Armando Santos Marcelo (born 25 May 1988) is a Mexican professional
boxer who won the
NABFflyweight title in 2013.
Professional career
Santos rose to prominence with an initial 7-1 record, mostly fighting in his hometown
Mexico City. He then traveled to
Tokyo, where he lost by unanimous decision to future
WBC and
The Ringflyweight champion
Toshiyuki Igarashi on November 6, 2010.
His next tough loss came on June 17, 2011, where he lost by UD against
Carlos Cuadras, coincidentally a future
WBCsuper flyweight champion himself.
Santos won his next two fights, and subsequently received his first title shot. He knocked Herald Molina out in the second round on May 25, 2013 in
León, Guanajuato for the vacant
NABFflyweight championship.[1]
He won the minor
WBC–USNBC flyweight title three months later in
Toluca, when he defeated Roilo Golez by UD.[2]
Santos also captured the
IBF International flyweight title in February 2014, after beating the
EBUflyweight champion,
Silviu Olteanu by majority decision in
Mexico City.[3]