César René Cuenca (born 18 January 1981) is an Argentine professional boxer who held the IBF light welterweight title from 2015 to 2016.
Professional career On 20 March 2009, Cuenca won a twelve-round unanimous decision against undefeated contender Alex de Jesús.
On 3 May 2014, Cuenca defeated Albert Mensah to become the mandatory challenger for the IBF junior welterweight belt, held by American Lamont Peterson.
On 18 July 2015, he defeated Ik Yang in Macau by unanimous decision, in a bout he dominated and dropped his opponent, despite being knocked down himself. In the process, he won the vacant IBF light welterweight world championship, after a thirteen-year career, that spanned 49 fights prior, including two 'no contests'.
On 4 November 2015 Cuenca lost his world title in his next fight, when he faced Eduard Troyanovsky in Kazan, Russia. Cuenca, who was 48–0 at the time of the fight, was unable to get in range for the majority of the boxing match. Troyanovsky had re-hydrated much more than Cuenca and he seemed bigger in the ring, he used his size advantage well. After five rounds Cuenca had won just one, in a close fight, his left eye was cut open. In the sixth round, Troyanovsky landed a hard uppercut and Cuenca grabbed him at the waist, Troyanovsky leaned on the Argentine and he tumbled down, then as Troyanovsky was moving away it is possible that his foot hit Cuenca in his right eye. Immediately afterwards the American referee asked Cuenca if he could continue fighting, to which Cuenca told him in Spanish that his right eye was injured from the tumble and he needed time to recover, but the referee (who could not understand Spanish) asked him again more sternly and Cuenca repeated himself, gesturing to his right eye. The referee then waved off the fight, to the displeasure of Cuenca and his corner.
On 8 April 2016 Cuenca would get another shot at Eduard, he would lose via seventh round stoppage in the rematch.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes56Loss48–6 Rico MuellerTKO4 (8), 14 February 202555Loss48–5 Hamza SalahudinRTD4 (8), 2 December 202354Loss48–4 Ibrahim GuemuesTKO8 (8), 22 February 202053Loss48–3 Jonathan Jose EnizUD1012 January 201952Loss48–2 Eduard TroyanovskyTKO7 (12), 8 April 201651Loss48–1 Eduard TroyanovskyTKO6 (12), 4 November 201550Win48–0 Ik YangUD1218 July 201549Win47–0 Albert MensahUD123 May 201448Win46–0 Patricio Antonio PedreroUD823 November 201347Win45–0 Gustavo David BermúdezUD1025 May 201346Win44–0 Diego Jesús PonceKO5 (8)9 March 201345Win43–0 Claudio Alfredo OlmedoUD1214 July 201244Win42–0 Luis Gustavo SosaUD1012 November 201143Win41–0 Sergio Omar PriottiUD102 September 201142Win40–0 Juan Jose DiasUD8 26 March 201141Win39–0 Mauricio Ariel PereiraUD828 August 201040Win38–0 Cesar Leonardo TelecheaUD106 August 201039NC37–0 Nazareno Gastón RuízNC1 (10)22 May 201038Win37–0 Nazareno Gastón RuízUD1219 December 200937Win36–0 Alex de Jesús UD1220 March 200936Win35–0 Pablo Andrés Godoy UD1019 December 200835Win34–0 Ariel Francisco BurgosDQ9 (10)18 October 200834Win33–0 Marcelo Martín MirandaUD1012 July 200833Win32–0 Juan Alberto GodoyUD108 March 200832Win31–0 Sergio Javier BenítezUD627 October 200731Win30–0 Juan Alberto GodoyUD101 September 200730Win29–0 Diego Jesús PonceUD615 June 200729Win28–0 Carlos Adán JerezUD107 April 200728Win27–0 Victor Hugo PazUD64 November 200627Win26–0 José AlfaroMD1012 May 200626Win25–0 Roberto David ArrietaTD8 (10)11 March 200625Win24–0 Cristian Sebastián PazUD814 January 200624Win23–0 Guillermo de Jesús PazUD1015 October 200523Win22–0 Iván Orlando BustosUD1024 September 200522Win21–0 Carlos Wilfredo VilchesUD1030 July 200521Win20–0 Andrés Pablo VillafañeTKO4 (8)4 June 200520Win19–0 Pablo Ramón BarberoUD1024 April 200519Win18–0 Héctor Ricardo GómezUD1018 December 200418Win17–0 Omar LeonUD1016 October 200417Win16–0 Juan Alberto GodoyUD104 September 200416Win15–0 Carlos Abel ChavesUD810 June 200415Win14–0 Daniel Osvaldo VillalbaUD828 May 200414Win13–0 Walter Damian DíazUD824 April 200413Win12–0 Walter Sergio GómezUD83 February 200412Win11–0 Julio GonzálezUD622 November 200311Win10–0 Daniel Osvaldo VillalbaUD61 November 2003109–0 Daniel Osvaldo VillalbaNC4 (1), 16 August 20039Win9–0Daniel Osvaldo VillalbaUD412 July 20038Win8–0Andrés Alejandro ArnoUD417 May 20037Win7–0Ariel Francisco BurgosSD43 May 20036Win6–0Víctor Daniel RíosUD429 March 20035Win5–0Carlos Roberto RodríguezUD411 January 20034Win4–0Oscar Roberto MedinaUD414 December 20023Win3–0Ramón Victorio BarriosUD419 October 20022Win2–0Héctor Alberto GonzálezUD45 October 20021Win1–0Guillermo LezcanoUD410 August 2002
See also List of male boxers List of southpaw stance boxers List of world light-welterweight boxing champions
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