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Jose Angel Napoles
("Mantequilla")

BORN   April 13 1940; Santiago, Cuba
HEIGHT 5-7 1/2 (Some sources report 5-8 1/2)
WEIGHT 127-153 lbs
MANAGER Cuco Conde
TRAINER Angelo Dundee

Napoles was a fighter !!! He was smooth and slick; He could attack, box, punch, defend, endure - whatever it took; He packed nice solid punches along with his fighting "savvy" and demonstrated his skills time and again; During his career, he was an outstanding lightweight and light welterweight - then moved up and won the WBC Welterweight Championship of the World and the WBA Welterweight Championship of the World

He defeated such men as Emile Griffith, Curtis Cokes, Carlos Hernandez, Eddie Perkins, Clyde Gray, Hedgemon Lewis, Billy Backus, Alfredo Urbina, Johnny Santos, Ralph Charles, Ernie Lopez, Armando Muniz, Horacio Agustin Saldano, Eugenio Espinoza, Roger Menetrey, Adolph Pruitt, Langston C. Morgan, Giordano Campari, Edmundo Furtado Leite, Angel Robinson Garcia, Rolando "Chico" Morales, Ramon Bobby Cervantes and Bernabe "Baby" Vasquez

Herb Goldman ranked Napoles as the #4 All-Time Welterweight; Jose was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1984 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990

*** AMATEUR RECORD (114-1) ***


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***
 
1958
Aug  2 Julio Rojas                 Havana, Cuba                    KO  1
Oct 11 Euripides Guerra            Havana, Cuba                    KO  4
Nov 29 Felix Pomares               Havana, Cuba                    TK  2

1959
Feb 21 Armando Castillo            Havana, Cuba                     W  4
May 16 Juan Bacallao               Havana, Cuba                    TK  4
Jul 11 Cloroaldo Hernandez         Havana, Cuba                    TK  3
Jul 25 Cristobal Gonzalez          Havana, Cuba                     W 10
Aug 22 Hilton Smith                Havana, Cuba                     L  8
          -Some sources report "L 10"
Oct  3 Cristobal Gonzalez          Havana, Cuba                     W  8
Nov 28 Ramon Bobby Cervantes       Havana, Cuba                    TK  1

1960
Jan  2 Isaac Espinosa              Havana, Cuba                     W 10
Feb 20 Diwaldo Ventosa             Havana, Cuba                     W 10
May 21 Angel Robinson Garcia       Havana, Cuba                     W 10
Jul  2 Leslie "Bunny" Grant        Havana, Cuba                     W 10
Oct 15 Tony Epifano Padron         Havana, Cuba                     W 10
Nov 26 Rolando "Chico" Morales     Havana, Cuba                     W 10

1961
Jan 28 Guillermo Valdez            Havana, Cuba                     W 10
Mar 19 Rolando "Chico" Morales     Havana, Cuba                     W 10
Mar 29 Enrique Carabeo             Havana, Cuba                    TK  9

1962
Jul 21 Enrique Camarena            Mexico City, Mexico             KO  2
Aug 25 Kid Anahuac                 Mexico City, Mexico             KO  9
Sep 29 Ramon Bobby Cervantes       Mexico City, Mexico             TK  2
Nov 10 Tony Perez                  Los Mochis, Mexico               W 10

1963
Jan  5 Tony Perez                  Hermosillo, Mexico               L 10
Feb  9 Jorge Gutierrez             Mexico City, Mexico             TK  7
Mar 30 Bernabe "Baby" Vasquez      Mexico City, Mexico              W 10
Apr 27 Alfredo Urbina              Mexico City, Mexico              L 10
May 27 Raul Soriano                Tijuana, Mexico                 KO  4
Jul 13 Bernabe "Baby" Vasquez      Mexico City, Mexico              W 10
Aug 19 Pulga Serrano               Tijuana, Mexico                 TK 10
Oct 23 Francisco Cancio            Mexico City, Mexico             KO  1
Nov 16 Tony Perez                  Mexico City, Mexico             TK  3
Nov 30 Langston C. Morgan          Caracas, Venezuela              KO  7

1964
Mar  1 Taketeru Yoshimoto          Tokyo, Japan                    KO  1
Apr 25 Alfredo Urbina              Mexico City, Mexico             TK  1
Jun 22 Carlos Hernandez            Caracas, Venezuela              TK  7
Aug 15 Eduardo Moreno              Cuilacan, Mexico                TK  5
Nov 14 Alfredo Urbina              Mexico City, Mexico             KO  3

1965
Jan  1 Carlos Rios                 Laguna, Mexico                  KO  7
Feb 28 Langston C. Morgan          Monterrey, Mexico               KO  3
Mar 25 Giordano Campari            Caracas, Venezuela              TK  2
Aug  3 Eddie Perkins               Juarez, Mexico                   W 10
Dec 11 Adolph Pruitt               Mexico City, Mexico             TK  3

1966 
Feb 12 Johnny Santos               Mexico City, Mexico             KO  3
Apr 17 Al Grant                    Reynosa, Mexico                 TK  4
Jul 27 Humberto Trottman           Juarez, Mexico                  KO  2
Aug 22 Langston C. Morgan          Reynosa, Mexico                 LT  4
Oct 30 Jimmy Fields                San Luis Potosi, Mexico         TK 10
Dec 17 Eugenio Espinoza            Mexico City, Mexico             KO  6

1967
Jun  4 Johnny Brooks               Merida, Mexico                  KO  7
Jul 10 Langston C. Morgan          Tijuana, Mexico                 KO  2
Sep 11 Johnny DePeiza              Juarez, Mexico                  TK 10
Dec  3 Charlie Watson              Merida, Mexico                  KO  6

1968
Feb 18 Mike Cruz                   Tampico, Mexico                 TK  4
Apr 29 Herbie Lee                  Tijuana, Mexico                 TK  4
Jun  2 Peter Cobblah               Mexico City, Mexico              W 10
Jun 14 Leroy Roberts               Inglewood, Ca                   TK  1
Jul 15 Eddie Pace                  Tijuana, Mexico                  W 10
Nov  4 Des Rea                     Inglewood, Ca                   TK  5
Dec 22 Lennox Beckles              Mexico City, Mexico             KO  1

1969
Feb 15 Fate Davis                  Mexico City, Mexico             TK  7
Apr 18 Curtis Cokes                Inglewood, Ca                   TK 13
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World
Jun 29 Curtis Cokes                Mexico City, Mexico             TK 10
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report "TK 11"
Oct 12 Emile Griffith              Inglewood, Ca                    W 15
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report 10/17/69

1970
Feb 14 Ernie Lopez                 Inglewood, Ca                   TK 15
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug 14 Edwin "Fighting" Mack       Inglewood, Ca                   KO  3
Oct  5 Pete Toro                   New York, NY                    TK  9
Dec  3 Billy Backus                Syracuse, NY                    LT  4
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World

1971
Mar 27 Manuel Gonzalez             Mexico City, Mexico             KO  6
Jun  4 Billy Backus                Inglewood, Ca                   TK  8
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report 6/06/71
Jul  2 David Melendez              Monterrey, Mexico               TK  5
          Some sources report 7/31/71
Aug 23 Jean Josselin               Inglewood, Ca                   KO  5
Oct 17 Esteban Alfredo Osuna       Mexico City, Mexico              W 10
Dec 14 Hedgemon Lewis              Inglewood, Ca                    W 15
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World

1972
Mar 28 Ralph Charles               London, England                 KO  7
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World
Jun 10 Adolph Pruitt               Monterrey, Mexico               TK  2
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug  5 Edmundo Furtado Leite       Mexico City, Mexico             TK  2

1973
Feb 28 Ernie Lopez                 Inglewood, Ca                   KO  7
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World
Jun 23 Roger Menetrey              Grenoble, France                 W 15
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World
Sep 22 Clyde Gray                  Toronto, Ontario, Canada         W 15
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World

1974
Feb  9 Carlos Monzon               Paris, France                   LT  7
          -WBC Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Middleweight Championship of the World
Aug  3 Hedgemon Lewis              Mexico City, Mexico             TK  9
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 14 Horacio Agustin Saldano     Mexico City, Mexico             KO  3
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World

1975
Mar 30 Armando Muniz               Acapulco, Mexico                TW 12
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Welterweight Championship of the World
Jul 12 Armando Muniz               Mexico City, Mexico              W 15
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec  6 John Stracey                Mexico City, Mexico             LT  6
          -WBC Welterweight Championship of the World


*** Assistance Provided By Seth Callis ***
 

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

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