Pascual Pérez

Boxer (1926-1977)

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Born

4 May 1926, Rodeo del Medio

Died

22 January 1977, Buenos Aires

Citizenship

Argentina

Sport

boxing

Discipline

flyweight

Occupation

boxer

Height

152 cm (5 ft 0 in)

Recorded fight record

84 wins, 7 losses

Pascual Nicolás Pérez (May 4, 1926 – January 22, 1977) was an Argentine flyweight boxer. Pérez was born in Tupungato in the Mendoza Province of Argentina, he went on to make history by becoming Argentina's first world boxing champion.

Pérez usually did poor at the ticket gates in Argentina after he became world champion, forcing him to defend his world title on the road many times and to become known as a world-traveling champion. His first international success was a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in United Kingdom.

Competitions

Awards and honours

• The Ring magazine Progress of the Year 1954
• International Boxing Hall of Fame 1995
• The Ring World Flyweight Champion
• WBA World Flyweight Champion

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q467350 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.