Alexander Muñoz

Alexander Muñoz, born February 8, 1979, is a Venezuelan professional boxer who held the WBA super flyweight title twice, from 2002 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2008, and challenged for the WBA bantamweight title in 2010. His strong punching power earned him the nickname El Explosivo, and 79 percent of his wins have come by knockout. He had an outstanding amateur career of 163 wins, 9 losses and 129 knockouts in 172 bouts, turned professional in 1998 and won the title in 2002 with an eighth-round TKO of Celes Kobayashi. He defended it three times before losing a split decision to Martín Castillo on December 3, 2004, regained it on May 3, 2007 by unanimous decision over Nobuo Nashiro, and lost a unification bout to the WBC champion Cristian Mijares on May 17, 2008.