José Quirino (born 19 April 1968) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 1997.
[1] Quirino won the WBO super flyweight title by upsetting Puerto Rico's José Ruíz Matos in The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nevada.
[2] On September 4, 1992, he lost his championship against an undefeated Johnny Bredahl in a very disputed twelve-round decision, in Copenhagen.
José has losses to some of boxing's best fighters like Danny Romero, Michael Carbajal, Mark Johnson, Junior Jones, and Johnny Bredahl.
Quirino's son, José Jr., went 20–3–3 as a professional boxer before he was shot and killed in Tijuana in 2020.