José de Jesús (boxer)

This article is about a Puerto Rican professional boxer. For the Filipino poet, see José Corazón de Jesús. For Philippine cabinet member, see Jose de Jesus.

Jose De Jesus (born August 12, 1963 in Cayey, Puerto Rico) is a retired professional boxer in the light flyweight (108 lb) division.

Jose de Jesus
Born	Jose De Jesus (1963-08-12) August 12, 1963 Cayey, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Other names	Cagüitas
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light flyweight
Boxing record
Total fights	41
Wins	31
Wins by KO	22
Losses	9
Draws	1
No contests	0

Pro career

Nicknamed "Cagüitas", De Jesus became the first WBO light flyweight champion on May 19, 1989. He defended this title three times, but was stripped of it in March 1992 for failure to defend.

See also

• List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions
• List of light-flyweight boxing champions

External links

• Boxing record for José de Jesús from BoxRec (registration required)