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Jose "Gaby" Canizales

BORN   May 1 1960; Laredo, Texas
WEIGHT 116-121 lbs
MANAGER Dr. Luis O. Mendoza

Canizales was a capable warrior with a good punch who won the WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World, the WBO Bantamweight Championship of the World and the USBA Bantamweight Championship; He is a brother of the former IBF Bantamweight Champion of the World, Orlando Canizales

He defeated such men as Richie Sandoval, James Pipps, Miguel "Happy" Lara, Diego Rosario, Javier Diaz, Louis Curtis and Mike Moreno

1979
May  7 Juanin Bernal              Monclova, Mexico                  KO  1
Jun 30 Jose Perez                 Monclova, Mexico                  KO  1

1980
Jun  6 Polin Flores               Nuevo Laredo, Mexico              KO  1
Jul 15 Jose Salas                 Laredo, Tx                        KO  2
Sep  2 Miguel Meza                Laredo, Tx                        KO  2
Sep 13 Oscar Gomez                San Antonio, Tx                   KO  6
Oct 14 Guillermo Velazquez        Laredo, Tx                        KO  1
Dec  5 Miguel Medina              Corpus Christi, Tx                KO  6

1981
Mar 10 Cecilio Ostos              Laredo, Tx                        KO  1 
May  7 Mario Nava                 Laredo, Tx                         L 10
May 14 Calvin Sheppard            Dallas, Tx                         W 10
Jun 15 Elias DeLeon               Laredo, Tx                        KO  2
Jul 27 Jorge Cruz                 Laredo, Tx                        KO  1
Sep  1 Franco Bejines             Laredo, Tx                        KO  2
Oct 31 Mario Gomez                Laredo, Tx                        KO 10
Dec  2 Mario Nava                 Laredo, Tx                         W 10

1982
Feb  9 Eduardo Bonilla            Laredo, Tx                        KO  2
Mar 10 Juan Castellanos           Laredo, Tx                         W 12
Apr 22 Ramon Guillen              Laredo, Tx                        KO  5
May 16 Ricardo Varela             San Antonio, Tx                    W 10
Jun 23 Diego Rosario              Atlantic City, NJ                 TK  5
          -USBA Bantamweight Championship;
          Some sources report 6/24/82;
          Some sources report "San Antonio, Tx"
Aug  1 Jose Torres                San Antonio, Tx                    W 10
Sep 22 Franco Torregoza           Atlantic City, NJ                 TK 10
          -USBA Bantamweight Championship
Oct 19 Jose Luis Soto             Laredo, Tx                        KO  2
Nov 23 Gustavo Martinez           Laredo, Tx                        KO  3

1983
Mar 13 Jeff Chandler              Atlantic City, NJ                  L 15
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
May 13 Ron Cisneros               Laredo, Tx                        TK 10
          -USBA Bantamweight Championship
Oct 19 Norberto Castellano        Laredo, Tx                        TK  1
Nov 12 James Pipps                Beaumont, Tx                      TK  6
          -USBA Bantamweight Championship

1984
Mar  7 Pedro Rodriguez            Houston, Tx                       TK  3
          -Some sources report 3/09/84
Jun  6 Javier Diaz                San Antonio, Tx                   TK  2
Aug 25 Kelvin Seabrooks           Laredo, Tx                         W 12

1985
Jan 30 Jeff Whaley                Atlantic City, NJ                  W 10
May 22 Troy Townsend              Atlantic City, NJ                 TK 10

1986
Mar 10 Richie Sandoval            Las Vegas, Nv                     TK  7
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Jun  4 Bernardo Piņango           East Rutherford, NJ                L 15
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Dec 11 Armando Morales Terron     Houston, Tx                       KO  2

1987
Jan 30 Mauro Diaz                 San Antonio, Tx                    W 10
Mar 29 Mike Moreno                Tucson, Az                        TK  3
          -Some sources report 3/31/87
May  5 Julio Blanco               San Antonio, Tx                    W 10
Jul  6 Raul Perez                 Tijuana, Mexico                   LK  9
Sep 18 Alejandro Valenzuela       Phoenix, Az                       KO  3
Nov 27 Louie Curtis               Atlantic City, NJ                  W 12
          -USBA Bantamweight Championship

1988
Mar 25 Kenny Mitchell             Houston, Tx                        L 12
          -USBA Bantamweight Championship
Jun  3 Julio Blanco               Tucson, Az                        KO  7
Jul 21 Lucilo Nolasco             Tucson, Az                         W 10
Oct 17 Alejandro Valenzuela       Tucson, Az                         W 10
Dec 15 Carlos Castro              Tucson, Az                        KO  3

1989
Apr 22 Tony Pruitt                Auburn Hills, Mi                  KO  1
Jul 17 Greg Richardson            Atlantic City, NJ                  L 10
Dec  9 Eduardo Lopez              Reno, Nv                          TK  5

1990
Jan 22 Raul Perez                 Inglewood, Ca                      L 12
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World
Jul 16 Francisco Valdez           Phoenix, Az                        D 10
Sep  7 Jose Luis Soto             Kansas City, Mo                   KO  8
Nov 14 Felipe Torres              Phoenix, Az                       KO 10

1991
Mar 12 Miguel "Happy" Lora        Auburn Hills, Mi                  KO  2
          -WBO Bantamweight Championship of the World
Jun 30 Duke McKenzie              London, England                    L 12
          -WBO Bantamweight Championship of the World


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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