Francisco Bojado

Francisco Bojado is professional boxer in the United States. He was born on May 11, 1983 in Guadalajara, Mexico, but his family moved to the States when he was three.

His impressive amateur career landed him a spot in the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. He represented his native country of Mexico, but he lost in the qualifying rounds. After returning from the games, he was already interested in becoming a professional boxer. His record as an amateur was 168 wins and 15 losses.

Francisco’s early professional career was managed by Shelly Finkel, the same manager of top fighters like Tyson and Holyfield. Finkel was able to land Bojado a deal for several fights to be shown in cable’s Showtime channel.

His professional boxing debut was on January 13, 2001, against Derrick Castor at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. He was able to knock out Castor in the second round. He then continued winning by way of knockout against eight more fighters. Among his victims were Eleazar Contreras, Mauro Lucero, and Glenn Forde. However, on February 2002, he lost to Juan Carlos Rubio through points.

Francisco won four more fights before getting a rematch with Rubio in November of 2003. The match was for the vacant continental WBC and IBA light welterweight title. This time, it was Francisco’s turn to defeat Rubio by decision.

Afterwards, he defeated Emmanuel Clottey and Andre Eason. He lost the second time around to Jesse James Lejia on a split decision.

Bojado then signed a promotional deal with Golden Boy Promotions by April 2007. He even appeared as Oscar de la Hoya’s sparring partner in the popular HBO boxing series, 24/7.

He came back to the ring in May 2007 and won a unanimous decision against Dairo Esalas. His last known fight was a split decision loss against Steve Forbes in October of the same year.