Wikipedia / Gabriel Bernal
Wikipedia / Gabriel Bernal
Gabriel Bernal (24 March 1956 - June 12, 2014) was a Mexican professional boxer. He was the WBC and Lineal Flyweight Champion for six months in 1984 and a super champion in the ring in the 1970s.
Pro career
Bernal came from Cruz Grande, Mexico. He was a top-ten Flyweight contender when he went to Tokyo to face the hometown favorite Koji Kobayashi for the WBC, The Ring and Lineal Flyweight Championships. Bernal would defeat Kobayashi by second-round knockout. Two months later, Bernal successfully defended his titles in Nîmes, France, defeating Antoine Montero by an eleventh-round knockout. This was significant because the previous six WBC Flyweight Champions had all lost their title in their first defence.
Bernal is remembered for his series of fights with Thailand's Sot Chitalada. For Bernal's second defense, he went to Bangkok to face Chitalada. He lost a twelve-round decision on 8 October 1984. Eight months later, Bernal travelled back to Bangkok in an attempt to wrest the title from Chitalada. On 22 June 1985, Bernal fought Chitalada to a draw after twelve rounds, and Chitalada kept the title. Bernal had one more shot eighteen months later, travelling again to Bangkok, where on 10 December 1986 he lost another twelve-round decision to Chitalada. It was his final attempt to win the Flyweight title.
Bernal fought for another six years, but was never the same fighter. On 11 April 1992 he lost a 12-round decision to former WBC Bantamweight Champion, Miguel Lora. He fought once more before retiring, finishing his career with a record of 43-14-3 and 28 KOs.
Professional boxing record
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
60 | Loss | PTS | 10 | 12 Apr 1992 | |||
59 | Win | 43–13–3 | Gabriel Ocampo | KO | 2 | 18 Oct 1991 | |
58 | Loss | 42–13–3 | Armando Castro | TKO | 5 (12) | 5 Sep 1990 | |
57 | Loss | 42–12–3 | Armando Salazar | SD | 12 | 12 May 1990 | |
56 | Win | 42–11–3 | Francisco González | KO | 5 | 16 Feb 1990 | |
55 | Win | 41–11–3 | Francisco Rosas | PTS | 10 | 15 Dec 1989 | |
54 | Loss | 40–11–3 | Ramón Arreola | UD | 10 | 30 Sep 1988 | |
53 | Loss | 40–10–3 | UD | 12 | 10 Dec 1986 | ||
52 | Win | 40–9–3 | Jorge de Jesús | KO | 2 (10) | 1 May 1986 | |
51 | Win | 39–9–3 | Ray Medel | PTS | 10 | 12 Dec 1985 | |
50 | Draw | 38–9–3 | MD | 12 | 22 Jun 1985 | ||
49 | Loss | 38–9–2 | SD | 12 | 8 Oct 1984 | ||
48 | Win | 38–8–2 | Antoine Montero | TKO | 11 (12) | 1 Jun 1984 | |
47 | Win | 37–8–2 | KO | 2 (12), | 9 Apr 1984 | ||
46 | Win | 36–8–2 | Ernesto Guevara | TKO | 2 (10) | 27 Jan 1984 | |
45 | Win | 35–8–2 | Enrique Castro | TKO | 2 (10) | 19 Oct 1983 | |
44 | Win | 34–8–2 | Jose Torres | SD | 10 | 20 Apr 1983 | |
43 | Win | 33–8–2 | Homero Guel | KO | 3 | 5 Feb 1983 | |
42 | Win | 32–8–2 | Pascual Polanco | KO | 3 (10), | 16 Nov 1982 | |
41 | Win | 31–8–2 | Javier Lucas | KO | 5, | 14 Aug 1982 | |
40 | Win | 30–8–2 | Alfredo Hernández | PTS | 10 | 2 Apr 1982 | |
39 | Win | 29–8–2 | Arturo Tebaqui | KO | 3 | 20 Mar 1982 | |
38 | Win | 28–8–2 | Lupe Acosta | PTS | 10 | 22 Nov 1981 | |
37 | Loss | 27–8–2 | TKO | 8 (12) | 22 Aug 1981 | ||
36 | Loss | 27–7–2 | PTS | 10 | 6 Jun 1981 | ||
35 | Win | 27–6–2 | PTS | 10 | 21 Mar 1981 | ||
34 | Loss | 26–6–2 | PTS | 10 | 30 Jan 1981 | ||
33 | Draw | 26–5–2 | Luis Aguilar | PTS | 10 | 13 Dec 1980 | |
32 | Win | 26–5–1 | Armando Pérez | KO | 5 | 29 Feb 1980 | |
31 | Win | 25–5–1 | Armando Pérez | TKO | 1 | 1 Sep 1979 | |
30 | Win | 24–5–1 | José Sosa | TKO | 9 | 14 Jul 1979 | |
29 | Win | 23–5–1 | Juan Álvarez | UD | 10 | 31 Mar 1979 | |
28 | Win | 22–5–1 | Raúl Pérez | KO | 2 | 8 Dec 1978 | |
27 | Win | 21–5–1 | José Gallegos | PTS | 10 | 12 Aug 1978 | |
26 | Loss | 20–5–1 | Valentín Martínez | PTS | 12 | 21 Jan 1978 | |
25 | Win | 20–4–1 | Santiago Pérez | PTS | 10 | 8 Dec 1977 | |
24 | Win | 19–4–1 | Raúl Valdez | PTS | 10 | 12 Nov 1977 | |
23 | Draw | 18–4–1 | Raúl Valdez | PTS | 10 | 10 Sep 1977 | |
22 | Win | 18–4 | Rafael Gandarilla | TKO | 2 | 2 Jul 1977 | |
21 | Win | 17–4 | PTS | 10 | 21 May 1977 | ||
20 | Loss | 16–4 | Raúl Valdez | PTS | 10 | 15 Dec 1976 | |
19 | Win | 16–3 | Ángel Félix | KO | 9 | 15 Oct 1976 | |
18 | Win | 15–3 | José Gallegos | PTS | 10 | 8 Oct 1976 | |
17 | Win | 14–3 | Abundio Cortes | KO | 7 (10) | 25 Aug 1976 | |
16 | Win | 13–3 | Frankie Granados | TKO | 2 | 9 Jun 1976 | |
15 | Win | 12–3 | Sergio Martínez | TKO | 5 | 1 May 1976 | |
14 | Loss | 11–3 | TKO | 6 | 28 Feb 1976 | ||
13 | Win | 11–2 | Víctor Presa | KO | 2 | 4 Feb 1976 | |
12 | Win | 10–2 | Rodolfo López | TKO | 7 | 17 Jan 1976 | |
11 | Win | 9–2 | Mario Espitia | KO | 6 | 7 Dec 1975 | |
10 | Win | 8–2 | Santiago Pérez | TKO | 1 | 5 Nov 1975 | |
9 | Win | 7–2 | Juan Díaz | PTS | 10 | 17 Sep 1975 | |
8 | Loss | 6–2 | Frankie Granados | TKO | 10 | 28 May 1975 | |
7 | Win | 6–1 | Juan Granados | KO | 6 | 26 Apr 1975 | |
6 | Win | 5–1 | Enrique Valdez | PTS | 6 | 4 Dec 1974 | |
5 | Win | 4–1 | Joel Gatica | KO | 2 | 15 Nov 1974 | |
4 | Win | 3–1 | Arturo Patiño | TKO | 6 | 12 Oct 1974 | |
3 | Win | 2–1 | Juan Valencia | PTS | 6 | 15 May 1974 | |
2 | Loss | 1–1 | Sergio Martínez | PTS | 6 | 30 Mar 1974 | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Leonardo Martínez | KO | 2 | 6 Mar 1974 |
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