Gustavo Ballas

Gustavo Ballas
Photograph of Ballas
Born	(1958-02-10) February 10, 1958 (age 66) Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina
Other names	Mandrake
Statistics
Weight(s)	Super flyweight
Height	5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	120
Wins	105
Wins by KO	29
Losses	9
Draws	6

Gustavo Ballas (born February 10, 1958) is an Argentine retired super flyweight boxer who fought from 1976 until 1990. He retired with a record of 105 wins (29 KOs), 9 losses and 6 draws.

Professional career

Ballas fought mainly in Argentina. In 1979 he managed to outpoint future multi champion Santos Benigno Laciar in what is a still remembered fight in Argentina

On September 12, 1981 he became the first ever WBA world super flyweight champion by defeating Sok-Chul Bae by TKO 8 in Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ballas lost the title on his next fight, against Rafael Pedroza in Panama.[1] He was unsuccessful on two other attempts at winning the super flyweight title, one from the WBA against Japanese boxer Jiro Watanabe,[2] and another one for the WBC.

Although he fought 120 times in his career, only four of those fights, all of which he lost, were outside of Argentina, three of them for a world title.

Ballas had trouble after boxing with alcoholism and drug addiction; he was jailed once for robbery. He later started recovering, and has taken part in anti-drugs campaigns.

Professional boxing record

120 fights	105 wins	9 losses
By knockout	29	5
By decision	75	4
By disqualification	1	0
Draws	6

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
120	Win	105–9–6	José Luis Barrios	KO	6 (10)	1990-09-14	Chascomús, Argentina
119	Draw	104–9–6	Raúl Ojeda	PTS	10 (10)	1990-09-07	Monte Maíz, Argentina
118	Win	104–9–5	Sergio Andrés Carlevaris	PTS	10 (10)	1990-08-31	Trenque Lauquen, Argentina
117	Draw	103–9–5	Luis Américo Díaz	PTS	10 (10)	1990-08-10	Cutral Có, Argentina
116	Win	103–9–4	Luis Américo Díaz	PTS	10 (10)	1990-08-03	Daireaux, Argentina
115	Win	102–9–4	José Luis Barrios	PTS	10 (10)	1990-07-13	Gualeguaychú, Argentina
114	Win	101–9–4	José Luis Barrios	PTS	10 (10)	1990-07-06	Pehuajó, Argentina
113	Win	100–9–4	Luis Américo Díaz	PTS	10 (10)	1990-06-10	Veinticinco de Mayo, Argentina
112	Win	99–9–4	Raúl Ojeda	PTS	10 (10)	1990-05-11	Laboulaye, Argentina
111	Win	98–9–4	José Luis Barrios	PTS	10 (10)	1990-05-11	Las Flores, Argentina
110	Loss	97–9–4	Joao Cardoso	RTD	5 (10)	1989-05-01	São Paulo, Brazil
109	Win	97–8–4	Raúl Ojeda	PTS	10 (10)	1989-03-10	Mar del Plata, Argentina
108	Loss	96–8–4	Ignacio Lindor Gorriti	KO	3 (10)	1989-01-07	Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
107	Win	96–7–4	Raúl Ojeda	PTS	10 (10)	1988-12-16	Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentina
106	Win	95–7–4	Jesús Antonio Moreno	TD	5 (10)	1988-11-26	Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Argentina
105	Win	94–7–4	Raúl Ojeda	PTS	10 (10)	1988-11-11	Río Tercero, Argentina
104	Win	93–7–4	Ramón Norberto Retamozo	PTS	12 (12)	1988-10-15	Pergamino, Argentina	Won vacant Argentine super-flyweight title
103	Win	92–7–4	Héctor Luis Patri	PTS	10 (10)	1988-08-12	Viedma, Argentina
102	Win	91–7–4	Ramón Alfredo Carrizo	PTS	10 (10)	1988-07-16	Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Argentina
101	Win	90–7–4	Ramón Alfredo Carrizo	PTS	10 (10)	1988-05-20	Río Gallegos, Argentina
100	Loss	89–7–4	Sugar Baby Rojas	TKO	4 (12)	1987-10-24	Tamiami Fairgrounds Auditorium, Miami, Florida, U.S.	For WBC super-flyweight title
99	Win	89–6–4	José Rufino Narváez	PTS	10 (10)	1987-08-14	Villa María, Argentina
98	Loss	88–6–4	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	10 (10)	1987-06-13	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
97	Win	88–5–4	Eloy Alca	PTS	12 (12)	1987-05-15	San Juan, Argentina	Retained South American super flyweight title
96	Win	87–5–4	José Antonio Badilla	PTS	10 (10)	1987-04-10	La Rioja, Argentina
95	Win	86–5–4	José Antonio Badilla	PTS	10 (10)	1987-03-21	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
94	Win	85–5–4	Jaime Miranda	TKO	5 (10)	1987-02-06	Mar del Plata, Argentina
93	Win	84–5–4	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	12 (12)	1986-12-06	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Retained South American super-flyweight title
92	Win	83–5–4	Paulo Ribeiro	TKO	6 (12)	1986-11-14	Villa María, Argentina	Won South American super-flyweight title
91	Draw	82–5–4	Juan Carlos Cortés	PTS	10 (10)	1986-08-30	Pabellon Verde, Córdoba, Argentina
90	Win	82–5–3	Ramón Horacio Albers	PTS	10 (10)	1986-08-15	Concepción, Argentina
89	Draw	81–5–3	Adrián Daniel Román	PTS	10 (10)	1986-07-11	Córdoba, Argentina
88	Loss	81–5–2	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	12 (12)	1986-04-11	Salta, Argentina	Lost Argentine super-flyweight title
87	Win	81–4–2	Ramón Horacio Albers	PTS	10 (10)	1986-03-14	Justiniano Posse, Argentina
86	Win	80–4–2	Patricio Jesús Gil	PTS	10 (10)	1986-02-28	Mar del Plata, Argentina
85	Win	79–4–2	Ramón Horacio Albers	TKO	4 (10)	1985-12-13	Justiniano Posse, Argentina
84	Win	78–4–2	Juan Carlos Cortés	PTS	12 (12)	1985-11-15	Villa María, Argentina	Retained Argentine super-flyweight title
83	Loss	77–4–2	Lucio Omar López	TKO	5 (10)	1985-06-08	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
82	Win	77–3–2	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	10 (10)	1985-05-17	Villa María, Argentina
81	Win	76–3–2	Guillermo Manríquez	TKO	7 (10)	1985-05-03	Mendoza, Argentina
80	Draw	75–3–2	Juan Carlos Cortés	PTS	12 (12)	1985-03-09	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Retained Argentine super-flyweight title
79	Win	75–3–1	Juan Alberto Ivalo	PTS	10 (10)	1985-02-15	Mar del Plata, Argentina
78	Win	74–3–1	Luis Adolfo Gerez	KO	4 (10)	1984-11-23	Mendoza, Argentina
77	Win	73–3–1	Rodolfo Rodríguez	PTS	10 (10)	1984-11-09	Mendoza, Argentina
76	Win	72–3–1	José Rufino Narváez	PTS	10 (10)	1984-10-13	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
75	Win	71–3–1	Félix Ramón Colman	PTS	12 (12)	1984-09-06	Mendoza, Argentina	Retained Argentine super-flyweight title
74	Win	70–3–1	Juan Carlos Cortés	MD	12 (12)	1984-04-07	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Retained Argentine super-flyweight title
73	Win	69–3–1	Luis Adolfo Gerez	PTS	10 (10)	1984-03-16	Mar del Plata, Argentina
72	Win	68–3–1	Juan Alberto Ivalo	RTD	7 (10)	1984-02-17	Mar del Plata, Argentina
71	Win	67–3–1	Luis Alberto Ocampo	PTS	12 (12)	1983-11-13	Posadas, Argentina	Won vacant Argentine super-flyweight title
70	Win	66–3–1	Alberto R. Pereyra	PTS	10 (10)	1983-09-16	Corrientes, Argentina
69	Loss	65–3–1	Juan Carlos Cortés	PTS	10 (10)	1983-08-19	Córdoba, Argentina
68	Win	65–2–1	Armando Brígido Romero	PTS	10 (10)	1983-07-15	Córdoba, Argentina
67	Win	64–2–1	Luis Adolfo Gerez	TKO	2 (10)	1983-07-02	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
66	Win	63–2–1	Roberto Rogelio Condori	PTS	10 (10)	1983-06-17	Rosario, Argentina
65	Win	62–2–1	Armando Brígido Romero	PTS	10 (10)	1983-06-03	Santa Rosa, Argentina
64	Win	61–2–1	Félix Ramón Colman	PTS	10 (10)	1983-05-12	Posadas, Argentina
63	Win	60–2–1	Roberto Rogelio Condori	PTS	10 (10)	1983-04-15	San Juan, Argentina
62	Win	59–2–1	Raúl Cuevas	PTS	10 (10)	1983-03-05	San Luis, Argentina
61	Win	58–2–1	Adrián Daniel Román	PTS	10 (10)	1982-12-11	Buenos Aires, Argentina
60	Loss	57–2–1	Jiro Watanabe	RTD	9 (15)	1982-07-29	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan	For WBA World super flyweight title
59	Win	57–1–1	Rodolfo Rodríguez	PTS	10 (10)	1982-05-22	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
58	Win	56–1–1	José Froilán Nieva	KO	3 (10)	1982-05-07	Mendoza, Argentina
57	Win	55–1–1	José Antonio Gómez	PTS	10 (10)	1982-04-23	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
56	Win	54–1–1	Héctor Ramón Barreto	TKO	10 (10)	1982-03-26	Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
55	Loss	53–1–1	Rafael Pedroza	SD	15 (15)	1981-12-05	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama	Lost WBA super-flyweight title
54	Win	53–0–1	Sok-Chul Bae	TKO	8 (15)	1981-09-12	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Won Inaugural WBA super-flyweight title
53	Win	52–0–1	Héctor Ramón Barreto	PTS	10 (10)	1981-08-14	Córdoba, Argentina
52	Win	51–0–1	Roberto Rogelio Condori	TKO	9 (10)	1981-07-24	La Banda, Argentina
51	Win	50–0–1	Héctor Ramón Barreto	PTS	10 (10)	1981-06-27	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
50	Win	49–0–1	Luis Adolfo Gerez	PTS	10 (10)	1981-06-06	Córdoba, Argentina
49	Win	48–0–1	Jackal Maruyama	TKO	11 (12)	1981-05-09	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
48	Win	47–0–1	Félix Ramón Colman	PTS	10 (10)	1981-04-03	Córdoba, Argentina
47	Win	46–0–1	Jaime Miranda	TKO	8 (10)	1981-03-21	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
46	Win	45–0–1	Ramón Rodríguez	TKO	6 (10)	1981-03-06	Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
45	Win	44–0–1	Jaime Miranda	PTS	10 (10)	1981-02-05	Villa María, Argentina
44	Win	43–0–1	Jorge Vargas	KO	5 (10)	1981-01-23	Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
43	Win	42–0–1	Ramón Rodríguez	TKO	8 (10)	1980-12-11	Mendoza, Argentina
42	Win	41–0–1	Alfonso López	PTS	10 (10)	1980-11-22	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
41	Win	40–0–1	Rafael Pedroza	PTS	10 (10)	1980-10-04	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
40	Win	39–0–1	Miguel Ángel Lazarte	PTS	10 (10)	1980-09-19	Mendoza, Argentina
39	Win	38–0–1	Ramón Rodríguez	TKO	10 (10)	1980-09-05	Córdoba, Argentina
38	Win	37–0–1	Héctor Velázquez	KO	2 (10)	1980-06-27	San Juan, Argentina
37	Win	36–0–1	Ramón Rodríguez	DQ	9 (10)	1980-06-06	Villa María, Argentina
36	Win	35–0–1	Jorge Aguilar	PTS	10 (10)	1980-05-16	Mendoza, Argentina
35	Win	34–0–1	Rodolfo Rodríguez	PTS	10 (10)	1980-04-19	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
34	Win	33–0–1	Juan Aravena	TKO	7 (10)	1980-04-03	Villa María, Argentina
33	Win	32–0–1	Rigoberto Marcano	PTS	10 (10)	1980-03-08	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
32	Win	31–0–1	José Ricard	KO	6 (10)	1980-02-08	Mar del Plata, Argentina
31	Win	30–0–1	Miguel Ángel Lazarte	PTS	10 (10)	1979-12-06	Villa María, Argentina
30	Win	29–0–1	John Meza	KO	3 (10)	1979-11-16	Mendoza, Argentina
29	Win	28–0–1	Santos Laciar	PTS	10 (10)	1979-11-03	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
28	Win	27–0–1	Paulo Ribeiro	TKO	8 (10)	1979-10-19	Mendoza, Argentina
27	Win	26–0–1	Jose Cardozo	KO	3 (10)	1979-10-05	Villa María, Argentina
26	Win	25–0–1	Hector Velazquez	PTS	10 (10)	1979-09-07	Villa María, Argentina
25	Draw	24–0–1	Jose Rufino Narvaez	PTS	10 (10)	1979-08-24	Mendoza, Argentina
24	Win	24–0	Carlos Huilli	KO	3 (10)	1979-07-06	Villa María, Argentina
23	Win	23–0	Jose Luis Lopez	PTS	10 (10)	1979-05-03	Mendoza, Argentina
22	Win	22–0	Esteban Apolinario Bustos	PTS	10 (10)	1979-04-18	Villa María, Argentina
21	Win	21–0	Miguel Angel Lazarte	PTS	10 (10)	1979-02-02	Mar del Plata, Argentina
20	Win	20–0	Angel Lois Fernandez	PTS	10 (10)	1978-12-16	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
19	Win	19–0	Carlos Ramon Escalante	PTS	10 (10)	1978-11-03	Villa María, Argentina
18	Win	18–0	Jose Roque Ibiris	PTS	10 (10)	1978-10-21	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
17	Win	17–0	Juan Carlos Rios	PTS	10 (10)	1978-09-14	Villa María, Argentina
16	Win	16–0	Angel Lois Fernandez	PTS	10 (10)	1978-09-01	Mendoza, Argentina
15	Win	15–0	Luis Adolfo Gerez	PTS	10 (10)	1978-08-04	Villa María, Argentina
14	Win	14–0	Hugo Jose Emer	PTS	10 (10)	1978-07-07	Villa María, Argentina
13	Win	13–0	Hector Ramon Barreto	PTS	10 (10)	1978-05-12	Mendoza, Argentina
12	Win	12–0	Enrique Hector Navarro	PTS	10 (10)	1978-04-21	Mendoza, Argentina
11	Win	11–0	Reynaldo Romero	PTS	10 (10)	1978-04-07	Villa María, Argentina
10	Win	10–0	Manuel Enrique Quinteros	KO	3 (10)	1977-12-20	Godoy Cruz, Argentina
9	Win	9–0	Felipe Santiago Rojas	PTS	10 (10)	1977-12-02	Villa María, Argentina
8	Win	8–0	Jose Martin Devia	RTD	5 (10)	1977-11-18	Mendoza, Argentina
7	Win	7–0	Alberto Orlando Martin	PTS	10 (10)	1977-11-04	Villa María, Argentina
6	Win	6–0	Hector Hugo Lopez	PTS	8 (8)	1977-10-07	Mendoza, Argentina
5	Win	5–0	Rodolfo Trujillo	TKO	2 (8)	1977-09-02	Mendoza, Argentina
4	Win	4–0	Carlos Ramon Baez	PTS	8 (8)	1977-08-12	Mendoza, Argentina
3	Win	3–0	Manuel Enrique Quinteros	PTS	8 (8)	1977-07-15	Mendoza, Argentina
2	Win	2–0	Felix Humberto Ruarte	PTS	6 (6)	1977-04-27	Mendoza, Argentina
1	Win	1–0	Raul Anchagna	TKO	5 (6)	1976-12-01	Mendoza, Argentina

See also

• List of world super-flyweight boxing champions

References

1. "It was a great weekend for the Pedroza family..." United Press International. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
2. "A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK JULY 26-AUG. 1". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2024-04-20.

External links

• Boxing record for Gustavo Ballas from BoxRec (registration required)
• Gustavo Ballas - CBZ Profile

Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
New title	Argentine super-flyweight champion November 13, 1983 – April 11, 1986	Succeeded by Ruben Condori
	South American super-flyweight champion November 14, 1986 – 1988 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Ramon Norberto Retamozo
Vacant Title last held by Ruben Condori	Argentine super-flyweight champion October 15, 1988 – 1989 Stripped
World boxing titles
Inaugural champion	WBA super-flyweight champion September 12, 1981 – December 5, 1981	Succeeded by Rafael Pedroza