Santos Laciar

Santos Benigno Laciar (born January 31, 1959), known familiarly as Santos Laciar and nicknamed Falucho, is an Argentine who was boxing's world flyweight and super flyweight champion.

Biography

Laciar was born in Huinca Renancó, in the province of Córdoba, Argentina.

Laciar began his career in his hometown, on December 3 of 1976, knocking out Carlos Maliene in four rounds. After three more wins, all by knockout, he was faced with Alejandro Holguin, who held him to a ten-round draw, becoming the first boxer to face Laciar and not come out on the losing end. After three more wins, he drew once again, this time against Jose Ibiris, but in his next fight, he was able to take the Córdoba State Flyweight title away from Carlos Reyes Sosa in Villa María with a 12-round decision. He finished 1977 with four more wins, including a knockout in six in a rematch with Reyes Sosa.

In 1978 he had 13 fights, for an average of slightly more than one fight per month. Among his fights that year: a rematch with Ibiris, which ended in a ten-round decision win for Laciar, two fights versus contender Ramon Soria, which ended in a draw and in Laciar's first defeat, a 10-round decision loss, a fight with Luis Gerez, who drew with Laciar, and Laciar's Buenos Aires debut, a 10-round decision win over Angel Luis Fernandez.

1979 was another busy year for Laciar, boxing 13 times again during that year. He won 9 of those bouts. Among his fights in '79, a loss to future world Junior bantamweight champion Gustavo Ballas, who beat him in 10 on points, a rubber match with Ibris, resulting in another Laciar 10-round decision win, two decision losses to Raúl Pérez, and a 10-round decision win against top contender Federico Condori.

But early in 1980 Laciar started what would turn out to be a great decade for him. He was matched with Miguel Lanzarte on February 26 of that year for the vacant Argentinian flyweight title and won the bout by a decision in 12. After a draw in ten against Condori's brother Ruben, he won four straight bouts, and on August 30, he challenged for the South American flyweight title. In what was his first fight outside Argentina, he and South American champion Jaime Miranda battled to an 8-round no contest (a no contest is declared when circumstances beyond boxing cause the fight to be stopped) in Santiago, Chile. After one more win over Federico Condori, Miranda returned the favor by travelling to Laciar's country and this time, Laciar won the South American title with a 12-round decision win. Laciar finished the year by travelling to England, where he lost a 10-round decision to future world champion Charlie Magri.

In 1981, one day before his birthday, he beat Jose de la Cruz in Mar del Plata. He was already ranked number one by the WBA, and in March he flew to South Africa, where he beat Peter Mathebula on the 28th day of that month, by a knockout in seven rounds to become the world's flyweight champion. After the retirement of Carlos Monzón in 1977 and Victor Galindez in 1978, (Galindez died in 1980 in an auto race accident), Argentina was in need of a world champion boxer, and Laciar became a national hero instantly.

A rematch with Lanzarte, resulting in a 10-round non title decision win, followed, and then he fought at the Luna Park, where he lost his title to Luis Ibarra.

Ibarra lost his title in his first defense to Juan Herrera, and after 5 more bouts, Laciar challenged Herrera in the champion's hometown of Tampico, Mexico. Laciar recovered the crown by a knockout in 13 rounds, and this time, he wouldn't lose it again. He defended it for three years, after which he left it vacant. He defeated former world champion Betulio González in Maracaibo, Venezuela by a decision in 15, Steve Muchoki in Copenhagen, Denmark by a knockout in 13, Ramon Nery (a deaf-mute boxer) by a knockout in 9 at Córdoba, Shuichi Hozumi by a knockout in 2 in Japan, Hee Sup Chin, by a knockout in one in South Korea, Juan Herrera, in a rematch at Marsala, Italy, by a decision in 15, former world champion Prudencio Cardona by a knockout in 10 in Córdoba, former two-time world Junior Flyweight champion Hilario Zapata by a decision in 15 at Buenos Aires, and Antoine Monteiro, beaten by a knockout in 11 at Paris, France. After his fight with Monteiro, he decided to leave the world Flyweight championship vacant. His fame also surpassed the Argentinian borders and he became famous all over Latin America, The Ring's Spanish edition featuring him on the cover many times, as well as on posters and articles. He was also on the cover of Guantes magazine multiple times during his second period as champion.

On June 8, 1986, he and Jaime Miranda had a rubber match, Laciar winning a ten-round decision. Two months later, world Junior Bantamweight champion, Mexican Gilberto Roman, travelled to Argentina to defend his WBC and Lineal crown versus Laciar, the fight ending in a 12-round draw. Six more wins followed, including one against Hector Patri, and then on May 16 of 1987, he and Roman met again. This time the WBC chose a neutral place for the fight, but Laciar won the fight by a knockout in 11 at Reims, France,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> becoming a world champion for the third time. However, in his first title defense, Laciar was on the losing end of a decision against Colombian Sugar Baby Rojas in Miami.

Laciar kept on boxing and reeled off eight more straight wins, but on October 8, 1988, he was outpointed by Juan Carazo in Caguas, Puerto Rico, by a decision in 12 rounds. Two more wins and another no contest followed, and, after Carazo lost in his title try against Roman by decision, it was Laciar's turn to face the Mexican again. This time, they boxed in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California, and Roman came out victorious by a 12-round decision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Roman would die in a car crash the next year, and all chances of a fourth bout between the two, which was a possibility that was being talked about, were dashed with Roman's death.

Laciar fought three more bouts, all in 1990, after which he decided to retire. A world-traveling boxer, Laciar had fights in twelve countries, not counting fights held at his native Argentina. The countries he visited as a professional boxer to fight at were, in the following order, Chile, the United Kingdom (specifically, England), South Africa, Mexico, Venezuela, Denmark, Japan, South Korea, Italy, France, the United States and Puerto Rico.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

His final record was 79 wins, 10 losses, 11 draws and 1 fight ended in a no-contest, with 31 wins coming by knockout.

After retirement

Laciar became an occasional boxing commentator for TyC Sports's Saturday night boxing show, Boxeo de Primera.

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
101	Template:No2Loss	79–10–11 Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Hugo Soto	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
100	Template:Yes2Win	79–9–11 Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Ruben Condori	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
99	Template:Yes2Win	78–9–11 Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Cortes	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
98	Template:No2Loss	77–9–11 Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Gilberto Román	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
97	Template:Yes2Win	77–8–11 Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Hugo Gomez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
96	Template:Yes2Win	76–8–11 Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Jesús Moreno	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
95	NC	75–8–11 Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ojeda	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
94	Template:No2Loss	75–8–11	Template:Flagicon Juan Carazo	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
93	Template:Yes2Win	75–7–11	Template:Flagicon Alejandrino Castaño	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
92	Template:Yes2Win	74–7–11	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Escobar Baez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
91	Template:Yes2Win	73–7–11	Template:Flagicon Luis Alberto Ocampo	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
90	Template:Yes2Win	72–7–11	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Escobar Baez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
89	Template:Yes2Win	71–7–11	Template:Flagicon José Narvaez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
88	Template:Yes2Win	70–7–11	Template:Flagicon Bernardo Mendoza	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
87	Template:Yes2Win	69–7–11	Template:Flagicon Juan Alberto Ivalo	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
86	Template:Yes2Win	68–7–11	Template:Flagicon José Narvaez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
85	Template:No2Loss	67–7–11	Template:Flagicon Sugar Baby Rojas	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
84	Template:Yes2Win	67–6–11	Template:Flagicon Gilberto Román	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
83	Template:Yes2Win	66–6–11	Template:Flagicon Alejandro Vazquez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
82	Template:Yes2Win	65–6–11	Template:Flagicon Isaias Carvacho	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
81	Template:Yes2Win	64–6–11	Template:Flagicon José Narvaez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
80	Template:Yes2Win	63–6–11	Template:Flagicon Hector Patri	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
79	Template:Yes2Win	62–6–11	Template:Flagicon Oscar Bolivar	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
78	Template:Yes2Win	61–6–11	Template:Flagicon José Narvaez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
77	Template:DrawDraw	60–6–11	Template:Flagicon Gilberto Román	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
76	Template:Yes2Win	60–6–10	Template:Flagicon Alberto Pacheco	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
75	Template:Yes2Win	59–6–10	Template:Flagicon Jaime Miranda	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
74	Template:Yes2Win	58–6–10	Template:Flagicon Antoine Montero	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
73	Template:Yes2Win	57–6–10	Template:Flagicon Hilario Zapata	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
72	Template:Yes2Win	56–6–10	Template:Flagicon Prudencio Cardona	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
71	Template:Yes2Win	55–6–10	Template:Flagicon Juan Herrera	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
70	Template:Yes2Win	54–6–10	Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Cortes	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
69	Template:Yes2Win	53–6–10	Template:Flagicon Shin Hi-sup	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
68	Template:Yes2Win	52–6–10	Template:Flagicon Shuichi Hozumi	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
67	Template:Yes2Win	51–6–10	Template:Flagicon Ramón Nery	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
66	Template:Yes2Win	50–6–10	Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Rodriguez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
65	Template:Yes2Win	49–6–10	Template:Flagicon Steve Muchoki	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
64	Template:Yes2Win	48–6–10	Template:Flagicon Ramón Albers	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
63	Template:Yes2Win	47–6–10	Template:Flagicon Betulio González	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
62	Template:Yes2Win	46–6–10	Template:Flagicon José Gomez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
61	Template:Yes2Win	45–6–10	Template:Flagicon Mario Paniagua	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
60	Template:Yes2Win	44–6–10	Template:Flagicon Domingo Aragón	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
59	Template:Yes2Win	43–6–10	Template:Flagicon Juan Herrera	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
58	Template:DrawDraw	42–6–10	Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Rodriguez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
57	Template:Yes2Win	42–6–9	Template:Flagicon Miguel Angel Lazarte	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
56	Template:DrawDraw	41–6–9	Template:Flagicon Ruben Condori	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	41–6–8	Template:Flagicon Domingo Aragón	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
54	Template:DrawDraw	40–6–8	Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Rodriguez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
53	Template:No2Loss	40–6–7	Template:Flagicon Luis Ibarra	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	40–5–7	Template:Flagicon Miguel Angel Lazarte	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	39–5–7	Template:Flagicon Peter Mathebula	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	38–5–7	Template:Flagicon José De La Cruz López	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
49	Template:No2Loss	37–5–7	Template:Flagicon Charlie Magri	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	37–4–7	Template:Flagicon Jaime Miranda	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	36–4–7	Template:Flagicon Federico Condori	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
46	Template:DrawDraw	35–4–7	Template:Flagicon Jaime Miranda	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	35–4–6	Template:Flagicon Miguel Angel Velez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	34–4–6	Template:Flagicon Adrian Roman	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	33–4–6	Template:Flagicon Juan José Brizuela	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	32–4–6	Template:Flagicon Domingo Aragón	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
41	Template:DrawDraw	31–4–6	Template:Flagicon Ruben Condori	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	31–4–5	Template:Flagicon Miguel Angel Lazarte	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	30–4–5	Template:Flagicon Federico Condori	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
38	Template:No2Loss	29–4–5	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Ballas	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	29–3–5	Template:Flagicon Hector Velazquez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	28–3–5	Template:Flagicon Luis Gomez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
35	Template:DrawDraw	27–3–5	Template:Flagicon Miguel Angel Lazarte	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	27–3–4	Template:Flagicon Juan Espíndola	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
33	Template:No2Loss	26–3–4	Template:Flagicon Raúl Perez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	26–2–4	Template:Flagicon José Flores	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	25–2–4	Template:Flagicon Gilberto Lopez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
30	Template:No2Loss	24–2–4	Template:Flagicon Raúl Perez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	24–1–4	Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Rios	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	23–1–4	Template:Flagicon José Ibiris	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	22–1–4	Template:Flagicon Raúl Perez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
26	Template:No2Loss	21–1–4	Template:Flagicon Ramon Soria	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	21–0–4	Template:Flagicon Felipe Rojas	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	20–0–4	Template:Flagicon Angel Lois Fernandez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
23	Template:DrawDraw	19–0–4	Template:Flagicon Luis Gerez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	19–0–3	Template:Flagicon José Lopez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	18–0–3	Template:Flagicon José Izquierdo	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	17–0–3	Template:Flagicon Hector Barreto	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	16–0–3	Template:Flagicon Reynaldo Romero	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	15–0–3	Template:Flagicon Carlos Aguero	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
17	Template:DrawDraw	14–0–3	Template:Flagicon Ramon Soria	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	14–0–2	Template:Flagicon José Ibiris	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	13–0–2	Template:Flagicon Luis Gerez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	12–0–2	Template:Flagicon Enrique Navarro	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	11–0–2	Template:Flagicon José Izquierdo	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	10–0–2	Template:Flagicon Carlos Reyes Sosa	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	9–0–2	Template:Flagicon Manuel Quinteros	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	8–0–2	Template:Flagicon Carlos Reyes Sosa	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
9	Template:DrawDraw	7–0–2	Template:Flagicon José Ibiris	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	7–0–1	Template:Flagicon José Zárate	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	6–0–1	Template:Flagicon José Izquierdo	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	5–0–1	Template:Flagicon Alberto Martin	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
5	Template:DrawDraw	4–0–1	Template:Flagicon Alejandro Olguin	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Template:Flagicon José Flores	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Template:Flagicon Amado Chavez	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Template:Flagicon Angel Pereyra	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Template:Flagicon Carlos Maliene	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Flagicon Template:Small

See also

• List of world flyweight boxing champions
• List of world super-flyweight boxing champions

External links

• Template:Boxrec
• Santos Laciar - CBZ Profile

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