Juan José Montes


Juan José Montes Valderrama is a Mexican professional boxer. He competes in the Super flyweight division and is the current WBC Youth World Super Flyweight Champion.

Pro career

Montes defeated Francisco Reyes for the second time in over a year to retain the WBC Continental Americas crown via a 12 round unanimous decision. On November 28, 2009, Montes beat contender Fernando Lumacad by a 10 round majority decision to win the WBC Youth World Super Flyweight title.
On October 2, 2010, Montes defeated Filipino Sylvester Lopez in a WBC Super Flyweight title eliminator bout. Montes knocked Lopez to the canvas in the first round. In the third round, Montes suffered a headbutt which caused a cut above his right eye and resulted in Lopez being deducted a point. The referee was ultimately forced to stop the bout in the fifth round due to the severity of the cut and Montes was awarded a unanimous technical decision.

WBC Super Flyweight Championship

In May, Montes will fight Tomás Rojas for the WBC Super Flyweight Championship.

Professional boxing record