Miguel Iriarte is a Panamanian former professional boxer who, on October 27, 1982, challenged American Jeff Chandler for the American's WBA's world Bantamweight championship, losing to the International Boxing Hall of Famer by a ninth-round technical knockout, at the Resorts International Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.
[1] Apart from his unsuccessful challenge of Chandler, Iriarte also fought the likes of the then future WBA world Junior-Bantamweight champion Rafael Pedroza and future WBA world Super-Bantamweight title challenger, Chile's Benito Badilla, beating Pedroza by ten rounds unanimous points decision on August 30, 1980 in Colon,[2] but losing to Badilla in what was Iriarte's last professional boxing contest, by seventh-round technical knockout on Saturday, November 17, 1984, also in Colon.
[3] Iriarte retired with a record of 12 wins along with 4 losses and 1 draw (tie), in seventeen professional boxing matches, with 8 wins and 2 losses by way of knockout.
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