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Orlando Canizales

Orlando Canizales held the IBF bantamweight world title between 1988 and 1994. Canizales's highest place in The Ring's annual pound for pound ratings was No. 3, in 1994. Canizales first became a world champion aged 22 after winning the IBF bantamweight world title by beating Kelvin Seabrooks.

World title bouts
18
Record in world title bouts (won–lost)
16–1
World titles held
1
Longest world title reign (IBF bantamweight, 1988–1994)
5 years, 5 months

World title reigns and bouts

Jan 1988 – Jan 1996

Super BantamweightWBA
BantamweightIBF
1988age 221989age 231990age 241991age 251992age 261993age 271994age 281995age 291996age 30
19881990199219941996

WonLostDrawn or no contest

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1997

  2. The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 9 at featherweight in its annual ratings

  3. 1996

  4. The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 8 at super bantamweight in its annual ratings

  5. 1995

  6. The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 6 at super bantamweight in its annual ratings

  7. Wilfredo Vazquez beats Orlando Canizales via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA

  8. 1994

  9. The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 1 at bantamweight in its annual ratings

    The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 3 pound for pound in its annual ratings

  10. Orlando Canizales beats Sergio Reyes via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  11. Orlando Canizales beats Rolando Bohol via knockout 5/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  12. Orlando Canizales beats Gerardo Martinez via technical knockout 4/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  13. Orlando Canizales’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

  14. 1993

  15. The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 1 at bantamweight in its annual ratings

    The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 5 pound for pound in its annual ratings

  16. Orlando Canizales beats Juvenal Berrio via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  17. Orlando Canizales v Derrick Whiteboy: no contest 3/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  18. Orlando Canizales beats Clarence Adams via technical knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  19. 1992

  20. The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 1 at bantamweight in its annual ratings

    The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 4 pound for pound in its annual ratings

  21. Orlando Canizales beats Samuel Duran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  22. Orlando Canizales beats Francisco Alvarez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  23. 1991

  24. The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 1 at bantamweight in its annual ratings

  25. Orlando Canizales beats Ray Minus via technical knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  26. Orlando Canizales beats Fernie Morales via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  27. Orlando Canizales beats Billy Hardy via technical knockout 8/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  28. 1990

  29. The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 2 at bantamweight in its annual ratings

  30. Orlando Canizales beats Eddie Rangel via knockout 5/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  31. Orlando Canizales beats Paul Gonzales via technical knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  32. Orlando Canizales beats Billy Hardy via split decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  33. 1989

  34. The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 2 at bantamweight in its annual ratings

  35. Orlando Canizales beats Kelvin Seabrooks via technical knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  36. 1988

  37. The Ring magazine rates Orlando Canizales No. 5 at bantamweight in its annual ratings

  38. Orlando Canizales beats Jimmy Navarro via knockout 1/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  39. Orlando Canizales beats Kelvin Seabrooks via technical knockout 15/15

    Bantamweight · IBF