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Argentine boxer
A.K.A.
Pedro Decima
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Birth:
10 March 1964
The details
Biography
Introduction
Pedro Ruben Decima (born March 10, 1964 in Villa Benjamín Aráoz, Tucuman) is a former professional boxer from Argentina.
Amateur career
As an amateur Decima represented Argentina as a bantamweight at the 1984 Olympic Games. His results were:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Tshoza Mukuta (Zaire) 5-0
- Defeated Çemal Öner (Turkey) 4-1
- Lost to Dale Walters (Canada) 0-5
Pro Boxing Career
Decima turned pro in 1984 and captured the WBC super bantamweight title with an upset TKO win over Paul Banke in 1990, a fight in which Banke was knocked down three times in the 4th round. He lost the belt in his first defense to Kiyoshi Hatanaka in 1991 and retired in 1993.
At his age, he works as a public boxer trainer in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Professional boxing record
| 31 Wins (21 knockouts), 4 Loss | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd.,Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| Win | 31-4 |  Almir Fernandes de Oliveira | TKO | 5 (10) | 1993-10-23 |  Buenos Aires | |
| Win | 30-4 |  Luis Alberto Vargas | PTS | 8 (8) | 1993-07-10 | Club Defensores de Villa Luján, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán | |
| NC | 29-4 | Sergio Atilio Martinez | NC | 3 (10) | 1993-04-10 | Estadio Super Domo, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | |
| Loss | 29-4 |  Rudy Zavala | TKO | 6 (10) | 1992-06-19 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |
| Win | 29-3 | Roberto Schonning | TKO | 4 (10) | 1992-05-23 | Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina | |
| Win | 28-3 | Cirilo Ramon Figueredo | DQ | 4 (10) | 1992-01-31 | Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Win | 27-3 | Hugo Escudero | KO | 3 (8) | 1991-12-21 | Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina | |
| Loss | 26-3 |  Kiyoshi Hatanaka | TKO | 8 (12) | 1991-02-03 | Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | Loss WBC Super Bantamweight title |
| Win | 26-2 | Paul Banke | TKO | 4 (12) | 1990-11-05 | Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, USA | Won WBC Super Bantamweight title |
| Win | 25-2 |  Pedro Villegas | MD | 10 | 1990-05-18 | Buenos Aires | |
| Win | 24-2 | Hugo Roberto Villarruel | KO | 6 (10) | 1990-01-19 | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | |
| Win | 23-2 | Joe Orewa | UD | 10 | 1989-07-14 | Riviera Club, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Win | 22-2 | Tony Pruitt | TKO | 1 (10) | 1989-03-10 | Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, Florida | |
| Win | 21-2 |  Julian Solis | UD | 10 | 1989-01-17 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Win | 20-2 | Robert Shannon | RTD | 4 (10) | 1988-12-09 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Loss | 19-2 | Louie Espinoza | TKO | 8 (10) | 1988-09-16 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Win | 19-1 | Jesse Benavides | TKO | 3 (10) | 1988-07-28 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Win | 18-1 | Allan Makitoki | KO | 2 (10) | 1988-05-27 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Win | 17-1 | Carlos Alberto Laciar | RTD | 8 (12) | 1987-10-03 | Buenos Aires | Retained Argentina super bantamweight title |
| Win | 16-1 | Raúl Gómez | PTS | 10 | 1987-08-15 | Estadio F.A.B, Buenos Aires | |
| Win | 15-1 | Ramón Antonio Domínguez | TKO | 3 (12) | 1987-01-16 | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | Won Argentina super bantamweight title |
| Loss | 14-1 | Ramón Balbino Soria | UD | 10 | 1986-11-14 | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires | |