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Eleoncio Mercedes

BORN   September 12 1957; La Ramona, Dominican Republic
DIED December 22 1985; La Ramona, Dominican Republic
WEIGHT 111 1/4 - 120 lbs

 

Mercedes had a shaky start to his career, improved to the point where he won the WBC Flyweight Championship of the World and then experienced a decline; He was shot to death during an altercation following a traffic accident after reportedly drawing a gun himself

He defeated such men as Freddy Castillo, Guty Espadas, Jose Herrera, Juan Antonio Guzman and Alonzo Gonzalez

1978
Jul  2 Darryl Jones               Stockton, Ca                        W  6
Jul 13 Juan Garcia                Los Angeles, Ca                     W  6
Aug 10 Joey Olivo                 Los Angeles, Ca                     L 10
Aug 30 Aaron Morua                Las Vegas, Nv                       L 10
Dec  8 Chocolate Ruyes            Las Vegas, Nv                       W  8

1979
Mar 10 Adelaido Galindo           Inglewood, Ca                       L 10
Sep 29 Juan Diaz                  Mexico City, Mexico                LT  7
Dec 21 Jose Gallegos              Reynosa, Mexico                     L 10

1980
Jan 25 Baldomero Santos           Monterrey, Mexico                   W 10
Sep  6 Rafael Morales             Mexico City, Mexico                 W 10
Nov  1 Jose Luis Cruz             Mexico City, Mexico                 D 10

1981
Jan  3 Jorge DeJesus              Mexico City, Mexico                 D 10
Feb 21 Guty Espadas               Merida, Mexico                     TK  9
Apr  3 Jose Herrera               Mexico City, Mexico                 W 10
May  9 Jorge Herrera              Mexico City, Mexico                 W 10
Jun 20 Candido Tellez             Mexico City, Mexico                LF  2
Sep  8 Juan Antonio Guzman        La Ramona, Dominican Republic      TK  1

1982
Feb 13 Antonio Escobar            Mexico City, Mexico                TK 10
          -Some sources report "KO 2"
Jul 17 Juan Diaz                  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic   W 12
Nov  6 Freddy Castillo            Los Angeles, Ca                     W 15
          -WBC Flyweight Championship of the World

1983
Mar 15 Charlie Magri              London, England                    LT  7
          -WBC Flyweight Championship of the World
Jul  2 Javier Brown               La Ramona, Dominican Republic      WF  4
Dec  8 Alonzo Gonzalez            Los Angeles, Ca                     W 10 

1984
Mar 15 German Torres              Los Angeles, Ca                    LT  9
Jul 22 Jong Kwan Chung            Seoul, Korea                       LK  5
Oct 26 Joel Meza                  Mazatlan, Mexico                    L 10

1985
Sep 23 Raul Perez                 Tijuana, Mexico                     L 10
Nov  7 Albert Davila              Los Angeles, Ca                    LT  6


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

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