Gustavo Ballas

Gustavo Ballas (born February 10, 1958) is an Argentine retired super flyweight boxer who fought from 1976 until 1990. He retired with a record of 105 wins (29 KOs), 9 losses and 6 draws.

Ballas fought mainly in Argentina. In 1979 he managed to outpoint future multi champion Santos Benigno Laciar in what is an still remembered fight in Argentina^[1]

On September 12, 1981 he became the first ever WBA world super flyweight championship by defeating Sok-Chul Bae by TKO 7 in Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ballas lost the title on his next fight against Rafael Pedroza in Panama. He was unsuccessful on two other attempts at winning the super flyweight title, one from the WBA and another one for the WBC.

Although he fought as much as 120 times in his career, only 4 of those fights were outside of Argentina, losing all of those fights, 3 of them for a world title.

Ballas has had troubles after boxing with alcoholism and drug addiction. He was jailed once for robbery. After that he started recovering and has taken part of anti-drugs campaigns.^[2]

Professional boxing record

105 Wins (29 knockouts), 9 Losses, 6 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd.,Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	89-7-4	Sugar Baby Rojas	TKO	4 (12) 2:39	1987-10-24	Tamiani Fairgrounds Auditorium, Miami, Florida	For WBC World Super Flyweight title.
Win	89-6-4	José Rufino Narváez	PTS	10	1987-08-14	Villa María, Córdoba
Loss	88-6-4	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	10	1987-06-13	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	88-5-4	Eloy Alca	PTS	12	1987-05-15	San Juan, San Juan	Retained South American super flyweight title
Win	87-5-4	José Antonio Badilla	PTS	10	1987-04-10	La Rioja, La Rioja
Win	86-5-4	José Antonio Badilla	PTS	10	1987-03-21	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	85-5-4	Jaime Miranda	TKO	5 (10)	1987-02-06	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win	84-5-4	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	12	1986-12-06	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires	Retained South American super flyweight title
Win	83-5-4	Paulo Ribeiro	TKO	6 (12)	1986-11-14	Villa María, Córdoba	Won South American super flyweight title
Loss	81-5-2	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	12	1986-04-11	Salta, Salta	Lost Argentinean super flyweight title
Draw	75-3-2	Juan Carlos Cortés	PTS	12	1985-03-09	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut	Retained Argentinean super flyweight title
Win	71-3-1	Félix Ramón Colman	PTS	12	1984-09-06	Mendoza, Mendoza	Retained Argentinean super flyweight title
Win	70-3-1	Juan Carlos Cortés	MD	12	1984-04-07	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires	Retained Argentinean super flyweight title
Win	67-3-1	Luis Alberto Ocampo	PTS	12	1983-11-13	Posadas, Misiones	Won vacant Argentinean super flyweight title
Loss	57-2-1	Jiro Watanabe	RTD	9 (15)	1982-07-29	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka	For WBA World super flyweight title
Loss	53-1-1	Rafael Pedroza	SD	15	1981-12-05	Gimnasio Nueva Panama, Panama City	Lost WBA World super flyweight title
Win	53-0-1	Sok-Chul Bae	TKO	8 (15)	1981-09-2	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires	Won vacant WBA World super flyweight title
Win	28-0-1	Santos Benigno Laciar	PTS	10	1979-11-03	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires

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