Miguel Román

Miguel Román
Miguel Román
Born	Luis Miguel Román Portillo; 14 November 1985 (age 39); Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Other names	Mickey
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Super bantamweight; Featherweight; Super featherweight; Lightweight;
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Reach	67 in (170 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	77
Wins	64
Wins by KO	48
Losses	14
Draws	0
No contests	0

Miguel Román (born 14 November 1985) is a Mexican professional boxer.

Professional career

On March 12, 2011 he lost to Jonathan Victor Barros for the WBA Featherweight belt.^[1]

On January 28, 2017 in a Fight-of-the-Year candidate he had his 18 fight win streak snapped by Takashi Miura in a title eliminator for the WBC super featherweight title. He was knocked out in the 12th round of the fight.^[2]

On December 9, 2017 Miguel faced fellow battle hardened Mexican warrior Orlando Salido. Roman dropped Salido three times — in Rounds 4, 8 and 9 — en route to a ninth-round mercy stoppage by referee Robert Byrd. However, right up until the end came at 1:43 of Round 9, the 37-year-old war horse gave as good as he got in the kind of back-and-forth slugfest that he has become known for.

On November 3, 2018, Roman challenged Miguel Berchelt for his WBC super featherweight belt, in what was Berchelt's third title defense. Roman was at the top of his game throughout the fight, but just wasn't able to match Berchelt's size, power and skill. Berchelt dropped Roman three times throughout the fight, but despite that Roman kept going forward, even taunting Berchet at one point to come forward. However, in the ninth round, after the third time Vazquez was dropped, the referee had seen enough and the fight was stopped.^[3]

He bounced back from the loss by defeating Ramiro Blanco via a twelve-round unanimous decision.^[4]

In his next fight, Roman faced fellow Mexican Tomas Rojas. In a very entertaining and fast-paced fight, both fighters didn't take a step back and gave the fans a real show. Roman was aggressive and hurting Rojas throughout the fight, but Rojas did his fair share of damage on Roman too. In the end, Roman's aggression was sufficient for all three judges to name him the winner, 117-111, 117-112 and 116-112.^[5]^[6]

Professional boxing record

76 fights	63 wins	13 losses
By knockout	48	3
By decision	14	10
By disqualification	1	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
75	Win	62–13	Tomás Rojas	UD	12	Sep 7, 2019	Gimnasio Municipal "Jose Neri Santos", Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
74	Win	61–13	Ramiro Blanco	UD	12	Mar 23, 2019	Gimnasio Municipal "Jose Neri Santos", Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
73	Loss	60–13	Miguel Berchelt	TKO	9 (12), 2:58	Nov 3, 2018	Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, U.S.	For WBC super featherweight title
72	Win	60–12	Michel Marcano	KO	2 (12), 1:35	Jun 23, 2018	Fería de Juárez, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
71	Win	59–12	Aristides Pérez	KO	4 (10), 2:36	Feb 10, 2018	Gimnasio Municipal "Jose Neri Santos", Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
70	Win	58–12	Orlando Salido	TKO	9 (10), 1:43	Dec 9, 2017	Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
69	Win	57–12	Nery Saguilán	TKO	12 (12), 1:10	Jun 24, 2017	Gimnasio Municipal "Jose Neri Santos", Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
68	Loss	56–12	Takashi Miura	KO	12 (12), 0:53	Jan 28, 2017	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
67	Win	56–11	Jerope Mercado	TKO	3 (10), 1:10	Jul 9, 2016	Arena José Sulaimán, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
66	Win	55–11	Juli Giner	TKO	8 (12), 0:29	Apr 1, 2016	Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain