorge Linares	TKO	10 (12), 2:37	2007-07-21	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	For vacant WBC Featherweight title.
Win	59-5-1	Luis Cid Pacheco	UD	10	2007-03-31	Centro de Cancun, Cancun, Quintana Roo
Win	58-5-1	Ramon Mendez	UD	10	2007-03-31	Casino Los Fresnos, Tepic, Nayarit
Win	57-5-1	Roberto Bonilla	TKO	4 (10), 1:40	2006-10-06	Desert Diamond Casino, Phoenix, Arizona
Loss	56-5-1	Manny Pacquiao	UD	12	2006-07-02	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Metro Manila
Loss	56-4-1	Israel Vázquez	TKO	3 (12), 2:52	2005-12-03	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	Lost WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	56-3-1	Wayne McCullough	TKO	10 (12), 2:00	2005-07-16	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	55-3-1	Wayne McCullough	UD	12	2005-02-10	Palace Indian Gaming Center, Lemoore, California	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	54-3-1	Nedal Hussein	UD	12	2004-11-27	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	54-3-1	Ivan Alvarez	UD	10	2004-08-20	Isleta Casino & Resort, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Win	53-3-1	Jesus Salvador Perez	UD	10	2004-06-11	Sundance Square, Fort Worth, Texas
Win	52-3-1	Shigeru Nakazato	UD	12	2004-03-06	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	51-3-1	Napapol Sor Rungvisai	TKO	10 (12), 2:26	2003-11-22	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	50-3-1	Kozo Ishii	TKO	2 (12), 2:02	2003-09-07	Rainbow Hall, Nagoya	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Óscar Larios from BoxRec