César Cuenca


César René Cuenca is an Argentine professional boxer and a former IBF super lightweight champion.

Pro career

On March 20, 2009 Cuenca won a twelve-round Unanimous Decision against undefeated contender Alex de Jesús.
On May 3, 2014 Cesar defeated Albert Mensah to become the mandatory challenger for the IBF Junior Welterweight belt, held by American Lamont Peterson.
On July 18, 2015 he defeated Ik Yang in Macau by unanimous decision, in a bout he dominated and dropped his opponent, despite being knocked down himself. In the process, he won the vacant IBF light welterweight world championship, after a thirteen-year career, that spanned 49 fights prior, including two 'no contests'.
Cuenca lost his world title in his very next fight on November 4, 2015 when he faced Eduard Troyanovsky in Kazan, Russia. Cuenca, who was 48-0 at the time of the fight, was unable to get in range for the majority of the boxing match. Troyanovsky had re-hydrated much more than Cuenca and he seemed bigger in the ring, he used his size advantage well. After five rounds Cuenca had won just one, in a close fight, his left eye was cut open. In the sixth round, Troyanovsky landed a hard uppercut and Cuenca grabbed him at the waist, Troyanovsky leaned on the Argentine and he tumbled down, then as Troyanovsky was moving away it is possible that his foot hit Cuenca in his right eye. Immediately afterwards the American referee asked Cuenca if he could continue fighting, to which Cuenca told him in Spanish that his right eye was injured from the tumble and he needed time to recover, but the referee asked him again more sternly and Cuenca repeated himself, gesturing to his right eye. The referee then waved off the fight, to the displeasure of Cuenca and his corner.

Professional record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes-
52Loss48-2 Eduard TroyanovskyTKO7, 2:148 Apr 2016Moscow, Russia.png" />For IBF and IBO light-welterweight titles-
51Loss48-1 Eduard TroyanovskyTKO6 2:444 Nov 2016Tatneft Arena, Kazan, Russia.png" />Lost IBF Light welterweight title.
For IBO Light welterweight title		-
50Win48-0 Ik YangUD1218 Jul 2015Won vacant IBF Light welterweight title.-
49Win47-0 Albert MensahUD122014-05-03Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina.png" />IBF Light welterweight title eliminator.-
48Win46-0 Patricio Antonio PedreroUD82013-11-23San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.png" />-
47Win45–0 Gustavo David BermúdezUD102013-05-25Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina.png" />WBO Latino light welterweight title-
46Win44-0 Diego Jesús PonceKO5 2013-03-09 Asociación de Fomento, San Bernardo del Tuyú, Buenos Aires, Argentina-
45Win43–0 Claudio Alfredo OlmedoUD12 2012-07-14 Bomberos Voluntarios, General Villegas, Buenos Aires, Argentinainterim WBO Latino light welterweight title-
44Win42–0 Luis Gustavo SosaUD10 2011-11-12
43Win41–0 Sergio Omar PriottiUD10 2011-09-02Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.png" />vacant WBO Latino light welterweight title-
42Win40–0 Juan Jose DiasUD8 2011-03-26Villa Ángela, Chaco, Argentina.png" />
41Win39–0 Mauricio Ariel PereiraUD8 2010-08-28-
40Win38–0 Cesar Leonardo TelecheaUD10 2010-08-06Argentina light welterweight title-
39NC38–0 Nazareno Gastón RuízNC1 2010-05-22Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.png" />-
38Win37–0 Nazareno Gastón RuízUD12 2009-12-19Manuel Ramírez, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina.png" />Retain WBO Latino light welterweight title-
37Win36–0 Alex de JesúsUD12 2009-03-20Retain WBO Latino light welterweight title-
36Win35–0 Pablo Andrés GodoyUD10 2008-12-19Vacant WBO Latino light welterweight title-
35Win34–0 Ariel Francisco BurgosDQ9 2008-10-18Argentina and WBA Fedecaribe light welterweight title-
34Win33–0 Marcelo Martín MirandaUD10 2008-07-12Tomas de Rocamora, Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Rios, Argentina.png" />-
33Win32–0 Juan Alberto GodoyUD10 2008-03-08San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina.png" />Argentina light welterweight title-
32Win31–0 Sergio Javier BenítezUD6 2007-10-27-
31Win30–0 Juan Alberto GodoyUD10 2007-09-01-
30Win29–0 Diego Jesús PonceUD6 2007-06-15-
29Win28–0 Carlos Adán JerezUD10 2007-04-07-
28Win27–0 Victor Hugo PazUD6 2006-11-04-
27Win26–0 José AlfaroMD10 2006-05-12Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba, Argentina.png" />vacant WBA Fedecaribe light welterweight title-
26Win25–0 Roberto David ArrietaTD8 2006-03-11-
25Win24–0 Cristian Sebastián PazUD8 2006-01-14Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.png" />-
24Win23–0 Guillermo de Jesús PazUD10 2005-10-15Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina.png" />-
23Win22–0 Iván Orlando BustosUD10 2005-09-24Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina.png" />Argentina light welterweight title-
22Win21–0 Carlos Wilfredo VilchesUD10 2005-07-30Regularization Title Bout-
21Win20–0 Andrés Pablo VillafañeTKO4 2005-06-04Villafañe down in the 3rd & 4th rounds-
20Win19–0 Pablo Ramón BarberoUD10 2005-04-24interim Argentina light welterweight title-
19Win18–0 Héctor Ricardo GómezUD10 2004-12-18-
18Win17–0 Omar LeonUD10 2004-10-16-
17Win16–0 Juan Alberto GodoyUD10 2004-09-04-
16Win15–0 Carlos Abel ChavesUD8 2004-06-10-
15Win14–0 Daniel Osvaldo VillalbaUD8 2004-05-28-
14Win13–0 Walter Damian DíazUD8 2004-04-24Cuenca down in the 7th round-
13Win12–0 Walter Sergio GómezUD8 2004-02-03-
12Win11–0 Julio GonzálezUD62003-11-22-
11Win10–0 Daniel Osvaldo VillalbaUD62003-11-01-
10NC9–0 Daniel Osvaldo VillalbaNC4,1:302003-08-16-
9Win9–0 Daniel Osvaldo VillalbaUD42003-07-12-
8Win8–0 Andrés Alejandro ArnoUD4 2003-05-17-
7Win7–0 Ariel Francisco BurgosSD4 2003-05-03-
6Win6–0 Víctor Daniel RíosUD4 2003-03-29-
5Win5–0 Carlos Roberto RodríguezUD4 2003-01-11-
4Win4–0 Oscar Roberto MedinaUD4 2002-12-14-
3Win3–0 Ramón Victorio BarriosUD4 2002-10-19-
2Win2–0 Héctor Alberto GonzálezUD4 2002-10-05-
1Win1–0 Guillermo Jorge Iván Ayala LezcanoUD4 2002-08-10-