Juan Alejo

Juan Alejo (born 9 January 1984) is a Mexican professional boxer. He challenged for the WBO light flyweight title in 2015 and 2017.

Juan Alejo
Born	(1984-01-09) January 9, 1984 (age 40) Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico
Other names	Pinky
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light flyweight
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	36
Wins	25
Wins by KO	14
Losses	10
Draws	1
No contests	0

Professional career

Alejo won Mexico's Light Flyweight title with an 11th-round TKO of Jose Guadalupe Martinez on August 20, 2014.^[1] He won a ten-round split decision victory over Jose Rivas on May 27, 2015.

On October 10, 2015 he fought the WBO Light Flyweight Champion Donnie Nietes for the title being the contender, Alejo was the WBO #2 Light Flyweight fighter. In the main event at StubHub Center in Carson, California, Nietes, (37-1-4, 21 KOs) beat Alejo, (21-3, 13 KOs), over twelve rounds in a unanimous decision. Scores were 119-109, 119-109, 120-108.^[2]

On December 2, 2017 he fought the Puerto Rican Boxer Ángel Acosta for a vacant WBO World Light flyweight title, where he got knocked out at tenth round of the fight.^[3] It was one of the attractions of the main even fight of Miguel Cotto vs Sadam Ali, were Miguel Cotto lost by Unanimous Decision.

Professional Record

24 wins (14 knockouts), 5 defeats, 1 draw[4]
No.	Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round Time	Date	Location
30	Loss	24–5–1	Ángel Acosta	TKO	10 (12) 1:33	2017-12-02	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.	For vacant WBO light flyweight title
29	Draw	24–4–1	Luis Javier Cerrito	SD	12	2017-09-12	Arena El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico	Retained WBC FECOMBOX light flyweight title
28	Win	24–4	Genaro Rios	TKO	2 (12) 2:45	2017-03-14	Arena El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico	Retained WBC FECOMBOX light flyweight title
27	Win	23–4	Gabriel Ramirez Anaya	UD	12	2016-08-30	Centro de Espectaculos El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico	Retained WBC FECOMBOX light flyweight title
26	Win	22–4	Luis Manuel Macias	UD	12	2016-05-17	Centro de Espectaculos El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico	Won WBC FECOMBOX light flyweight title
25	Win	21–4	Ivan Rodriguez	KO	10	2016-01-26	Arena El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico
24	Loss	20–4	Donnie Nietes	UD	12	2015-10-17	StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.	For World Boxing Organization and The Ring light flyweight titles
23	Win	20–3	Jose Rivas	SD	10	2015-05-27	Arena El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico
22	Win	19–3	Jesus Faro	UD	12	2015-02-18	Arena El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico	Retained Mexico light flyweight title
21	Win	18–3	Elfego Sierra	UD	10	2014-12-03	Arena El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico
20	Win	17–3	Jose Guadalupe Martinez	TKO	11 (12) 1:00	2014-08-20	Arena El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico	Won vacant Mexico light flyweight title
19	Win	16–3	Eduardo Cruz Munoz	TKO	1 (10) 2:07	2014-05-21	Arena El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico
18	Win	15–3	Alberto Arias	TKO	9 (10) 0:50	2014-04-09	Centro de Espectaculos El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico
17	Win	14–3	Miguel Aleman	TKO	4 (10) 0:53	2014-02-12	Centro de Espectaculos El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico
16	Win	13–3	Job Solano	TKO	10 (10) 1:00	2013-12-06	Arena Coliseo, Monterrey, Mexico
15	Win	12–3	Erik Ramirez	TKO	2 (10) 0:31	2013-08-09	Monterrey, Mexico
14	Win	11–3	Josue Vega	KO	5 (10) 1:50	2013-09-20	Arena Coliseo, Monterrey, Mexico
13	Win	10–3	Leiver Perez	UD	10	2013-06-14	Arena Coliseo, Monterrey, Mexico
12	Win	9–3	Sammy Reyes	TKO	6 (10) 2:05	2013-04-12	Arena Coliseo, Monterrey, Mexico
11	Win	8–3	Arturo Castro Vazquez	UD	8	2013-02-22	Arena Coliseo, Monterrey, Mexico
10	Win	7–3	Reynaldo Avila	KO	1 (8) 1:00	2012-12-07	Auditorio Municipal Milo Martínez de la Rosa, Monclova, Mexico
9	Win	6–3	Jesus Machorro	SD	8	2012-08-03	Matehuala, Mexico
8	Win	5–3	Juan de Dios Castro	UD	8	2012-03-28	Arena El Jefe, Monterrey, Mexico
7	Win	4–3	Arturo Infante	KO	4 (8) 1:48	2011-10-21	Plaza de Toros, Matehuala, Mexico
6	Win	3–3	Juan de Dios Castro	KO	6 (8) 0:45	2011-09-09	Plaza de Toros, Matehuala, Mexico
5	Win	2–3	Juan de Dios Castro	SD	6	2011-04-15	Salón de la Sección 288, Monclova, Mexico
4	Win	1–3	Zenon Penaflor	KO	1 (6) 1:38	2010-09-24	Gimnasio Municipal, Saltillo, Mexico
3	Loss	0–3	Jesus Limones	KO	4 (6) 2:33	2009-12-12	Plaza de Toros Rea, Mazatlán, Mexico
2	Loss	0–2	Jose Cabrera	UD	4 (4)	2009-09-12	Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
1	Loss	0–1	Jesus Limones	KO	3 (4) 2:20	2009-04-18	Plaza de Toros, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
TKO - Technical Knockout, KO - Knockout, TD - Technical Decision, RTD - Referee Technical Decision, SD - Split Decision, UD - Unanimous Decision, D - Draw

References

1. "Pinky Alejo 18-3 stops Puncher Lobito for Mx Title Wednesday". saddoboxing.com. August 21, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
2. Robinett, David (July 7, 2009). "Nietes dominates Alejo, retains WBO 108lb title". Fightnews.com. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
3. "Acosta-Alejo set for interim junior flyweight title". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
4. "Professional boxing record of Juan Alejo". BoxRec.com. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

External links

• Boxing record for Juan Alejo from BoxRec (registration required)