Gustavo Ballas

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Gustavo Ballas
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Real nameGustavo Ballas
Nickname(s)Mandrake
Weight(s)Super flyweight
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
NationalityArgentina Argentine
Born (1958-02-10) February 10, 1958 (age 63)
Villa María, Argentina
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights120
Wins105
Wins by KO29
Losses9
Draws6
No contests0

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[]

Professional record summary
120 fights 105 wins 9 losses
By knockout 29 5
By decision 75 4
By disqualification 1 0
Draws 6
Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
Win 105-9-6 Argentina José Luis Barrios KO 6 (10) 1990-09-14 Argentina Chascomús, Buenos Aires
Draw 104-9-6 Argentina Raúl Ojeda PTS 10 1990-09-07 Argentina Monte Maíz, Córdoba
Win 104-9-5 Argentina Sergio Andrés Carlevaris PTS 10 1990-08-31 Argentina Trenque Lauquen, Buenos Aires
Draw 103-9-5 Argentina Luis Américo Díaz PTS 10 1990-08-10 Argentina Cutral Có, Neuquén
Win 103-9-4 Argentina Luis Américo Díaz PTS 10 1990-08-03 Argentina Daireaux, Buenos Aires
Win 102-9-4 Argentina José Luis Barrios PTS 10 1990-07-13 Argentina Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos
Win 101-9-4 Argentina José Luis Barrios PTS 10 1990-07-06 Argentina Pehuajó, Buenos Aires
Win 100-9-4 Argentina Luis Américo Díaz PTS 10 1990-06-10 Argentina Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Win 99-9-4 Argentina Raúl Ojeda PTS 10 1990-05-11 Argentina Laboulaye, Córdoba
Win 98-9-4 Argentina José Luis Barrios PTS 10 1990-05-11 Argentina Las Flores, Buenos Aires
Loss 97-9-4 Brazil Joao Cardoso RTD 5 (10) 1989-05-01 Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
Win 97-8-4 Argentina Raúl Ojeda PTS 10 1989-03-10 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Loss 96-8-4 Argentina Ignacio Lindor Gorriti KO 3 (10) 1989-01-07 Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win 96-7-4 Argentina Raúl Ojeda PTS 10 1988-12-16 Argentina Alberdi, Buenos Aires
Win 95-7-4 Argentina Jesús Antonio Moreno TD 5 (10) 1988-11-26 Argentina Estadio F.A.B, Buenos Aires
Win 94-7-4 Argentina Raúl Ojeda PTS 10 1988-11-11 Argentina Río Tercero, Córdoba
Win 93-7-4 Argentina Ramón Norberto Retamozo PTS 12 1988-10-15 Argentina Pergamino, Buenos Aires Won vacant Argentins super flyweight title
Win 92-7-4 Argentina Héctor Luis Patri PTS 10 1988-10-15 Argentina Viedma, Río Negro
Win 91-7-4 Argentina Ramón Alfredo Carrizo PTS 10 1988-07-16 Argentina Estadio F.A.B, Buenos Aires
Win 90-7-4 Argentina Ramón Alfredo Carrizo PTS 10 1988-05-20 Argentina Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz
Loss 89-7-4 Colombia Sugar Baby Rojas TKO 4 (12) 2:39 1987-10-24 United States Tamiani Fairgrounds Auditorium, Miami, Florida For WBC World Super Flyweight title.
Win 89-6-4 Argentina José Rufino Narváez PTS 10 1987-08-14 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Loss 88-6-4 Argentina Rubén Osvaldo Condori PTS 10 1987-06-13 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 88-5-4 Peru Eloy Alca PTS 12 1987-05-15 Argentina San Juan, San Juan Retained South American super flyweight title
Win 87-5-4 Chile José Antonio Badilla PTS 10 1987-04-10 Argentina La Rioja, La Rioja
Win 86-5-4 Chile José Antonio Badilla PTS 10 1987-03-21 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 85-5-4 Chile Jaime Miranda TKO 5 (10) 1987-02-06 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win 84-5-4 Argentina Rubén Osvaldo Condori PTS 12 1986-12-06 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires Retained South American super flyweight title
Win 83-5-4 Brazil Paulo Ribeiro TKO 6 (12) 1986-11-14 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba Won South American super flyweight title
Draw 82-5-4 Argentina Juan Carlos Cortés PTS 10 1986-08-30 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win 82-5-3 Argentina Ramón Horacio Albers PTS 10 1986-08-15 Argentina Concepción, Tucumán
Draw 81-5-3 Argentina Adrián Daniel Román PTS 10 1986-07-11 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Loss 81-5-2 Argentina Rubén Osvaldo Condori PTS 12 1986-04-11 Argentina Salta, Salta Lost Argentina super flyweight title
Win 81-4-2 Argentina Ramón Horacio Albers PTS 10 1986-03-14 Argentina Justiniano Posse, Córdoba
Win 80-4-2 Argentina Patricio Jesús Gil PTS 10 1986-02-28 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win 79-4-2 Argentina Ramón Horacio Albers TKO 4 (10) 1985-12-13 Argentina Justiniano Posse, Córdoba
Win 78-4-2 Argentina Juan Carlos Cortés PTS 12 1985-11-15 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba Retained Argentina super flyweight title
Loss 77-4-2 Argentina Lucio Omar López TKO 5 (10) 1985-06-08 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 77-3-2 Argentina Rubén Osvaldo Condori PTS 10 1985-05-17 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Win 76-3-2 Argentina Guillermo Manríquez TKO 7 (10) 1985-05-03 Argentina Mendoza
Draw 75-3-2 Argentina Juan Carlos Cortés PTS 12 1985-03-09 Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut Retained Argentina super flyweight title
Win 75-3-1 Argentina Juan Alberto Ivalo PTS 10 1985-02-15 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win 74-3-1 Argentina Luis Adolfo Jerez KO 4 (10) 1985-02-15 Argentina Mendoza
Win 73-3-1 Argentina Rodolfo Rodríguez PTS 10 1984-11-09 Argentina Mendoza
Win 72-3-1 Argentina José Rufino Narváez PTS 10 1984-10-13 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 71-3-1 Argentina Félix Ramón Colman PTS 12 1984-09-06 Argentina Mendoza Retained Argentinean super flyweight title
Win 70-3-1 Argentina Juan Carlos Cortés MD 12 1984-04-07 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires Retained Argentinean super flyweight title
Win 69-3-1 Argentina Luis Adolfo Gerez PTS 10 1984-03-16 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win 68-3-1 Argentina Juan Alberto Ivalo RTD 7 1984-02-17 Argentina Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win 67-3-1 Argentina Luis Alberto Ocampo PTS 12 1983-11-13 Argentina Posadas, Misiones Won vacant Argentinean super flyweight title
Win 66-3-1 Argentina Alberto R. Pereyra PTS 10 1983-09-16 Argentina Corrientes, Corrientes
Loss 65-3-1 Argentina Juan Carlos Cortés PTS 10 1983-08-19 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win 65-2-1 Argentina Armando Brígido Romero PTS 10 1983-07-15 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win 64-2-1 Argentina Luis Adolfo Gerez TKO 2 (10) 1983-07-02 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 63-2-1 Argentina Roberto Rogelio Condori PTS 10 1983-06-17 Argentina Rosario, Santa Fe
Win 62-2-1 Argentina Armando Brígido Romero PTS 10 1983-06-03 Argentina Santa Rosa, La Pampa
Win 61-2-1 Argentina Félix Ramón Colman PTS 10 1983-05-12 Argentina Posadas, Misiones
Win 60-2-1 Argentina Roberto Rogelio Condori PTS 10 1983-04-15 Argentina San Juan, San Juan
Win 59-2-1 Argentina Raúl Cuevas PTS 10 1983-03-05 Argentina San Luis, San Luis
Win 58-2-1 Argentina Adrián Daniel Román PTS 10 1982-12-11 Argentina Buenos Aires
Loss 57-2-1 Japan Jiro Watanabe RTD 9 (15) 1982-07-29 Japan Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka For WBA World super flyweight title
Win 57-1-1 Argentina Rodolfo Rodríguez PTS 10 1982-05-22 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 56-1-1 Argentina José Froilán Nieva KO 3 (10) 1982-05-07 Argentina Mendoza
Win 55-1-1 Argentina José Antonio Gómez PTS 10 1982-04-23 Argentina San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán
Win 54-1-1 Argentina Héctor Ramón Barreto TKO 10 (10) 1982-03-26 Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Loss 53-1-1 Panama Rafael Pedroza SD 15 1981-12-05 Panama Gimnasio Nueva Panama, Panama City Lost WBA super flyweight title
Win 53-0-1 South Korea Sok-Chul Bae TKO 8 (15) 1981-09-12 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires Won Inaugural WBA super flyweight title
Win 52-0-1 Argentina Héctor Ramón Barreto PTS 10 1981-08-14 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win 51-0-1 Argentina Roberto Rogelio Condori TKO 9 (10) 1981-07-24 Argentina La Banda, Santiago del Estero
Win 50-0-1 Argentina Héctor Ramón Barreto PTS 10 1981-06-27 Argentina San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán
Win 49-0-1 Argentina Luis Adolfo Gerez PTS 10 1981-06-06 Argentina Córdoba, Cördoba
Win 48-0-1 Japan Jackal Maruyama TKO 11 (12) 1981-05-09 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 47-0-1 Argentina Félix Ramón Colman PTS 10 1981-04-03 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win 46-0-1 Chile Jaime Miranda TKO 8 (10) 1981-03-21 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 45-0-1 Argentina Ramón Rodríguez TKO 6 (10) 1981-03-06 Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win 44-0-1 Chile Jaime Miranda PTS 10 1981-02-05 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Win 43-0-1 Chile Jorge Vargas KO 5 (10) 1981-01-23 Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win 42-0-1 Argentina Ramón Rodríguez TKO 8 (10) 1980-12-11 Argentina Mendoza
Win 41-0-1 Panama Alfonso López PTS 10 1980-11-22 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 40-0-1 Panama Rafael Pedroza PTS 10 1980-10-04 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 39-0-1 Argentina Miguel Ángel Lazarte PTS 10 1980-09-19 Argentina Mendoza
Win 38-0-1 Argentina Ramón Rodríguez TKO 10 1980-09-05 Argentina Córdoba, Córdoba
Win 37-0-1 Chile Héctor Velázquez KO 2 (10) 1980-06-27 Argentina San Juan, San Juan
Win 36-0-1 Argentina Ramón Rodríguez DQ 9 (10) 1980-06-06 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Win 35-0-1 Argentina Jorge Aguilar PTS 10 1980-05-16 Argentina Mendoza
Win 34-0-1 Argentina Rodolfo Rodríguez PTS 10 1980-04-19 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 33-0-1 Chile Juan Aravena TKO 7 (10) 1980-04-03 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Win 32-0-1 Venezuela Rigoberto Marcano PTS 10 1980-03-08 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 31-0-1 Colombia José Ricard KO 6 (10) 1980-02-08 Argentina Mar del Plata, Argentina
Win 30-0-1 Argentina Miguel Ángel Lazarte PTS 10 1979-12-06 Argentina Villa María, Córdoba
Win 29-0-1 United States John Meza KO 3 (10) 1979-11-16 Argentina Mendoza
Win 28-0-1 Argentina Santos Laciar PTS 10 1979-11-03 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 27-0-1 Brazil Paulo Ribeiro TKO 8 (10) 1979-10-19 Argentina Mendoza
Win 26-0-1 Argentina Jose Cardozo KO 3 (10) 1979-10-05 Argentina Villa María
Win 25-0-1 Chile Hector Velazquez PTS 10 (10) 1979-09-07 Argentina Villa María
Draw 24-0-1 Argentina Jose Rufino Narvaez PTS 10 (10) 1979-08-24 Argentina Mendoza
Win 24-0 Chile Carlos Huilli KO 3 (10) 1979-07-06 Argentina Villa María
Win 23-0 Argentina Jose Luis Lopez PTS 10 (10) 1979-05-03 Argentina Mendoza
Win 22-0 Argentina Esteban Apolinario Bustos PTS 10 (10) 1979-04-18 Argentina Villa María
Win 21-0 Argentina Miguel Angel Lazarte PTS 10 (10) 1979-02-02 Argentina Mar del Plata
Win 20-0 Spain Angel Lois Fernandez PTS 10 (10) 1978-12-16 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 19-0 Argentina Carlos Ramon Escalante PTS 10 (10) 1978-11-03 Argentina Villa María
Win 18-0 Argentina Jose Roque Ibiris PTS 10 (10) 1978-10-21 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win 17-0 Argentina Juan Carlos Rios PTS 10 (10) 1978-09-14 Argentina Villa María
Win 16-0 Spain Angel Lois Fernandez PTS 10 (10) 1978-09-01 Argentina Mendoza
Win 15-0 Argentina Luis Adolfo Gerez PTS 10 (10) 1978-08-04 Argentina Villa María
Win 14-0 Argentina Hugo Jose Emer PTS 10 (10) 1978-07-07 Argentina Villa María
Win 13-0 Argentina Hector Ramon Barreto PTS 10 (10) 1978-05-12 Argentina Mendoza
Win 12-0 Argentina Enrique Hector Navarro PTS 10 (10) 1978-04-21 Argentina Mendoza
Win 11-0 Argentina Reynaldo Romero PTS 10 (10) 1978-04-07 Argentina Villa María
Win 10-0 Argentina Manuel Enrique Quinteros KO 3 (10) 1977-12-20 Argentina Godoy Cruz
Win 9-0 Argentina Felipe Santiago Rojas PTS 10 (10) 1977-12-02 Argentina Villa María
Win 8-0 Argentina Jose Martin Devia RTD 5 (10) 1977-11-18 Argentina Mendoza
Win 7-0 Argentina Alberto Orlando Martin PTS 10 (10) 1977-11-04 Argentina Villa María
Win 6-0 Argentina Hector Hugo Lopez PTS 8 (8) 1977-10-07 Argentina Mendoza
Win 5-0 Argentina Rodolfo Trujillo TKO 2 (8) 1977-09-02 Argentina Mendoza
Win 4-0 Argentina Carlos Ramon Baez PTS 8 (8) 1977-08-12 Argentina Mendoza
Win 3-0 Argentina Manuel Enrique Quinteros PTS 8 (8) 1977-07-15 Argentina Mendoza
Win 2-0 Argentina Felix Humberto Ruarte PTS 6 (6) 1977-04-27 Argentina Mendoza
Win 1-0 Argentina Raul Anchagna TKO 5 (6) 1976-12-01 Argentina Mendoza

See also[]

  • List of super-flyweight boxing champions

References[]

  1. ^ "A 31 años de la pelea entre "Falucho" Laciar y Gustavo Ballas | Mundo D". Mundod.lavoz.com.ar. 1904-03-15. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  2. ^ "Ballas: la mejor victoria de su vida". clarin.com.

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Achievements
Inaugural Champion WBA super flyweight champion
September 12, 1981 – December 5, 1981
Succeeded by
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