Jesus Cuellar

Professional career

Cuellar was trained by former world champion and 2012 Trainer of the Year, Robert García.

Cuellar vs. Marrero On 23 August 2013, Cuellar defeated Claudio Marrero for the WBA interim featherweight title, in a close fight. Cuellar was the more aggressive fighter and scored a knockdown in the 6th round.

Cuellar vs. Mares On 10 December 2016, Cuellar defended his WBA (Regular) featherweight title against Abner Mares who was ranked #6 by the WBA at featherweight. Mares defeated Cuellar via split decision, scoring 117–110, 116-111 and 112–115 on the scorecards.

Cuellar vs. Davis After coming off his third loss and 2 years of layoff, Cuellar returned to the ring against Gervonta Davis. On 5 March 2018, the fight was finalized for the vacant WBA (Regular) super featherweight title. And for the fight Cuellar had to move up from featherweight to super featherweight. Prior to the fight, Alberto Machado, the WBA (Super) champion at the same weight class, was inexplicably downgraded to 'Regular' champion, and the Davis-Cuellar fight was upgraded to be for Machado's WBA (Super) super featherweight title. On 21 April 2018, Davis knocked Cuellar down three times en route to a third-round knockout win.

Cuellar vs. Fortuna On 2 November 2019, Cuellar faced Javier Fortuna. Cuellar suffered his fourth loss as Fortuna dominated and dropped him twice en route to a second-round knockout win.

Professional boxing record