Hector Carrasquilla ~ 'Panamanian Wunderkind'

[Bill Paxtom]

Hector Carrasquilla

Was Managed by Rodolfo Siaro.

By June 1977,

Hector Carrasquilla was voted as Panama's '2nd' Most Favorite Athlete, behind
World Lightweight Champion - Roberto Duran.

And was named, Central America's Most Exciting Young Boxer.

Hector was only Age; {17 years, 1 month}

[Master]

He was interesting but got beat by Soo-Hwan Hong

[Bill Paxtom]

Hector Carrasquilla

Was being 'groomed' for the newly created WBA Super-Bantamweight Division,
to be insituted with ratings in July 1977.

At the time, Hector was only {17 years, 2 months} old.

The opposing WBC had already set the 122 lb. Division in motion.

[Bill Paxtom]

The '1st' WBA Ratings for their new Super-Bantamweight Division

July 1977

#1 - Soo-Hwan Hong
#2 - Jesus Esparragoza
#3 - Hector Carrasquilla
#4 - Futaro Tanaka
#5 - Ruben Valdez
#6 - Jose Cervantes
#7 - Dong-Kyun Kim
#8 - Yu Kasahara
#9 - Nestor 'Baba' Jiminez
#10 - Shuzo Yoshida
#11 - Ricardo Cardona
#12 - Gilberto Illueca

[EL DINAMITA]

When I think of carasquilla, Soo Hwan Hong is the first and only thing that comes to mind.. It is pretty sad how he will be known as a young fighter who got KTFO by an old fighter in Hong..

That fight was straight up like a movie and Hong became a hero in Korea with that victory...

I remember listening to Hong's interview that took place shortly after that bout and he said that he was so embarrassed after getting beat up in front of his family which ignited a fire in his belly. He reminded himself in the corner that he would go out guns blazing rather than getting humiliated by this young cat.

Hong owns Carasquilla..

Btw, Hong has a son living in LA who is my age and dude is a druggie..

[Bill Paxtom]

Hector Carrasquilla

A 5' 8" tall and lean, explosive machine.

Some compared Hector to a young Alexis Arguello. Explosive power,
but with more speed.

By July 1977, Hecto only had '10' Professional bouts, but had won them
all by impressive Knockouts.

By August 1977, the WBA then set up '4' of their top ranking {122 lb.}
fighters to meet in Elimination bouts.

#1 ~ Soo-Hwan Hong was to face off against #4 ~ Futaro Tanaka

And, #3 ~ Hector Carrasquilla was to take on #2 ~ Jesus Esparragoza.

[Bill Paxtom]

Saturday ~ August 27, 1977

Roberto Clemente Stadium ~ San Juan, Puerto Rico

Main Event;
WBA Super-Feathwerweight Championship > Samuel Serrano vs. Apollo Yoshio

Undercard;
WBA Super-Bantamweight Eliminator > Jesus Esparragoza vs. Hector Carrasquilla

Preliminary;
Super-Feathwerweight bout > Alexis Arguello vs. Benjamin Ortiz
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#2 Jesus Esparragoza {Venezuela} ~ 19-0-0 {15 KO's} ~ 5' 6" ~ 121 1/2 lbs.
vs.
#3 Hector Carrasquilla {Panama} ~ 10-0-0 {10 KO's} ~ 5' 8" ~ 122 lbs.

'Pre-Fight Skinny'

Jesus Esparragoza {Age; 21 years, 10 months} is a power-pack fighter, who
comes straight in at his opponents and slams away with vicious body punches.

A 3-year Professional, Jesus is highly-touted and is slighty favored in this
12-Round WBA Elimination bout.

Jesus scored his biggest win by destroying {KO 2} #7 WBC-ranked - Raul Tirado
back on March 6, 1977.

Jesus has also defeated quality opponents in;
* W Dec 10 > Carlos Osorio
* W Dec 10 > Tarcisio Gomez
* W Dec 10 > Sigifredo Moreno
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Hector Carrasquilla {Age; 17 years, 3 months} is the 'Panamanian Wunderkind'.

A tall and lean fast-handed fighter, with unreal and expolosive power in his fists.

The youngster has only been a Professional for 16-Months, but has already been
proclaimed as a future great fighter, despite never facing a World-Class opponent.

In Hector's 10-Bouts, he has KO'd his opponent in either the 1st or 2nd Round in
'9' of the bouts, and scored a 7th Round TKO in the other.

He has only '25-Rounds' of Professional Ring experience.