Juan Carlos Burgos is a Mexican professional boxer. Nicknamed, Miniburgos, he is one of the top-ranked featherweight fighters in the World Boxing Council. Throughout his career, he has had 42 fights, winning 34 of those.
Player Profile and Persona Life
Burgos was born Juan Carlos Burgos Castillo on December 26, 1987 in Tijuana, Baja California in Mexico. He stands 175 cm tall and he has a reach of 5 cm longer than his height at 180 cm. He fights in the Featherweight and Super Featherweight Categories. He fights with an Orthodox stance.
He is nicknamed “MiniBurgos” about his uncle Victor Burgos. Victor was a former professional boxer and Flyweight World Champion.
Career
Burgos made his professional debut in January 2010 against Juan Carlos Martinez. Burgos won that fight. He won his next fight against Ricardo Castillo. Unfortunately, he lost his first attempt at a world title against Hozumi Hasegawa in November 2010.
After that, he had several fights before going for a title again, this time for the World Boxing Council Silver Super Feather title and the World Boxing Organisation Latino Super Feather Title against Luis Cruz. He defended this title a couple of times before fights against Roman Martinez and Yakubu Amidu ended in draws.
He eventually lost the title to Mickey Garcia in 2014. In 2018, he won the IBF North American Light Title. A couple of years later in 2020, he won the WBC US Light Title over Hector Tanajara. He had a couple of losses in 2021. In 2022, he is scheduled to fight against Angel Fierro in March. This is for the WBO NABO Light Title.
Boxing Record
Total Fights: 42 Wins: 34 Wins by KO: 21 Losses: 6 Draws: 2
