“El Indio”: The Record behind the Record
　
The issue of deceptive records is a global phenomenon as well. As one of a multitude of examples, let’s look at the interesting record of Feliciano “El Indio de Oro” Ledezma who fights out of Paraguay. This bantam weight has an eye popping slate of 72 (KO 61) - 12 (KO - in 88 outings. Ledezma has a chill factor (“excitement factor”) of 78%. He gets you or you get him. The problem is that with almost mathematical certainty, he gets “gotten” when he steps up, and does the “getting” when he steps down.
　
El Indio was KOd by Simphiwe Nongqayi in August 2007 in a bid for the WBF super flyweight title. He has since won three fights, all by knockouts. Two were over Walter “El Coyote” Satler, now 0-7. In fact, of the Coyote’s seven career defeats, four have come at the hands of “El Indio.” The combined record of his last three opponents is 0-32. Ledezma has also taken a liking to Arnaldo “Polvorita” Orrabalis, also from Paraguay. Ledezma has beaten Polvorita, 2-23-2, seven times. He also stopped Argentineans Enrique “Chirolita” Ocampo, 0-27 (KO 17)-2, twice. El Indio also found time to dispatch the Brazilian Jose Carlos Amaral twice. Jose, fighting since 1993, currently has a record of 1-52 with 29 losses coming by way of knockout. That’s 1-52!

However, when Ledezma fights better opposition, he gets into big time trouble. Tough “Rocky” Medina, 30-1, iced him twice. In fact, the last time he beat a fighter with a winning record was in December 2003 when he KOd Erich “Chispita” Franco, then 14-8-1. In 2002, he stopped Julio Cesar Garibaldi, 1-0. In 2001, he beat Bolivian “Sugar” Castro, 4-2-3. In 2000, he stopped Argentinean Julio “Clerico” Oliva in 25 seconds of the first round. Maybe his career best came in a SD loss to Argentinean Juan Domingo “Panza” Cordoba, 33-5-3 in a 2001 fight held in Mendoza, Argentina. Ledezma was 49-1-2 coming in. On March 15, 2008, he again down and stopped Basilio “El Mono” Mendiola in the second round. It was his fourth win over the hapless “El Mono” who now has an alarming record of 0-20 (KO 1. But then on May 9, 2008, he stepped up against Franklin Teran, 25-2, and was stopped in the 4rth round in Galicia, Spain.

Point: Don't take too much from Steve's win. It was a walk over.