Lupe Pintor is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC bantamweight title from 1979 to 1983 and the WBC super bantamweight title from 1985 to 1986.
15 Facts About Lupe Pintor
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Lupe Pintor was born into a poor, working-class family in Cuajimalpa, just outside Mexico City in 1955 and is alleged to have had an extremely violent relationship with his father, eventually forcing him to run away.
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Lupe Pintor lived for some time on the city streets and began boxing professionally in 1974.
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Lupe Pintor opened his account with a second-round knockout of Manuel Vazquez and immediately stepped up to ten round bouts, claiming a decision over Francisco Nunez on his next outing.
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Lupe Pintor suffered his first loss three fights later, when he was disqualified against Magarito Lozano, but claimed victory in his next eight bouts, seven by knockout, including wins over notables Juan Diaz, Rocky Mijares and Willie Jespen.
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Lupe Pintor was an outstanding champion and continues to be rated one of the very best of all Bantamweights.
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The records show that Lupe Pintor edged a very close and controversial split decision, following a remarkable contest that saw him hit the canvas in round four.
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Lupe Pintor was a busy champion and he began his reign by engaging in three non-title bouts, beating Aucencio Melendez by a knockout in the first and avenging his loss to Jose Luis Soto before losing a rematch with Manuel Vazquez by a knockout in six.
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Lupe Pintor defended against Johnny Owen of Wales in Los Angeles.
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Lupe Pintor stopped Hurricane Teru in the fifteenth and final round to close 1981 and began 1982, by retaining the title against Seung-Hoon Lee with an eleventh-round knockout.
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Lupe Pintor returned to the ring a year-and-a-half later as a fully-fledged Super Bantamweight defeating Ruben Solorio on 16 February 1984 and busied himself thereafter trying to get another shot at the world title.
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Lupe Pintor floored the defending champion three times on the way to collecting a unanimous decision and celebrated his new status as a double world title holder.
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Lupe Pintor made a comeback of sorts in 1994, but at the comparatively advanced age of thirty-eight, he was long past his best.
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Lupe Pintor was named The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year fighter for 1985.
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In 2008, Lupe Pintor reunited with Carlos Zarate and joined Juan Laporte as the three former victims of Wilfredo Gomez showed up at a party dedicated to Gomez for his fiftieth birthday in Puerto Rico.