Tomás Rojas
Encyclopedia
Tomás Rojas Gomez is a Mexican
professional boxer in the Super Flyweight
division. He is the former WBC
Super Flyweight Champion.
Super Flyweight Championship against Kohei Kono in Saitama, Saitama
, Japan
. On February 5, 2011, Rojas defended his title against former two time WBA Super Flyweight champion Nobuo Nashiro
, winning by unanimous decision. Rojas lost his title to Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
in Sisaket, Thailand on August 19, 2011.
|align="center" colspan=8|35 Wins (23 knockouts), 13 Losses, 1 Draw
|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
|-align=center
|Win || 36-12-1||align=left| Juan José Montes
|RTD || 11(12) || May 21, 2011 || align=left| Metropolitan Arena Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
|align=left|Defended WBC
World Super Flyweight Title
|-align=center
|Win || 35-12-1||align=left| Nobuo Nashiro
|UD || 12(12) || February 5, 2011 || align=left| Prefectural Gymnasium
, Osaka
|align=left|Defended WBC
World Super Flyweight Title
|-align=center
|Win || 34-12-1 ||align=left| Kohei Kono
|UD || 12(12) || September 20, 2010 || align=left| Super Arena, Saitama
|align=left|Won the vacant WBC
World Super Flyweight Title
|-align=center
|Win || 33-12-1 ||align=left| Felipe Almanza
|RTD || 6(10), || June 19, 2010 || align=left| Plaza de Toros, San Juan del Rio, Queretaro
|align=left|Won the vacant WBC
USNBC World Super Flyweight Title
|-align=center
|Win || 32-12-1 ||align=left| Jorge Cardenas
|TKO || 4(10), || May 1, 2010 || align=left| Complejo La Inalambrica, Merida, Yucatán
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|Lost || 31-12-1 ||align=left| Vic Darchinyan
|TKO || 2(10), || December 12, 2009 || align=left| Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California
|align=left|For the WBC
and WBA
World Super Flyweight Titles
|-align=center
|Win || 31-11-1 ||align=left| Evans Mbamba
|UD || 12(12) || October 24, 2009 || align=left| World Trade Center, Veracruz, Veracruz
|align=left|Evans Mbamba was undefeated going in.
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
professional boxer in the Super Flyweight
Super Flyweight
Super flyweight is a weight division in professional boxing. It is alternatively referred to as junior bantamweight and light bantamweight...
division. He is the former WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
Super Flyweight Champion.
Pro career
He won the interim WBC super flyweight title on July 18, 2009 against landsman Everardo Morales.WBC Super Flyweight Championship
On September 20, 2010 Rojas won the WBCWorld Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
Super Flyweight Championship against Kohei Kono in Saitama, Saitama
Saitama, Saitama
' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. On February 5, 2011, Rojas defended his title against former two time WBA Super Flyweight champion Nobuo Nashiro
Nobuo Nashiro
Nobuo Nashiro is a professional boxer in the Super flyweight division as well as the WBA super flyweight champion.- Childhood :...
, winning by unanimous decision. Rojas lost his title to Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
Suriyan Sor Rungvisai is a Thai professional boxer in the super flyweight division and is the current World Boxing Council super flyweight champion. Just like other Thai boxers, Suriyan started his career as a Muay Thai boxer since he was very young . He turned to fight in professional boxing since...
in Sisaket, Thailand on August 19, 2011.
Professional record
|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"|align="center" colspan=8|35 Wins (23 knockouts), 13 Losses, 1 Draw
|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
|-align=center
|Win || 36-12-1||align=left| Juan José Montes
Juan Jose Montes
Juan José Montes Valderrama is a Mexican professional boxer. He competes in the Super flyweight division and is the current WBC Youth World Super Flyweight Champion.-Pro career:...
|RTD || 11(12) || May 21, 2011 || align=left| Metropolitan Arena Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
|align=left|Defended WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
World Super Flyweight Title
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|Win || 35-12-1||align=left| Nobuo Nashiro
Nobuo Nashiro
Nobuo Nashiro is a professional boxer in the Super flyweight division as well as the WBA super flyweight champion.- Childhood :...
|UD || 12(12) || February 5, 2011 || align=left| Prefectural Gymnasium
Prefectural Gymnasium
is an indoor sporting arena located in Namba, Osaka, Japan. It first opened in 1952 and the current building was constructed in 1987. It is the venue of a professional sumo tournament held in March every year. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 people...
, Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
|align=left|Defended WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
World Super Flyweight Title
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|Win || 34-12-1 ||align=left| Kohei Kono
|UD || 12(12) || September 20, 2010 || align=left| Super Arena, Saitama
Saitama, Saitama
' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...
|align=left|Won the vacant WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
World Super Flyweight Title
|-align=center
|Win || 33-12-1 ||align=left| Felipe Almanza
|RTD || 6(10), || June 19, 2010 || align=left| Plaza de Toros, San Juan del Rio, Queretaro
|align=left|Won the vacant WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
USNBC World Super Flyweight Title
|-align=center
|Win || 32-12-1 ||align=left| Jorge Cardenas
|TKO || 4(10), || May 1, 2010 || align=left| Complejo La Inalambrica, Merida, Yucatán
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán and the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in the northwest part of the state, about from the Gulf of Mexico coast...
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|Lost || 31-12-1 ||align=left| Vic Darchinyan
Vic Darchinyan
Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan is an Armenian professional boxer discovered by HyeFighters. He is a three-division world champion, having won eight titles in three different weight classes. He is a former IBF Flyweight World Champion and a former Undisputed WBA, WBC & IBF Super Flyweight World...
|TKO || 2(10), || December 12, 2009 || align=left| Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California
Rancho Mirage, California
Rancho Mirage is a resort city in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 17,218 at the 2010 census, up from 13,249 at the 2000 census, but the seasonal population can exceed 20,000. In between Cathedral City and Palm Desert, it is one of the eight cities of the Coachella...
|align=left|For the WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
and WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
World Super Flyweight Titles
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|Win || 31-11-1 ||align=left| Evans Mbamba
|UD || 12(12) || October 24, 2009 || align=left| World Trade Center, Veracruz, Veracruz
Veracruz, Veracruz
Veracruz, officially known as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port city and municipality on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city is located in the central part of the state. It is located along Federal Highway 140 from the state capital Xalapa, and is the state's most...
|align=left|Evans Mbamba was undefeated going in.
See also
- List of WBC world champions
- List of super flyweight boxing champions
- List of Mexican boxing world champions