Paulie Ayala boxer

Paulie Ayala boxer
bouts
38
won
35
lost
3
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
bantamweight
Debut
1992-11-27
Height
5′ 5½″/166cm
Reach
66″/168cm
Age
-
Born
1970-04-22
Death
-
Nationality
USA

Paul Anthony "Paulie" Ayala (born April 22, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2004. who held the NABF and WBA bantamweight titles, and the IBO super bantamweight title. In 1999 he was voted "Fighter of the Year" by The Ring magazine for his first bout against Johnny Tapia, which also won "Fight of the Year" honors.Ayala began his professional fighting career with a six-round decision win over Jaime Olvera on November 27, 1992. He had seven fights in 1993, including one against future NABO champion and world title challenger Jesse Magana. Ayala won all seven of those bouts, four by knockout. Magana was knocked out in the fourth round, after which Ayala went on to score wins over prospects Evgeny Novoselov and George Acevedo.In 1994, he won all four of his bouts, including one over veteran Lee Cargle. Cargle was knocked out by Ayala in round three. 1995 was a productive year for Ayala, who won all five of his fights, including his first regional championship bout. By defeating Mike Espinoza by knockout in three rounds at the Fort Worth Convention Center, Ayala claimed the NABF bantamweight title. He defended it twice before the end of the year, beating Mario Diaz and Sergio Millan, both by decision in 12 rounds.Ayala only had two fights in 1996, both of them successful defenses of his NABF title. In the first, he knocked out Roland Gomez in seven rounds but was forced to take a seven-month layoff due to a broken Hand. Returning to the ring in September, Ayala defeated Ivan Alvarez by decision in twelve to retain the NABF bantamweight title.He began 1997 by defeating Cuauhtemoc Gomez by decision in twelve, once again retaining his belt as the headliner at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Ayala won three more bouts that year, defeating heavy-handed puncher Nestor Lopez in a co-main event feature on an HBO pay-per-view card, headlining at The Orleans in Paradise, Nevada with a fifth-round knockout over Roberto Lopez to retain the NABF belt. This was followed by another HBO PPV appearance, in which Ayala won a unanimous decision against Ricardo Medina.At the beginning of 1998, Ayala was very close to a world championship bout. Fighting two more bouts, he received his first chance at a world title by becoming the mandatory contender for the WBC belt. Ayala then traveled to Japan to challenge WBC bantamweight champion Joichiro Tatsuyoshi on August 23. Ayala lost the fight by a sixth-round technical decision when the fight was stopped due to a cut. Tatsuyoshi came out fast in the opening rounds, but Ayala rallied back to win the fifth and sixth rounds unanimously. During the fight, an accidental clash of heads caused a cut and Ayala was docked 2 points. The fight was stopped in round seven due to the severity of the cut, sending the decision to the scorecards and thereby handing victory to Tatsuyoshi.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2004-06-19 Marco Antonio Barrera WWWWWL Home Depot Center, Carson LOST
Technical knockout
2003-11-14 Edel Ruiz LLLLWW Convention Center, Fort Worth WIN
Unanimous decision
2002-11-16 Erik Morales WWWWWL Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas LOST
Unanimous decision
2002-02-23 Clarence Adams WWWWWL Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2001-08-04 Clarence Adams WWWWWW Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Split-decision
2001-03-30 Hugo Dianzo WWWLWW Convention Center, Fort Worth WIN
Unanimous decision
2000-10-07 Johnny Tapia WWWLWW MGM Grand, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2000-03-04 Johnny Bredahl WWWWWW Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Majority decision
1999-10-23 Anupong Srisuk WWWWWW Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth WIN
Unanimous decision
1999-06-26 Johnny Tapia WWWWWW Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
1999-02-20 David Vasquez DLWWDL John Justin Arena, Fort Worth WIN
Unanimous decision
1998-11-14 Ivan Salazar WLLLLL County Coliseum, El Paso WIN
KO
1998-08-23 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi LWLWWW Arena, Yokohama LOST
1998-05-16 Antonio Ramirez LLLLLL Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
Technical knockout
1998-02-11 Elias Paulin LLLWLL Fort Worth WIN
KO
1997-09-13 Ricardo Medina LLLWWL Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
1997-08-08 Roberto Lopez WWWLLW Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1997-04-12 Nestor Lopez WWWLW Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
1997-01-11 Cuauhtemoc Gomez WWWLWL Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
1996-09-28 Ivan Alvarez LWWWL Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth WIN
Unanimous decision
1996-02-22 Roland Gomez LWWLLW Corpus Christi WIN
Technical knockout
1995-12-06 Jose Guadalupe Rangel WWDLLL Tarrant Co Convention Center, Fort Worth WIN
Technical knockout
1995-09-09 Sergio Millan WWLWWL Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth WIN
Unanimous decision
1995-06-20 Mario Diaz WWWWWL Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth WIN
Unanimous decision
1995-03-10 Miguel Espinoza DLWLLL Tarrant Co Convention Center, Fort Worth WIN
Technical knockout
1995-01-26 Juan Mendoza WDLWLL Expo Hall, Shreveport WIN
Unanimous decision
1994-12-02 Juan Francisco Soto LWLWLL Tarrant Co Convention Center, Fort Worth WIN
Unanimous decision
1994-08-23 Julian Flores LWLLLL Cowtown Coliseum, Fort Worth WIN
Unanimous decision
1994-04-16 Lee Cargle LWLLLL Country Palace, Moore WIN
Technical knockout
1994-02-17 Javier Diaz WLWDL Tarrant Co Convention Center, Fort Worth WIN
Unanimous decision
1993-12-09 George Acevedo WWWWWW Paramount Theatre, New York WIN
Points
1993-11-11 Enrique Gomez debut Tarrant Co Convention Center, Fort Worth WIN
Technical knockout
1993-10-13 Arturo Estrada WWWLLL Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio WIN
Unanimous decision
1993-08-28 Marcos Flores debut Gorman's Super Pro Gym, Fort Worth WIN
KO
1993-06-24 Evgeny Novoselov DWWWW Villa Roma Resort, Callicoon WIN
Unanimous decision
1993-04-02 Manuel Robles WL Dallas WIN
Technical knockout
1993-03-05 Armando Morado L Rocket Fiesta Palace, Dallas WIN
Technical knockout
1992-11-27 Jaime Olvera LLLWLW Dallas WIN
Points