Santos Laciar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Santos Laciar
Occupation	Boxer
Date Of Birth	Jan 31, 1959(1959-01-31)
Age	65
Birthplace	Huinca Renancó
Country	Argentina
Horoscope	Capricorn

Santos Laciar Biography

Santos Laciar is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on January 31, 1959 in Huinca Renancó, Argentina. Santos Benigno Laciar (born January 31st 1959) popularly referred to by the name Santos Laciar and nicknamed Falucho is an Argentine who was the world boxing flyweight and super flyweight champion.

However, in the early 1980s, Laciar began what would later turn out to be a fantastic decade for Laciar. He was scheduled to fight Miguel Lanzarte on February 26 of the same year to fight to compete for his vacant Argentinian flyweight title. He won the match by a verdict in 12. After a draw in a fight with the brother of Condori, Ruben the pair fought four consecutive bouts and on the 30th of August when he contested against Jaime Miranda for an opportunity to claim the South American flyweight title. In his debut fight outside of Argentina He and South American champion Jaime Miranda engaged in an eight-round no-contest (a no-contest is declared when circumstances outside boxing causes the fight to be ended) during a fight in Santiago, Chile. After a second victory against Federico Condori, Miranda returned the favor by traveling to Laciar’s home country. This was the second time Laciar was crowned his South American title by a 12-round decision victory. Laciar ended his year by traveling to England in which he was beaten by an 11-round decision to the future World champion Charlie Magri.

On June 8, 1986, he and Jaime Miranda had a rubber match, Laciar winning a ten-round decision, and two months later, the Mexican world Junior Bantamweight champion, the late Gilberto Roman, travelled to Argentina to defend his WBC and Lineal crown versus Laciar, the fight ending in a 12-round draw. Six more wins followed, including one against Hector Patri, and then on May 16 of 1987, he and Roman met again. This time the WBC chose a neutral place for the fight, but Laciar won the fight by a knockout in 11 at Reims, France, becoming a world champion for the third time. However, in his first title defense, Laciar was on the losing end of a decision against Colombian Sugar Baby Rojas in Miami.

Laciar kept on boxing and reeled off eight more straight wins, but on October 8, 1988, he was outpointed by Juan Carazo in Caguas, Puerto Rico, by a decision in 12 rounds. Two more wins and another no contest followed, and, after Carazo lost in his title try against Roman by decision, it was Laciar’s turn to face the Mexican again. This time, they boxed in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California, and Roman came out victorious by a 12-round decision.

1979 was a busy year for Laciar He fought 13 times in that year. He was victorious in 9 of the fights. One of his fights was in 1979 losing to the his future World Junior bantamweight champion Gustavo Ballas, who beat him on points in 10 rounds and also a rubber fight with Ibris that resulted in a Laciar 10 round decision victory 2 decision defeats to Raul Perez and a 10-round thumping victory against the top competitor Federico Condori.

Santos Laciar Net Worth

Santos Laciar is one of the richest Boxer from Argentina. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Santos Laciar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Laciar began his professional career in his hometown on the 3rd of December in 1976 by knocking out Carlos Maliene in four rounds. After three more victories that were all knockouts Laciar was then faced by Alejandro Holguin, who held the fight to a 10-round draw making him the first boxer who faced Laciar and not be with a loss. After another three wins, He was again drawn in this fight, this time against Jose Ibiris, but in the next match the Brazilian was able to win his Cordoba state flyweight championship to Carlos Reyes Sosa in Villa Maria by a 12-round win. In 1977, he had four more victories with a knockout of six rounds in a rematch against Reyes Sosa.

In 1978, he was involved in 13 fights, which was an average of less than one fight every month. In 1978, among his fights was a rematch with Ibiris that ended in an ten-round decision victory for Laciar and two bouts against the favored Ramon Soria, which ended with a draw and Laciar’s debut loss with a 10-round loss and a bout against Luis Gerez, who drew with Laciar as well as the fight that Laciar won in his Buenos Aires debut, a 10-round decision victory against Angel Luis Fernandez.

In 1981, one day before his birthday, he beat Jose de la Cruz in Mar del Plata. He was already ranked number one by the WBA, and in March he flew to South Africa, where he beat Peter Mathebula on the 28th day of that month, by a knockout in seven rounds to become the world’s flyweight champion. After the retirement of Carlos Monzón in 1977 and Victor Galindez in 1978, (Galindez died in 1980 in an auto race accident), Argentina was in need of a world champion boxer, and Laciar became a national hero instantly.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Santos Ranked on the list of most popular Boxer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Argentina. Santos Laciar celebrates birthday on January 31 of every year.