Gustavo Ballas

Gustavo Ballas
Statistics
Nickname(s) Mandrake
Weight(s) Super Flyweight
Height 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
Nationality Argentine
Born (1958-02-10) February 10, 1958
Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 120
Wins 105
Wins by KO 29
Losses 9
Draws 6
No contests 0

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 a 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
Win105-9-6Argentina José Luis Barrios KO 6 (10) 1990-09-14 Argentina Chascomús, Buenos Aires
Draw104-9-6Argentina Raúl Ojeda PTS 10 1990-09-07 Argentina Monte Maíz, Córdoba
Win104-9-5Argentina Sergio Andrés Carlevaris PTS 10 1990-08-31 Argentina Trenque Lauquen, Buenos Aires
Draw103-9-5Argentina Luis Américo Díaz PTS 10 1990-08-10 Argentina Cutral Có, Neuquén
Win103-9-4Argentina Luis Américo Díaz PTS 10 1990-08-03 Argentina Daireaux, Buenos Aires
Win102-9-4Argentina José Luis Barrios PTS 10 1990-07-13 Argentina Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos
Win101-9-4Argentina José Luis Barrios PTS 10 1990-07-06 Argentina Pehuajó, Buenos Aires
Win100-9-4Argentina Luis Américo Díaz PTS 10 1990-06-10 Argentina Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Win99-9-4Argentina Raúl Ojeda PTS 10 1990-05-11 Argentina Laboulaye, Córdoba
Win98-9-4Argentina José Luis Barrios PTS 10 1990-05-11 Argentina Las Flores, Buenos Aires
Loss97-9-4Brazil Joao Cardoso RTD 5 (10) 1989-05-01 Brazil Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Win97-8-4Argentina Raúl Ojeda PTS 10 1989-03-10 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Loss96-8-4Argentina Ignacio Lindor Gorriti KO 3 (10) 1989-01-07 Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win96-7-4Argentina Raúl Ojeda PTS 10 1988-12-16 Argentina Alberdi, Buenos Aires
Win95-7-4Argentina Jesús Antonio Moreno TD 5 (10) 1988-11-26 Argentina Estadio F.A.B, Buenos Aires
Win94-7-4Argentina Raúl Ojeda PTS 10 1988-11-11 Argentina Río Tercero, Córdoba
Win93-7-4Argentina Ramón Norberto Retamozo PTS 12 1988-10-15 Argentina Pergamino, Buenos Aires Won vacant Argentins super flyweight title
Win92-7-4Argentina Héctor Luis Patri PTS 10 1988-10-15 Argentina Viedma, Río Negro
Win91-7-4Argentina Ramón Alfredo Carrizo PTS 10 1988-07-16 Argentina Estadio F.A.B, Buenos Aires
Win90-7-4Argentina Ramón Alfredo Carrizo PTS 10 1988-05-20 Argentina Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz
Loss89-7-4Colombia Sugar Baby Rojas TKO 4 (12) 2:39 1987-10-24 United States Tamiani Fairgrounds Auditorium, Miami, Florida For WBC World Super Flyweight title.
Win89-6-4Argentina José Rufino Narváez PTS 10 1987-08-14 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Loss88-6-4Argentina Rubén Osvaldo Condori PTS 10 1987-06-13 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win88-5-4Peru Eloy Alca PTS 12 1987-05-15 Argentina San Juan, San Juan Retained South American super flyweight title
Win87-5-4Chile José Antonio Badilla PTS 10 1987-04-10 Argentina La Rioja, La Rioja
Win86-5-4Chile José Antonio Badilla PTS 10 1987-03-21 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win85-5-4Chile Jaime Miranda TKO 5 (10) 1987-02-06 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win84-5-4Argentina Rubén Osvaldo Condori PTS 12 1986-12-06 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires Retained South American super flyweight title
Win83-5-4Brazil Paulo Ribeiro TKO 6 (12) 1986-11-14 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba Won South American super flyweight title
Draw82-5-4Argentina Juan Carlos Cortés PTS 10 1986-08-30 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win82-5-3Argentina Ramón Horacio Albers PTS 10 1986-08-15 Argentina Concepción, Tucumán
Draw81-5-3Argentina Adrián Daniel Román PTS 10 1986-07-11 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Loss81-5-2Argentina Rubén Osvaldo Condori PTS 12 1986-04-11 Argentina Salta, Salta Lost Argentina super flyweight title
Win81-4-2Argentina Ramón Horacio Albers PTS 10 1986-03-14 Argentina Justiniano Posse, Córdoba
Win80-4-2Argentina Patricio Jesús Gil PTS 10 1986-02-28 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win79-4-2Argentina Ramón Horacio Albers TKO 4 (10) 1985-12-13 Argentina Justiniano Posse, Córdoba
Win78-4-2Argentina Juan Carlos Cortés PTS 12 1985-11-15 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba Retained Argentina super flyweight title
Loss77-4-2Argentina Lucio Omar López TKO 5 (10) 1985-06-08 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win77-3-2Argentina Rubén Osvaldo Condori PTS 10 1985-05-17 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Win76-3-2Argentina Guillermo Manríquez TKO 7 (10) 1985-05-03 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Draw75-3-2Argentina Juan Carlos Cortés PTS 12 1985-03-09 Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut]] Retained Argentina super flyweight title
Win75-3-1Argentina Juan Alberto Ivalo PTS 10 1985-02-15 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win74-3-1Argentina Luis Adolfo Jerez KO 4 (10) 1985-02-15 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win73-3-1Argentina Rodolfo Rodríguez PTS 10 1984-11-09 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win72-3-1Argentina José Rufino Narváez PTS 10 1984-10-13 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win71-3-1Argentina Félix Ramón Colman PTS 12 1984-09-06 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza Retained Argentinean super flyweight title
Win70-3-1Argentina Juan Carlos Cortés MD 12 1984-04-07 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires Retained Argentinean super flyweight title
Win69-3-1Argentina Luis Adolfo Gerez PTS 10 1984-03-16 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win68-3-1Argentina Juan Alberto Ivalo RTD 7 1984-02-17 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win67-3-1Argentina Luis Alberto Ocampo PTS 12 1983-11-13 Argentina Posadas, Misiones Won vacant Argentinean super flyweight title
Win66-3-1Argentina Alberto R. Pereyra PTS 10 1983-09-16 Argentina Corrientes, Corrientes
Loss65-3-1Argentina Juan Carlos Cortés PTS 10 1983-08-19 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win65-2-1Argentina Armando Brígido Romero PTS 10 1983-07-15 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win64-2-1Argentina Luis Adolfo Gerez TKO 2 (10) 1983-07-02 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win63-2-1Argentina Roberto Rogelio Condori PTS 10 1983-06-17 Argentina Rosario, Santa Fe
Win62-2-1Argentina Armando Brígido Romero PTS 10 1983-06-03 Argentina Santa Rosa, La Pampa
Win61-2-1Argentina Félix Ramón Colman PTS 10 1983-05-12 Argentina Posadas, Misiones
Win60-2-1Argentina Roberto Rogelio Condori PTS 10 1983-04-15 Argentina San Juan, San Juan
Win59-2-1Argentina Raúl Cuevas PTS 10 1983-03-05 Argentina San Luis, San Luis
Win58-2-1Argentina Adrián Daniel Román PTS 10 1982-12-11 Argentina Buenos Aires
Loss57-2-1Japan Jiro Watanabe RTD 9 (15) 1982-07-29 Japan Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka For WBA World super flyweight title
Win57-1-1Argentina Rodolfo Rodríguez PTS 10 1982-05-22 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win56-1-1Argentina José Froilán Nieva KO 3 (10) 1982-05-07 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win55-1-1Argentina José Antonio Gómez PTS 10 1982-04-23 Argentina San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán
Win54-1-1Argentina Héctor Ramón Barreto TKO 10 (10) 1982-03-26 Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Loss53-1-1Panama Rafael Pedroza SD 15 1981-12-05 Panama Gimnasio Nueva Panama, Panama City Lost WBA World super flyweight title
Win53-0-1South Korea Sok-Chul Bae TKO 8 (15) 1981-09-12 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires Won vacant WBA World super flyweight title
Win52-0-1Argentina Héctor Ramón Barreto PTS 10 1981-08-14 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win51-0-1Argentina Roberto Rogelio Condori TKO 9 (10) 1981-07-24 Argentina La Banda, Santiago del Estero
Win50-0-1Argentina Héctor Ramón Barreto PTS 10 1981-06-27 Argentina San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán
Win49-0-1Argentina Luis Adolfo Gerez PTS 10 1981-06-06 Argentina Córdoba, Cördoba
Win48-0-1Japan Jackal Maruyama TKO 11 (12) 1981-05-09 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win47-0-1Japan Félix Ramón Colman PTS 10 1981-04-03 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win46-0-1Chile Jaime Miranda TKO 8 (10) 1981-03-21 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win45-0-1Argentina Ramón Rodríguez TKO 6 (10) 1981-03-06 Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win44-0-1Chile Jaime Miranda PTS 10 1981-02-05 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Win43-0-1Chile Jorge Vargas KO 5 (10) 1981-01-23 Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win42-0-1Argentina Ramón Rodríguez TKO 8 (10) 1980-12-11 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win41-0-1Panama Alfonso López PTS 10 1980-11-22 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win40-0-1Panama Rafael Pedroza PTS 10 1980-10-04 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win39-0-1Argentina Miguel Ángel Lazarte PTS 10 1980-09-19 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win38-0-1Argentina Ramón Rodríguez TKO 10 1980-09-05 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win37-0-1Chile Héctor Velázquez KO 2 (10) 1980-06-27 Argentina San Juan, San Juan
Win36-0-1Argentina Ramón Rodríguez DQ 9 (10) 1980-06-06 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Win35-0-1Argentina Jorge Aguilar PTS 10 1980-05-16 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win34-0-1Argentina Rodolfo Rodríguez PTS 10 1980-04-19 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win33-0-1Chile Juan Aravena TKO 7 (10) 1980-04-03 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Win32-0-1Venezuela Rigoberto Marcano PTS 10 1980-03-08 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win31-0-1Colombia José Ricard KO 6 (10) 1980-02-08 Argentina Mar del Plata, Argentina
Win30-0-1Argentina Miguel Ángel Lazarte PTS 10 1979-12-06 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Win29-0-1United States John Meza KO 3 (10) 1979-11-16 Argentina Mendoza, Mendoza
Win28-0-1Argentina Santos Benigno Laciar PTS 10 1979-11-03 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Achievements
Preceded by
Inaugural champion
WBA Super Flyweight Champion
1 Sep 12, 1981 – 5 Dec, 1981
Succeeded by
Rafael Pedroza

References

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