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Gustavo Ballas
Gustavo Ballas
Gustavo Ballas
Argentine retired super flyweight boxer who fought from 1976 until 1990. He retired with a record of 105 wins
Ballas fought mainly in Argentina. In 1979 he managed to outpoint future multi champion Santos Benigno
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
Ballas has had troubles after boxing with alcoholism and drug addiction. He was jailed once for robbery. After