Jorge Luján
| Jorge Luján | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Jorge Luján |
| Nickname(s) | Mocho |
| Rated at | Bantamweight |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
| Nationality | Panamanian |
| Born |
March 18, 1955 Colon, Panama |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 39 |
| Wins | 27 |
| Wins by KO | 16 |
| Losses | 9 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Jorge Luján (born March 18, 1955) is a Panamanian who was a professional boxer and fought many top-flight boxers and several champions during the 1970s and 1980s. Luján was the former Lineal and WBA Bantamweight world champion. He was managed by Aurelio Cortez.
Luján was born in Colon, and began his professional boxing career by knocking out one Baby San Blas III in one round on June 16, 1973, at Gimnasio Nuevo Panama (now Roberto Durán Arena).
Luján proceeded with another first-round knockout, this one of a fighter named Tranquita Brown. He ran a record of 4-0 with 2 knockouts and then met future Guty Espadas world title challenger Alex Santana, 0-1 at the time. He defeated Santana on January 19, 1974 by a second-round knockout at Gimnasio Neco de la Guardia in Panama City.
Luján then met Socrates Batoto, a boxer who had fought in seven countries and had challenged Betulio Gonzalez for his WBC world Flyweight title and who would later challenge Alfonso Zamora for his Lineal and WBA world Bantamweight title. Batoto was 15-3 with 6 knockouts. Luján knocked Batoto out in round six on July 20, 1974 at the Nuevo Panama gym.
Jorge Luján obtained three more wins, including one over 10-2-2 prospect John Cajina, before going against Reyes Arnal, who was 5-1-2 and who'd later on lose a close, 15 round split decision to Miguel Canto in a challenge for the Hall of Famer's WBC world Flyweight title. On June 21, 1975, Luján scored a fifth-round technical knockout win over Arnal.
Luján kept winning, beating his five next opponents, including 18-3-1 Juanito Herrera (not the Juan Herrera who won the WBA world Flyweight title), before meeting Gilberto Illueca, who ten months before had lost to Zamora in a world title try. Luján and Illueca, 25-4, fought on May 14, 1977, with Luján losing his condition as an undefeated boxer by a close, ten round majority decision, the two judges who voted against Luján deeming him loser by only one point each.
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