Ossie Ocasio was the first World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight champion, winning it on February 13, 1982. Juan Manuel López is sixth in this category, having defeated César Figueroa in 47 seconds during his first defense. On September 3, 1994, Daniel Jiménez established a world record for the quickest knockout in a championship fight, defeating Harald Geier in 17 seconds (currently the second fastest).
On March 6, 1976, at age 17, Wilfred Benítez became the youngest world champion in the history of the sport. These include, Wilfredo Gómez's record for most defenses in the super bantamweight division and for most successive knockouts by a titleholder. Individually, Puerto Rican world champions have earned numerous achievements. Februwas the first time that boxers from Puerto Rico had held three of the four major welterweights titles ( World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization) when Carlos Quintana defeated Paul Williams to join Miguel Cotto, and Kermit Cintron as champions in the division. Puerto Rico ranks first in champions per capita with an astonishing 16 in every one million people. Also, in year 2004, became the first country to have had, at least, one world champion in every single one of the 17 current boxing weight divisions throughout the history (Provided that John Ruiz is considered as Puerto Rican and not counting Bridgerweight division). Puerto Rico ranks 5th worldwide between countries with most boxing world champions in history (only behind USA, Mexico, UK and Japan).
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In Puerto Rico, boxing is considered a major sport, having produced more amateur and professional world champions than any other sport in its history. A statue of Sixto Escobar, found in the Estadio Sixto Escobar venue
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