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Ismael Laguna
(Ismael Laguna Meneses)

BORN   June 28 1943; Colon, Panama
HEIGHT 5-9 (Some sources report 5-10)
WEIGHT 116-139 lbs
MANAGERS Isaac Kresch, Hector "Tato" Valdes
TRAINER Curro Dosman

Laguna was a talented fighter who was fast and shifty, possessed an excellent jab and was an effective hitter, although not a particularly hard hitter; He was clever, game and defended himself well; During his career, he won the WBC Lightweight Championship of the World, the WBA Lightweight Championship of the World and the Featherweight Championship of Panama

Ismael defeated such men as Carlos Ortiz, Lloyd Marshall, Eloy Sanchez, Antonio Herrera, Carlos Hernandez, Rafiu King, Erubey "Chango" Carmona, Armando "Mando" Ramos, "Guts" Ishimatsu [Suzuki], Eugenio Espinoza, Pedro Miranda, Alfredo Urbina, Paul Armstead, Angel Robinson Garcia, Juan Ramirez, Fili Nava, Auburn Copeland, Frankie Narvaez, Ray Adigun and Maurice Tavant

Laguna was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001

1960
Aug 21 Antonio Morgan              Panama City, Panama             KO  2
          -Some sources report 1/08/61 at "Colon, Panama"

1961
Jan 22 Eduardo Frutos              Colon, Panama                    W  4
Mar  5 Javier Valle                Panama City, Panama              W  4
Mar 26 Carlos Real                 Panama City, Panama              W  4
Apr 16 Jose Pacheco                Panama City, Panama             KO  3
Apr 30 Ernest Campbell             Panama City, Panama              W  6
May 21 Battling Escudero           Colon, Panama                   TK  2
Jun  4 Killer Salomon              Colon, Panama                   KO  7
Jun 25 Claudio Martinez            Colon, Panama                   TK  4
Aug 27 Enrique Hitchman            Panama City, Panama              W 10
Oct 15 Euro Partides               Panama City, Panama             KO  4
Dec  1 Hector Hicks                Colon, Panama                   KO  5

1962
Jan 14 Eloy Sanchez                Colon, Panama                   KO  4
          -Some sources report "KO 3"
Mar  2 Castor Castillo             Maracaibo, Venezuela             W 10
Apr 15 Nelson Estrada              Colon, Panama                   TK  7
          -Some sources report "Panama City, Panama"
Jun  3 Jorge Uzcategui             Colon, Panama                   TK  2
Jun 10 Agustin Carmona             Panama City, Panama             KO  6
Jun 24 Carlos Celis                Colon, Panama                   TK  5
          -Some sources report "KO 3" at "Panama City, Panama"
Jul 29 Jorge "Baby" Salazar        Colon, Panama                   KO  6
          -Some sources report "Panama City, Panama"
Sep 16 Pedro Ortiz                 Panama City, Panama             TK  7
          -Featherweight Championship of Panama
Oct 28 Beresford Francis           Colon, Panama                   TK  5
Nov 18 Enrique Hitchman            Panama City, Panama             KO  2
          -Some sources report "Colon, Panama"
Dec 16 Tony Herrera                Panama City, Panama             KO  2

1963
Jan 20 Bobby Gray                  Colon, Panama                   TK  9
Feb 22 Juan Ramirez                Panama City, Panama              W 10
Mar 17 Auburn Copeland             Panama City, Panama              W 10
May 20 Fili Nava                   Panama City, Panama             KO  3
          -Some sources report 5/21/63
Jun  7 Antonio Herrera             Bogota, Colombia                 L 10
          -Some sources report 6/08/63
Jul 21 Don Johnson                 Panama City, Panama             TK  3
Aug 24 Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero     Panama City, Panama              W 10
          -Some sources report 8/25/63
Sep 15 Antonio Herrera             Panama City, Panama             TK  6
          -Some sources report "KO 7"
Nov 18 Rafiu King                  Paris, France                    W 10

1964
Jan 26 Pedro Miranda               Colon, Panama                   KO  4
Feb 21 Oripes Dos Santos           Sao Paulo, Brazil               KO  7
Mar  9 Angel Robinson Garcia       Paris, France                    W 10
Jun  1 Vicente Saldivar            Tijuana, Mexico                  L 10
Jul  6 Kid Anahuac                 Los Angeles, Ca                 TK  8
Aug  2 Vicente Derado              Panama City, Panama              W 10
Oct 25 Percy Hayles                Panama City, Panama             TK  7
Dec 19 Sebastiao Nascimento        Panama City, Panama              W 10
          -Some sources report 12/20/64

1965
Apr 10 Carlos Ortiz                Panama City, Panama              W 15
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Jun 19 Raul Soriano                Panama City, Panama             TK  8
          -Some sources report 6/20/65
Jul 17 Nicolino Locche             Buenos Aires, Argentina          D 10
Nov 13 Carlos Ortiz                San Juan, Puerto Rico            L 15
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Lightweight Championship of the World

1966
Feb 19 Carlos Hernandez            Panama City, Panama             TK  8
Mar 19 Gabriel "Flash" Elorde      Manila, Philippines              L 10
Jul 28 Al Grant                    Los Angeles, Ca                  W 10
Oct  2 Percy Hayles                Kingston, Jamaica               KO  6
Dec  3 Daniel Guanin               Panama City, Panama             KO  8

1967
Mar 10 Frankie Narvaez             New York, NY                     W 10
Apr  1 Vicente Rivas               Panama City, Panama             KO  5
          -Some sources report 4/02/67
Jun  3 Alfredo Urbina              Panama City, Panama              W 10
Aug 16 Carlos Ortiz                Flushing, NY                     L 15
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Oct 28 Paul Armstead               Panama City, Panama              W 10

1968
Feb 26 Ray Adigun                  Paris, France                    W 10
Apr 15 Bud Anderson                Philadelphia, Pa                TK 10
Apr 29 Frankie Narvaez             San Juan, Puerto Rico            W 10
Jul 17 Victor Melendez             New York, NY                     W 10
Aug 20 Lloyd Marshall              New York, NY                    TK  9
Oct  7 Gabe LaMarca                Scranton, Pa                    TK  8
          -Some sources report "KO 7" at "Portland, Me"
Oct 22 Grady Ponder                Miami Beach, Fl                  W 10
Nov 15 Ramon Blanco                New York, NY                     W 10

1969
Mar  1 Curly Aguirre               Panama City, Panama             TK  4
Mar 31 Maurice Tavant              Paris, France                    W 10
May 24 Eugenio Espinosa            Quito, Ecuador                   L 10
Jul  5 Eugenio Espinosa            Panama City, Panama              W 10
Jul 14 Genaro Soto                 New York, NY                     W 10

1970
Jan 10 Jose Luis Vallejo           Colon, Panama                   TK  3
Mar  3 Armando "Mando" Ramos       Los Angeles, Ca                 TK  9
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Jun  6 "Guts" Ishimatsu [Suzuki]   Panama City, Panama             TK 13
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Sep 26 Ken Buchanan                San Juan, Puerto Rico            L 15
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World

1971
Mar  6 Lloyd Marshall              Panama City, Panama              W 10
Apr  3 Erubey "Chango" Carmona     Panama City, Panama              W 10
Jun 22 Eddie Linder                Miami Beach, Fl                  L 10
Sep 13 Ken Buchanan                New York, NY                     L 15
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World


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

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