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Ismael Laguna

6335 KOs

70 KOs

1Draws

Last six: W-W-W-W-W-L

Career

division

Lightweight

status

inactive

bouts

71

rounds

552

KO %

55.6%

KO wins

35

KO losses

0

career

1960–1971

debut

1960-08-21

last fight

1971-06-22

Profile

birth name

Ismael Laguna Meneses

alias

El Tigre Colonense

trainer

sex

M

stance

orthodox

height

5′ 9″ / 175cm

reach

68″ / 173cm

nationality

Panama

origin

Santa Isabel Panama

city / state / zip

Colon, City,

dob

1943-06-28

age

83

Latest news

Hall of Famer in Critical Condition

2009-09-29 · 411mania.com

Ismael Laguna fighting for his life. Former two time lightweight champion of the world and boxing Hall of Famer Ismael Laguna is in a critical state in a Panama city hospital after suffering a heart attack on Sunday according to multiple sources. 'El…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

24 5 5

L-MD

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA

10 of 10 · 139 / 139 lbs

Judges: Gus Jacobson 44-46 | Bunny Lovett 46-48

Referee: Cy Gottfried (45-44)

0 1 0

W-UD

Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama

10 of 10 · 135 / 135 lbs

Judges: Carlos Aldana 100-92 | Roberto Navarro 99-94

Referee: Isaac Herrera (98-94)

22 6 0

W-UD

Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama

10 of 10 · 137 / 133 lbs

Judges: Juan Carlos Tapia 100-93

Referee: Roberto Lopez

24 3 0

W-TKO

Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA

WBC World lightweight title; WBA World lightweight title

9 of 15 · 135 / 135 lbs

Judges: Dick Young 5-4 | John Thomas 5-3

Referee: Lee Grossman (6-3)

14 3 1

W-TKO

Arena de Colon, Colon City, Panama

3 of 10 · 135 / 138 lbs

Referee: Roberto Lopez

24 9 1

W-UD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 136 / 136 lbs

Judges: Al Berl 8-1 | Jack Gordon 6-3

Referee: Tony Perez (8-2)

Eugenio Espinoza

13 4 0

W-UD

Estadio Juan D. Arosemena, Panama City, Panama

10 of 10 · 136 / 137 lbs

Judges: Osvaldo Reyes 99-95 | Harmodio Cedeno 100-92 | Harry Boyd 100-92

Referee: Alfonso Rodriguez

Eugenio Espinoza

12 4 0

L-UD

Quito, Ecuador

10 of 10 · 135 / 138 lbs

Judges: Juan Carlos Tapia

45 11 3

W-PTS

Palais des Sports, Lyon, RhÃ´ne, France

10 of 10

19 14 1

W-TKO

Estadio Juan D. Arosemena, Panama City, Panama

4 of 10 · 136 / 135 lbs · 2:24

Referee: Isaac Herrera

20 4 0

W-MD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 136 / 136 lbs

Judges: Johnny Dran 7-3 | Tony Rossi 5-5

Referee: Jimmy Devlin (7-3)

27 9 0

W-UD

Miami Beach, Florida, USA

10 of 10 · 138 / 134 lbs

12 6 3

W-TKO

Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

8 of 10 · 136 lbs

19 4 0

W-TKO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

9 of 10 · 136 / 132 lbs · 2:49

Referee: Johnny LoBianco

Victor Melendez

14 0 4

W-UD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 136 / 136 lbs

Judges: Tony Castellano 9-1 | Tony Rossi 9-1

Referee: Harold Valan (7-3)

Frankie Narvaez

34 6 1

W-UD

Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico

10 of 10 · 136 / 136 lbs

16 9 3

W-TKO

Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

10 of 10 · 135 / 138 lbs

33 6 0

W-PTS

Paris, Paris, France

10 of 10 · 136 / 135 lbs

7 2 0

W-UD

Estadio Juan D. Arosemena, Panama City, Panama

10 of 10 · 133 / 135 lbs

Judges: Harry Boyd 98-94 | Harmodio Cedeno 98-94

Referee: Isaac Herrera (98-94)

50 5 1

L-UD

Shea Stadium, Queens, New York, USA

WBC World lightweight title; WBA World lightweight title

15 of 15 · 135 / 135 lbs

Judges: Al Berl 4-10 | Jack Gordon 3-11

Referee: Arthur Mercante (4-10)

1 0 1

W-UD

Estadio Juan D. Arosemena, Panama City, Panama

10 of 10 · 136 / 135 lbs

Judges: Harry Boyd 98-94 | Harmodio Cedeno 99-95

Referee: Isaac Herrera (99-95)

27 8 1

W-KO

Estadio Juan D. Arosemena, Panama City, Panama

5 of 10 · 136 / 136 lbs · 3:03

Referee: Isaac Herrera

Frankie Narvaez

30 4 1

W-UD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

12 of 12 · 134 / 136 lbs

Judges: Jack Gordon 8-3 | Artie Aidala 9-1

Referee: Jimmy Devlin (7-5)

24 4 3

W-KO

Estadio Juan D. Arosemena, Panama City, Panama

8 of 10 · 135 / 138 lbs · 1:45

Referee: Roberto Lopez

22 14 5

W-TKO

Estadio Nacional, Kingston, Jamaica

6 of 10 · 136 / 136 lbs · 2:05

Referee: Emilio Sanchez

18 8 3

W-UD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA

10 of 10 · 135 / 139 lbs

Referee: Dick Young

22 6 0

L-UD

Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

10 of 10 · 134 / 135 lbs

Judges: Arturo Cayetano 45-48 | Alfredo Quiazon 44-46 | Jaime Valencia 44-45

Referee: Teodorico Reyes

Carlos Hernandez

3 0 0

W-TKO

Estadio Juan D. Arosemena, Panama City, Panama

8 of 10 · 134 / 134 lbs · 0:30

Judges: Harmodio Cedeno | Ramon Moynes

Referee: Servio Tulio Lay

45 5 0

L-UD

Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico

WBC World lightweight title; WBA World lightweight title

15 of 15 · 133 / 135 lbs

Judges: Jose Soto 138-150 | Harry Boyd 143-145

Referee: Rocky Marciano (143-148)

Nicolino Locche

8 0 2

D-PTS

Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina

10 of 10 · 137 / 134 lbs

10 3 0

W-TKO

Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama

8 of 10 · 136 / 137 lbs

Referee: Servio Tulio Lay

45 4 0

W-MD

Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama

WBC World lightweight title; WBA World lightweight title

15 of 15 · 132 / 135 lbs

Judges: Ben Green 145-145 | Ramon Moynes 149-137

Referee: Jersey Joe Walcott (143-132)

Sebastiao Nascimento

25 5 4

W-UD

Estadio Olimpico, Panama City, Panama

10 of 10 · 133 / 131 lbs

Judges: Harmodio Cedeno 98-93 | Harry Boyd 99-92

Referee: Servio Tulio Lay (99-92)

19 10 5

W-TKO

Estadio Olimpico, Panama City, Panama

7 of 10 · 135 / 133 lbs · 1:10

Judges: Harmodio Cedeno | Harry Boyd

Referee: Servio Tulio Lay

19 4 3

W-UD

Estadio Olimpico, Panama City, Panama

10 of 10 · 133 / 133 lbs

Judges: Harmodio Cedeno 99-94 | Ramon Moynes 99-89

Referee: Roberto Lopez (100-93)

7 10 5

W-TKO

Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA

8 of 10 · 130 / 132 lbs · 1:41

Referee: Lee Grossman

Vicente Saldivar

21 1 0

L-UD

Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

10 of 10 · 125 / 126 lbs

Referee: Ray Solis

Angel Robinson Garcia

8 3 0

W-PTS

Palais des Sports, Paris, Paris, France

10 of 10 · 131 / 132 lbs

9 5 4

W-KO

GinÃ¡sio Estadual do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

7 of 10 · 129 / 126 lbs

2 1 4

W-KO

Arena de Colon, Colon City, Panama

4 of 10 · 0:20

Referee: Colon Al Brown

31 6 3

W-UD

Palais des Sports, Paris, Paris, France

10 of 10 · 128 / 128 lbs

Referee: Paul Castellano

Antonio Herrera

25 2 4

W-TKO

Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama

6 of 10 · 126 / 126 lbs

Referee: Isaac Herrera

Eduardo Guerrero

29 7 2

W-UD

Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama

10 of 10 · 126 / 126 lbs

11 6 2

W-TKO

Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama

3 of 10 · 126 / 126 lbs

Antonio Herrera

23 2 4

L-PTS

Plaza de Toros Santamaria, Bogota, Colombia

10 of 10 · 126 / 125 lbs

Referee: Ismael Barboza (94-97)

Auburn Copeland

2 0 0

W-UD

Plaza de Toros La Macarena, Panama City, Panama

10 of 10 · 125 / 125 lbs

Judges: Humberto Figueroa Sr. 99-93 | Jose Graham 98-93

Referee: Rogelio Pinzon (99-95)

34 6 3

W-UD

Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama

10 of 10 · 125 / 125 lbs

Referee: Isaac Herrera

13 7 4

W-TKO

Arena de Colon, Colon City, Panama

9 of 10 · 125 / 126 lbs

Referee: Servio Tulio Lay

21 2 0

W-KO

Gimnasio Nacional, Panama City, Panama

2 of 10 · 124 / 123 lbs · 1:58

Referee: Rogelio Pinzon

Enrique Hitchman

9 4 1

W-KO

Gimnasio Nacional, Panama City, Panama

2 of 10 · 122 / 122 lbs · 2:20

Referee: Rogelio Pinzon