Andrés Campos
Andrés Campos | |
|---|---|
| Born | Andrés Ignacio Campos González 15 September 1996 Santiago, Chile |
| Other names | Chilean Crocodile Cisa |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Flyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm) |
| Reach | 64.5 in (164 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record[1] | |
| Total fights | 17 |
| Wins | 16 |
| Wins by KO | 5 |
| Losses | 1 |
Andrés Ignacio Campos González (born 15 September 1996) is a Chilean professional boxer. He is a one-time IBF flyweight title challenger, having fought for the title in 2023.and the current IBO Inter-continental flyweight champion
Professional career
Early career
Campos made his professional debut against Guillermo Dejeas on 10 August 2018. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 40–35, 39–37 and 40–35.[2] Campos next beat Luis Gonzalo Sucasaca Pari by unanimous decision on 19 October 2018, Marcos Emilio Villafane by unanimous decision,[3] on 25 January 2019 and Claudio Lavinanza by split decision on 30 March 2019.[4]
Campos faced Agustín Francisco David Leiton on 5 July 2019. He won the fight by a second–round technical knockout. It was the first knockout victory of his professional career.[5]
Campos faced Ramón Velásquez on 5 July 2019, at the Alto San Francisco in Santiago, Chile, in what was his first ten-round bout.[6] He only needed six rounds however, as Velásquez opted to retire from the fight before the seventh round.[7]
Campos faced Ritesh Gaunder on 23 November 2019, at the Seagulls Rugby League Club in Tweed Heads, Australia, in his first professional bout outside of Chile. He won the six–round fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges awarding him every single round.[8]
Secondary titlist
Campos faced Jesus Martínez for the vacant WBA Fedebol flyweight title on 21 December 2019, at the Gimnasio Municipal in Lo Barnechea, Chile.[9] Campos won the nine round bout by unanimous decision, with scores of 881/2–841/2, 89–93 and 88–831/2.[10]
Campos made the first defense of his secondary title against the undefeated Pedro Villegas on 14 March 2020, at the Gimnasio Club Mexico in Santiago, Chile. Aside from being Campos' first title defense, the vacant WBO Latino flyweight title was likewise on the line.[11] Campos won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 98–91, 97–92 and 95–94. He scored the sole knockdown of the fight in the sixth round, dropping Villegas with two consecutive body shots.[12]
After capturing his first two professional titles, Campos fought a rematch with Ramon Velasquez on 12 March 2021, at the Gimnasio Municipal in Lo Barnechea, Chile. The fight was contested in an empty venue, due to restrictions imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] Campos won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 98–91 in his favor. Velasquez was deducted a point in the ninth round for a headbutt.[14] Following this victory, the WBO ranked Campos as the sixth best flyweight in the world. It was the first time that a major world championship group had ranked him in their top ten.[15]
Campos made the second defense of his secondary WBA and the first defense of his secondary WBO title against Sebastian Gomez Sanchez on 4 December 2021, at the Estadio Municipal in Lo Barnechea, Chile.[16] He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 97–92, 98–91 and 100–89. He expressed his desire to fight the reigning WBO flyweight champion Junto Nakatani in his post-fight interview, stating: "I hope next year to be fighting for the world title. We are just one step away".[17]
Campos faced Javier Martínez on 27 February 2022, in the main event of an ESPN Knockout card, which took place at the Las Clavelinas Hotel y Eventos in Ingeniero Maschwitz.[18] He won the bout by a fourth-round knockout, stopping Martinez with a left hook to the body at the 1:26 minute mark. Campos became the first fighter from Chile to win a professional fight in Argentina.[19]
Campos was booked to make his second WBO Latino flyweight title defense against the former WBA World minimumweight interim champion Jesús Silvestre on 11 June 2022, at the Gimnasio Municipal in Lo Barnechea, Chile.[20] He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 100–90, 99–91 and 96–94.[21]
Campos made his third WBO Latino title defense against Gilberto Pedroza on 14 August 2022.[22] He retained the title by unanimous decision, with scores of 97–92, 97–92, and 96–93. Pedroza was deducted point for headbutting in the eight round. His manager Toni Tolj stated in the post-fight press conference: "The plan is to get another title defense before the end of the year. Andrés, myself and (promoter) Nicolás (Martínez) will all head to the WBO Convention in Puerto Rico in October finish off 2022 in style with another step up in competition".[23]
Campos is slated to challenge the IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards on 10 June 2023, on the undercard of a DAZN broadcast event, at the Wembley Arena in London, England.[24] He lost the fight by unanimous decision, with all three ringside officials scoring the bout 117–111 for Edwards.[25] He rebounded from his first professional loss with an eighth-round knockout of Bienvenido Ligas on 9 September 2023, in an IBO Inter-continental flyweight title fight.[26]
Professional boxing record
| 17 fights | 16 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 5 | 0 |
| By decision | 11 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Ben Ligas | KO | 8 (10), 1:43 | 9 Sep 2023 | Burleigh Bazaar, Burleigh Heads, Australia | Won vacant IBO Inter-continental flyweight title |
| 16 | Loss | 15–1 | Sunny Edwards | UD | 12 | 10 Jun 2023 | Wembley Arena, Wembley, England | For IBF flyweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Darío Rubén Ruiz | TKO | 4 (8), 1:45 | 21 Jan 2023 | Gimnasio Club México, Santiago, Chile | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Gilberto Pedroza | UD | 10 | 14 Aug 2022 | Gimnasio Municipal, Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile | Retained WBO Latino flyweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Jesús Silvestre | UD | 10 | 11 Jun 2022 | Gimnasio Municipal, Lo Barnechea, Chile | Retained WBO Latino flyweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Javier Martínez | KO | 4 (10), 1:26 | 27 Feb 2022 | Las Clavelinas - Hotel y Eventos, Ingeniero Maschwitz, Argentina | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Francisco Gómez Sánchez | UD | 10 | 4 Dec 2021 | Estadio Municipal, Lo Barnechea, Chile | Retained WBA Fedebol and WBO Latino flyweight titles |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Ramón Velásquez | UD | 10 | 12 Mar 2021 | Gimnasio Municipal, Lo Barnechea, Chile | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Pedro Villegas | UD | 10 | 14 Mar 2020 | Gimnasio Club México, Santiago, Chile | Retained WBA Fedebol flyweight title Won vacant WBO Latino flyweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Jesús Martínez | UD | 9 | 21 Dec 2019 | Gimnasio Municipal, Lo Barnechea, Chile | Won vacant WBA Fedebol flyweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Ritesh Gaunder | UD | 6 | 23 Nov 2019 | Seagulls Rugby League Club, Tweed Heads, Australia | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Ramón Velásquez | RTD | 6 (10), 3:00 | 7 Sep 2019 | Gimnasio Club México, Santiago, Chile | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Agustín Francisco David Leiton | TKO | 2 (8), 1:55 | 5 Jul 2019 | Alto San Francisco, Santiago, Chile | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Claudio Lavinanza | SD | 6 | 30 Mar 2019 | Club LibraXLibra, Santiago, Chile | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Marcos Emilio Villafane | UD | 6 | 25 Jan 2019 | Gimnasio Federación de Boxeo, San Miguel, Chile | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Luis Gonzalo Sucasaca Pari | UD | 4 | 19 Oct 2018 | Gimnasio Club México, Santiago, Chile | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Guillermo Dejeas | UD | 4 | 10 Aug 2018 | Gimnasio Club Mexico, Santiago, Chile |
References
- ^ "Boxing record for Andrés Campos". BoxRec.
- ^ Equipo Boxeadores (11 August 2018). "Andrés Campos tuvo un debut triunfal en el boxeo profesional". boxeadores.cl. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Medrano, Claudio (25 January 2019). "Andrés Campos pelea este viernes con la mente puesta en Estados Unidos". boxeadores.cl. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Andrés Campos se impuso por decisión dividida a Claudio Laviñanza". eldeportero.cl. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ FM Alba (8 July 2019). "Boxeo: Agustin Leiton cayó por KO técnico en Chile". fmalba.com.ar. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ RINGSIDE (3 September 2019). "Chilean flyweight Andres Campos back in action September 7 on home soil". worldboxingnews.net. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Random Hits (9 September 2019). "Andres Campos Stops Ramon Velasquez in Six Rounds". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Medrano, Claudio (23 November 2019). "Andrés Campos debuta en Australia con una victoria". boxeadores.cl. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Press Release (18 December 2019). "Crocodile Campos ready to strike Saturday in Chile". ringnews24.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Johns, Marquis (24 December 2019). "Campos adds WBA Fedebol flyweight title". bigfightweekend.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ frasesdeboxeo (4 March 2020). "ANDRÉS 'COCODRILO' CAMPOS CONTRA PEDRO VILLEGAS POR CAMPEONATO OMB". fdbplus.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Salazar, Francisco (15 March 2020). "Andres Campos Drops, Decisions Pedro Villegas in Chile". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Equipo Boxeadores (22 February 2021). "Andrés Campos regresará al ring ante Ramón Velásquez". boxeadores.cl. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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- ^ Johns, Marquis (5 May 2021). "Andres Campos Climbs Up WBA Rankings". bigfightweekend.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Gómez, Bastián (30 November 2021). "Andrés Campos prepara doble defensa de títulos y se enfila para ir por el campeonato mundial de boxeo". encancha.cl. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Andrés Campos derrotó por decisión unánime a Sebastián Gómez Sánchez y retuvo los títulos Fedebol WBA y Latino WBO". mi.csdcolocolo.cl. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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- ^ Salazar, Francisco (28 February 2022). "Andres Campos Halts Javier Martinez In Four, Ends Bout With Brutal Body Shot". ringtv.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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- ^ Salazar, Francisco (14 June 2022). "Andres Campos Decisions Jesus Silvestre Over Ten in Chile". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Salazar, Francisco (14 August 2022). "Andres Campos Faces Gilberto Pedroza Tonight In Chile". ringtv.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Salazar, Francisco (18 August 2022). "Andres Campos Boxes Past Gilberto Pedroza Over Ten in Lo Barnechea, Chile". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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- ^ Parkinson, Nick (10 June 2023). "Sunny Edwards defeats Andres Campos to retain IBF title". espn.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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