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Miguel "Happy" Lora
(Miguel Lora Escudero)

BORN   April 12 1961; Monteria, Cordoba, Colombia
WEIGHT 117-124 lbs
MANAGER Félix “Tuto” Zabala
TRAINER Amilcar Brusa

Lora was a talented boxer who lost but 3 of 40 bouts and scored 17 knockouts; During his career, he won the WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World, the WBC Continental Americas Bantamweight Championship, the Super Flyweight Championship of Colombia and the WBC FECARBOX Super Flyweight Championship

"Happy" defeated such men as Daniel Zaragoza, Wilfredo Vazquez, Alberto Davila, Antonio Avelar, Gabriel Bernal, Cesar Polanco, Ricky Romero, Rolando Bohol, Bernardo Manuel Mendoza, Lucio Omar Lopez, Enrique Sanchez, Ray Minus, Julio Soto Solano and Ruben Dario Polacios

1979
Jul 27 Wilfredo Ruiz              Monteria, Colombia                 W  6
Oct 26 Alfredo Gomez              Monteria, Colombia                KO  1
Nov 23 Tomas Maza                 Monteria, Colombia                KO  1
Dec 22 Arnold Sarmiento           Monteria, Colombia                KO  3

1980
Mar 28 Justo Jorge                Monteria, Colombia                TK  3
Jun 12 Julio Soto Solano          Monteria, Colombia                 W 12
          -WBC FECARBOX Super Flyweight Championship
Aug 14 Orlando Tejedor            Bogota, Colombia                  KO  1
Oct 31 Juan Alvarez               Monteria, Colombia                 W 10
Dec  3 Arnold Sarmiento           Monteria, Colombia                TK  3

1981
May 28 Carlos Arturo Osorio       Monteria, Colombia                 W 10
Dec 18 Jose Luis Tapia            Monteria, Colombia                TK  3

1982
Feb 27 Edelmiro Cassiani          Monteria, Colombia                KO  7
Jul 30 Charles Maussa             Monteria, Colombia                KO  7
Sep 17 Miguel Perez               Monteria, Colombia                 W 12
          -Super Flyweight Championship of Colombia

1983
May 12 Ruben Dario Palacios       Monteria, Colombia                 W 12
          -WBC Continental Americas Bantamweight Championship
Jul 30 Jose Salazar               Sincelejo, Colombia               KO  3
Sep 18 Pedro Romero               Cerete, Colombia                   W 12
          -WBC Continental Americas Bantamweight Championship
Dec 16 Juan Diaz                  Monteria, Colombia                TK  5

1984
Feb 18 Edwin Rangel               Cartagena, Colombia                W 10
Jul  3 Juan Torres                Miami Beach, Fl                    W 10
Nov 24 Jose Chacon                Monteria, Colombia                 W 10

1985
May 10 Ramon Antonio Nery         Miami, Fl                         TK  2
Jun  7 Diego Avila                Miami, Fl                         TK  8
Aug  9 Daniel Zaragoza            Miami, Fl                          W 12
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World

1986
Feb  8 Wilfredo Vazquez           Miami Beach, Fl                    W 12
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World
Aug 23 Enrique Sanchez            Miami Beach, Fl                   TK  6
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World
Nov 15 Alberto Davila             Barranquilla, Colombia             W 12
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World

1987
Jul 25 Antonio Avelar             Miami, Fl                         KO  4
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World
Nov 27 Ray Minus                  Miami Beach, Fl                    W 12
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World

1988
Apr 30 Lucio Omar Lopez           Cartagena, Colombia                W 12
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World
Aug  1 Alberto Davila             Inglewood, Ca                      W 12
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World
Oct 29 Raul Perez                 Las Vegas, Nv                      L 12
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World

1990
Aug 18 Emilio Aponte              Monteria, Colombia                TK  3
Dec 14 Bernardo Manuel Mendoza    Monteria, Colombia                 W 10

1991
Mar 12 Jose "Gaby" Canizales      Auburn Hills, Mi                  LK  2
          -WBO Bantamweight Championship of the World
Aug  2 Rolando Bohol              Bogota, Colombia                   W 10

1992
Apr 11 Gabriel Bernal             Bogota, Colombia                   W 10
          -Some sources report 4/12/92
Sep 26 Ricky Romero               Miami, Fl                         KO  3

1993
Apr 23 Cesar Polanco              Bogota, Colombia                   W 10
Jun 19 Rafael Del Valle           Hato Rey, Puerto Rico              L 12
          -WBO Bantamweight Championship of the World

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

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