Welterweight · Cuba
José Nápoles 81-7-0 54 KO · 1958–1975
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José Nápoles was a welterweight boxer from Cuba, born Apr 13, 1940. Record 81-7-0 with 54 knockouts over 1958–1975. World titles: WBA welterweight (1971–1975), WBC welterweight (1971–1975), WBA welterweight (1969–1970), WBC welterweight (1969–1970). José Nápoles last fought John H. Stracey on Dec 6, 1975 and lost by TKO in round 6 of 15.
Also: Хосе Наполес · Хосе Наполіс · خوسه ناپولس +16 more خوسيه نابوليس · ホセ・ナポレス · Jose Angel Napoles · Jose Mantequilla Napoles · Jose Napoles · José Mantequilla Nápoles · José Napoles · José Ángel Nápoles · Mantequilla Napoles · Mantequilla Nápoles · Napoles · Наполес, Хосе · خوسيه آنخل نابوليس · خوسيه آنخيل نابوليس · خوسيه أنخل نابوليس · خوسيه أنخيل نابوليس
Born Apr 13, 1940
Died Aug 16, 2019
Country 🇨🇺 Cuba
Stance Orthodox
Height 171 cm
Reach 183 cm
Nickname Mantequilla
Debut Aug 2, 1958
Career 1958–1975
Rounds boxed 585
KO share 67%
Born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Titles WBA, WBC welterweight · 1969–1975
Boxerbook rating 1983 ± 275 · inactive since Dec 1975Why here › Confirmed bouts 13 of 88
Career record Record
81-7-0, 54 KOs · 1958–1975
Last result L
Lost WBC and The Ring welterweight titles TKO 6/15 · Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, 🇲🇽
The record 88 bouts, 1958–1975, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 88, Wikipedia (es) · 1
L
Lost WBC and The Ring welterweight titles TKO 6/15 · Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 81-6-0 · Stracey 42-3-1
W
Retained WBC and The Ring welterweight titles UD 15/15 · Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 80-6-0 · Muñíz —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles TD 12/15 · Centro Internacional Acapulco, Acapulco, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 79-6-0 · Muñíz —
W
Horacio Agustin Saldano
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles KO 3/15 · Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 78-6-0 · Saldano —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles TKO 9/15 · Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 77-6-0 · Lewis 52-4-0
L
For WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles RTD 6/15 · Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, 🇫🇷
Nápoles 77-5-0 · Monzón 81-3-9
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles UD 15/15 · Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Nápoles 76-5-0 · Gray —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles UD 15/15 · Palais des Sports, Grenoble, 🇫🇷
Nápoles 75-5-0 · Menetrey —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles KO 7/15 · Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 74-5-0 · Lopez —
W
Edmundo Leite
TKO 2/10 · Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 73-5-0 · Leite —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles TKO 2/15 · Plaza de Toros, Monumental, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 72-5-0 · Pruitt —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles KO 7/15 · Empire Pool, Wembley, 🇬🇧
Nápoles 71-5-0 · Charles —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles UD 15/15 · Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 70-5-0 · Lewis 40-3-0
W
Esteban Alfredo Osuna
UD 10/10 · Arena Mexico, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 69-5-0 · Osuna —
W
KO 5/10 · Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 68-5-0 · Josselin —
W
David Melendez
TKO 5/10 · Arena Coliseo, Monterrey, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 67-5-0 · Melendez —
W
Won WBA, WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles TKO 8/15 · Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 66-5-0 · Backus 32-10-4
W
Manuel Gonzalez
KO 6/10 · Arena Mexico, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 65-5-0 · Gonzalez —
L
Lost WBA, WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles TKO 4/15 · War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 65-4-0 · Backus 29-10-4
W
Pete Toro
TKO 9/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 64-4-0 · Toro —
Show all 88 bouts W
Fighting Mack
KO 3/10 · Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 63-4-0 · Mack —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles TKO 15/15 · Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 62-4-0 · Lopez —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles UD 15/15 · Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 61-4-0 · Griffith 60-10-0
W
Retained WBA, WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles RTD 10/15 · Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 60-4-0 · Cokes 55-10-3
W
Won WBA, WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles RTD 13/15 · Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 59-4-0 · Cokes 55-9-3
W
Fate Davis
TKO 6/10 · Arena Mexico, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 58-4-0 · Davis —
W
Lennox Beckles
KO 1/10 · Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 57-4-0 · Beckles —
W
TKO 5/10 · Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 56-4-0 · Rea —
W
Eddie Pace
UD 10/10 · Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 55-4-0 · Pace —
W
Leroy Roberts
TKO 1/10 · Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Nápoles 54-4-0 · Roberts —
W
Peter Cobblah
PTS 10/10 · Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 53-4-0 · Cobblah —
W
Herbie Lee
TKO 6/10 · Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 52-4-0 · Lee —
W
Mike Cruz
TKO 4/10 · Tampico, Tamaulipas, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 51-4-0 · Cruz —
W
Charlie Watson
KO 6/10 · Merida, Yucatán, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 50-4-0 · Watson —
W
Johnny DePeiza
TKO 1/10 · Plaza de Toros, Ciudad Juarez, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 49-4-0 · DePeiza —
W
LC Morgan
TKO 2/10 · Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 48-4-0 · Morgan —
W
Johnny Brooks
KO 7/10 · Merida, Yucatán, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 47-4-0 · Brooks —
W
TKO 6/10 · El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 46-4-0 · Espinoza —
W
Jimmy Fields
TKO 10/10 · Plaza de Toros Fermin Rivera, San Luis Potosi, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 45-4-0 · Fields —
L
LC Morgan
TKO 4/10 · Estadio Adolfo López Mateos, Reynosa, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 45-3-0 · Morgan —
W
Humberto Trottman
KO 2/10 · Plaza de Toros, Ciudad Juarez, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 44-3-0 · Trottman —
W
Al Grant
TKO 4/10 · Reynosa, Tamaulipas, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 43-3-0 · Grant —
W
Johnny Santos
KO 3/10 · Monumental Plaza de Toros, México, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 42-3-0 · Santos —
W
Aldolph Pruitt
TKO 3/10 · El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 41-3-0 · Pruitt —
W
UD 10/10 · Plaza de Toros, Ciudad Juarez, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 40-3-0 · Perkins 40-10-1
W
TKO 2/10 · Nuevo Circo, Caracas, 🇻🇪
Nápoles 39-3-0 · Campari —
W
LC Morgan
KO 3/10 · Plaza de Toros Monumental, Monterrey, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 38-3-0 · Morgan —
W
Carlos Rios
KO 5/10 · Plaza de Toros, Torreon, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 37-3-0 · Rios —
W
Alfredo Urbina
KO 3/10 · El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 36-3-0 · Urbina —
W
Eduardo Moreno
TKO 5/12 · Culiacan, Sinaloa, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 35-3-0 · Moreno —
W
TKO 7/10 · Nuevo Circo, Caracas, 🇻🇪
Nápoles 34-3-0 · Hernández 35-3-3
W
Alfredo Urbina
TKO 1/10 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 33-3-0 · Urbina —
W
Taketeru Yoshimoto
KO 1/8 · Kokugikan, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Nápoles 32-3-0 · Yoshimoto —
W
LC Morgan
KO 7/10 · Caracas, 🇻🇪
Nápoles 31-3-0 · Morgan —
W
Tony Perez
TKO 3/10 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 30-3-0 · Perez —
W
Francisco Cancio
KO 1/10 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 29-3-0 · Cancio —
W
Pulga Serrano
TKO 10/10 · Tijuana, Baja California, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 28-3-0 · Serrano —
W
Baby Vasquez
PTS 10/10 · Arena Mexico, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 27-3-0 · Vasquez —
W
Raul Soriano
KO 4/10 · Tijuana, Baja California, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 26-3-0 · Soriano —
L
Alfredo Urbina
PTS 10/10 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 26-2-0 · Urbina —
W
Baby Vasquez
UD 10/10 · Arena Mexico, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 25-2-0 · Vasquez —
W
Baby Gutierrez
TKO 7/10 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 24-2-0 · Gutierrez —
L
Tony Perez
SD 10/10 · Plaza de Toros, HermosilloPlaza de Toros, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 24-1-0 · Perez —
W
Tony Perez
PTS 10/10 · Plaza de Toros, Los Mochis, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 23-1-0 · Perez —
W
Bobby Cervantes
TKO 1/10 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 22-1-0 · Cervantes —
W
Kid Anahuac
KO 9/10 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 21-1-0 · Anahuac —
W
Enrique Camarena
KO 2/10 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Nápoles 20-1-0 · Camarena —
W
PTS 10/10 · Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 19-1-0 · Garcia 46-17-2
W
Rolando Chico Morales
UD 10/10 · Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 18-1-0 · Morales —
W
Guillermo Valdez
UD 10/10 · Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 17-1-0 · Valdez —
W
Tony Padron
DQ 5/10 · Palacio de Deportes, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 16-1-0 · Padron —
W
Rolando Chico Morales
PTS 10/10 · Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 15-1-0 · Morales —
W
Tony Padron
UD 10/10 · Coliseo Nacional, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 14-1-0 · Padron —
W
PTS 10/10 · Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 13-1-0 · Grant —
W
PTS 10/10 · Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 12-1-0 · Garcia 43-10-1
W
Diwaldo Ventosa
UD 10/10 · Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 11-1-0 · Ventosa —
W
Isaac Espinosa
UD 10/10 · Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 10-1-0 · Espinosa —
W
Bobby Cervantes
TKO 1/10 · Arena Trejo, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 9-1-0 · Cervantes —
W
Augusto Narvalle
UD 8/8 · Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 8-1-0 · Narvalle —
W
Cristobal Gonzalez
UD 8/8 · Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 7-1-0 · Gonzalez —
L
Hilton Smith
UD 8/8 · Coliseo Nacional, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 7-0-0 · Smith —
W
Clodoaldo Hernandez
UD 8/8 · Coliseo Nacional, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 6-0-0 · Hernandez —
W
Clodoaldo Hernandez
TKO 3/6 · Coliseo Nacional, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 5-0-0 · Hernandez —
W
Juan Bacallo
TKO 4/6 · Coliseo Nacional, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 4-0-0 · Bacallo —
W
Armando Castillo
PTS 4/4 · Coliseo de la Ciudad, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 3-0-0 · Castillo —
W
Felix Pomares
TKO 2/4 · Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 2-0-0 · Pomares —
W
Euripides Guerra
TKO 4/4 · Coliseo Nacional, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 1-0-0 · Guerra —
W
Julio Rojas
TKO 1/4 · Coliseo Nacional, Havana, 🇨🇺
Nápoles 0-0-0 · Rojas —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
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Facts
What is José Nápoles's record? José Nápoles's professional record is 81-7-0 with 54 knockouts.
Who did José Nápoles fight last? José Nápoles last fought John H. Stracey on Dec 6, 1975 and lost by TKO in round 6 of 15.
Which world titles has José Nápoles held? José Nápoles has held 4 world title reigns: WBA welterweight (1971–1975), WBC welterweight (1971–1975), WBA welterweight (1969–1970), WBC welterweight (1969–1970). Sources Boxerbook ID 4098 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/4098 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
