STEVEN LUEVANO has retired from boxing...

...and he was #5 ranking (Ring Magazine) 1. Chris John Country: Indonesia Record: 43-0-2 (22 KOs)Ranking: This Week: #1 | Last Week: #1 | Weeks On List: 316 Titles: WBA 2. Juan Manuel Lopez Country: Puerto Rico Record: 29-0-0 (26 KOs)Ranking: This Week: #2 | Last Week: #2 | Weeks On List: 30 Titles: WBO 3. Orlando Salido Country: Mexico Record: 34-10-2 (22 KOs)Ranking: This Week: #3 | Last Week: #3 | Weeks On List: 14 4. Cristobal Cruz Country: Mexico Record: 39-12-2 (23 KOs)Ranking: This Week: #4 | Last Week: #4 | Weeks On List: 95 Titles: IBF 5. Steven Luevano Country: USA (La Puente, Calif.) Record: 37-2-1 (15 KOs)Ranking: This Week: #5 | Last Week: #5 | Weeks On List: 162 6. Yuriorkis Gamboa Country: USA (Miami, Fla.) Record: 18-0-0 (15 KOs)Ranking: This Week: #6 | Last Week: #6 | Weeks On List: 69 7. Elio Rojas Country: USA (Brooklyn, New York) Record: 21-1-0 (13 KOs)Ranking: This Week: #7 | Last Week: #7 | Weeks On List: 57 Titles: WBC 8. Daniel Ponce De Leon Country: Mexico Record: 39-2-0 (32 KOs)Ranking: This Week: #8 | Last Week: #8 | Weeks On List: 26 9. Bernabe Concepcion Country: Philippines (Binangonan, Rizal) Record: 28-4-1 (15 KOs)Ranking: This Week: #9 | Last Week: #9 | Weeks On List: 27 10. Rafael Marquez Country: Mexico Record: 39-5-0 (35 KOs)Ranking: This Week: #10 | Last Week: #10 | Weeks On List: 13

Comments (20)

joe_strong

i thought he was pretty good but lacked power,which hurt him in a couple fights.hes only lost twice but the draw was a favorable decision.

15y ago

blaze778

He was actually a pretty good fighter. He didn't have much power, but he didn't seem to really sit down on his punches. But he had good defense so that was actually a pretty good win for Lopez since he was only man to stop Luevano. The other other thing seemed to lack was desire and killer instinct, like Chad Dawson. He was no where near as skilled or athletic as Dawson, but he put on some pretty entertaining fights when he faced a tough opponent who pressured him like Santiago and "Turdsack", lol. Kellerman said Luevano wasn't even a fan or had much interest in boxing outside of making a living and support his family. I am sure he made some good money opening up for Pacquiao fights, but now he can chill and play all the video games he wants and spend time with his family.

15y ago

Gorilla_Dogs

dont let the door hit ya... lmfao nice one. made me laugh haha :haha:

15y ago

Scott9945

He sucked and he never beat an elite fighter in his entire career. Why is he getting praise? Because he was better than 98% of the others who try to box professionally. If you can't praise the guy, at least respect him.

15y ago

ELHURACAN58

Proof he was a light punching bum and the Ricans praise him as one of Lopez's so called great wins. Will you look at that! Three of the top 10 fighters have been beaten by Lopez. Marquez will soon make it 4.

15y ago

Iceta_Lives

He sucked and he never beat an elite fighter in his entire career. Why is he getting praise?

15y ago

ghost_deini

no great loss to the sport if you ask me a guy with no passion for it shouldn't do it there are easier ways to make a living then getting beat up that's for sure

15y ago

Silencers

Well that's surprising, he was a pretty good fighter. I know he was making a pretty good living fighting on undercards on a regular basis so maybe he saved up enough to get out of the sport now and do something else. He's had a good career. Kind of weird though considering I read that he started training for a comeback not that long ago, maybe he felt like he didn't have it anymore or something, his style depended quite a bit on reflexes.

15y ago

Scott9945

People forgot that even though he won the Concepcion match (by DQ), he was knocked out cold. After the Juanma fight he probably has nothing left.

15y ago

2501

He was a good fighter. No reason to hate on him. hope he has a great life.

15y ago

johncods

I hope it's not due to health issues..

15y ago

el_malo2039

juanma ruined him :boxing:

15y ago

Steward

Wasn't it a case of him just not enjoying the sport? I remember during the Lopez fight Lampley said something about him just enjoying playing his playstation and hanging about. It may be too difficult for him to get the motivation when it was barely there in the first place.

15y ago

BG_Knocc_Out

Sad, he was one of the pure boxers of the sport. How in the hell is De Leon higher than Marquez? How the hell is De Leon even ranked #8?

15y ago

Aut_72

Proof he was a light punching bum and the Ricans praise him as one of Lopez's so called great wins. I feel sorry for you...

15y ago

Willie_Beamen

He'll be back.For him to retire out of the blue there must have been some medical reason as to why, he does come off as being fragile to me.

15y ago

Sugar_Freddi

He'll be back.

15y ago

Willie_Beamen

Proof he was a light punching bum and the Ricans praise him as one of Lopez's so called great wins.I just lurk the forums most of the time but why do you always have something negative to say about Puerto Ricans?.......You have some deep rooted issues you need to sort out. But as far as the thread subject goes, I guess its better to retire to early rather than too late, Luevano was a good solid fighter who won a trinket so credit to him if he feels the need to retire.

15y ago

cubano11

Former WBO Featherweight World Champion Steve Luevano has retired from Boxing according to his manager Cameron Dunkin who said the decision was made late last night. Luevano 29, finishes with a 37-2-1(15) record. He held the title from July 2007 when he claimed the belt on the road in England scoring an impressive eleventh round stoppage over local hero Nicky Cook. He went on to make 5 successful defence’s before losing his crown to JuanMa Lopez in February. Over the summer Luevano was let go from his contract with Top Rank who had promoted him for his entire career. It’s not known what Luevano intends to do next but on behalf of spam.com congratulations on a great career Steven enjoy retirement.

15y ago

The_Underboss

Steven Luevano retires Former WBO Featherweight World Champion Steve Luevano has retired from Boxing according to his manager Cameron Dunkin who said the decision was made late last night. Luevano 29, finishes with a 37-2-1(15) record. http://www.15rounds.com/steven-luevano-retires-081910/

15y ago