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==Professional career== Stecca held the [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] [[super bantamweight]] title for three months in 1984. He defeated [[Leo Cruz]] to win the title by twelfth round knockout,<ref>{{cite news|title=Unbeaten Stecca Captures Title|work=The New York Times|agency=United Press International|date=1984-02-23|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E1D81639F930A15751C0A962948260|accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref> then lost it to [[Victor Callejas]] by a knockout in round eight<ref>{{cite news|title=Stecca loses crown|work=The Calgary Herald|agency=Associated Press|date=1984-05-27|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tXZkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3X4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5015,2933299|accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref> at [[Mario Morales]] coliseum, then known as Mets Pavilion, [[Guaynabo, Puerto Rico]]. Stecca won five fights in a row, all by knockout, putting himself on title contention once again. In a rematch with Callejas, held in November 1985 in [[Rimini, Italy]], however, he lost by a sixth round knockout.<ref>{{cite news|title=Callejas still champ|work=The Vindicator|agency=Associated Press|date=1985-11-09|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tJ8_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=MFYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3504,3809685|accessdate=2011-03-21}}</ref> Ahead on the scorecards, Stecca received a punch that lifted him off the floor, sending him to the air before he landed on his knees. He got up, but his corner soon stopped the fight, and the punch made the highlights of many sports news shows.
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