Gustavo Ballas
Photograph of Ballas
Born	Gustavo Ballas (1958-02-10) February 10, 1958 (age 66) Villa María, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Other names	Mandrake
Statistics
Weight(s)	Super flyweight
Height	5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	120
Wins	105
Wins by KO	29
Losses	9
Draws	6
No contests	0

Gustavo Ballas (born February 10, 1958) is an Argentine retired super flyweight boxer who fought from 1976 until 1990. He retired with a record of 105 wins (29 KOs), 9 losses and 6 draws.

Ballas fought mainly in Argentina. In 1979 he managed to outpoint future multi champion Santos Benigno Laciar in what is a still remembered fight in Argentina^[1]

On September 12, 1981 he became the first ever WBA world super flyweight champion by defeating Sok-Chul Bae by TKO 8 in Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ballas lost the title on his next fight against Rafael Pedroza in Panama. He was unsuccessful on two other attempts at winning the super flyweight title, one from the WBA and another one for the WBC.

Although he fought as much as 120 times in his career, only 4 of those fights were outside of Argentina, losing all of those fights, 3 of them for a world title.

Ballas has had troubles after boxing with alcoholism and drug addiction. He was jailed once for robbery. After that he started recovering and has taken part of anti-drugs campaigns.^[2]

Professional boxing record

Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	105-9-6	José Luis Barrios	KO	6 (10)	1990-09-14	Chascomús, Buenos Aires
Draw	104-9-6	Raúl Ojeda	PTS	10	1990-09-07	Monte Maíz, Córdoba
Win	104-9-5	Sergio Andrés Carlevaris	PTS	10	1990-08-31	Trenque Lauquen, Buenos Aires
Draw	103-9-5	Luis Américo Díaz	PTS	10	1990-08-10	Cutral Có, Neuquén
Win	103-9-4	Luis Américo Díaz	PTS	10	1990-08-03	Daireaux, Buenos Aires
Win	102-9-4	José Luis Barrios	PTS	10	1990-07-13	Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos
Win	101-9-4	José Luis Barrios	PTS	10	1990-07-06	Pehuajó, Buenos Aires
Win	100-9-4	Luis Américo Díaz	PTS	10	1990-06-10	Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Win	99-9-4	Raúl Ojeda	PTS	10	1990-05-11	Laboulaye, Córdoba
Win	98-9-4	José Luis Barrios	PTS	10	1990-05-11	Las Flores, Buenos Aires
Loss	97-9-4	Joao Cardoso	RTD	5 (10)	1989-05-01	São Paulo, Brazil
Win	97-8-4	Raúl Ojeda	PTS	10	1989-03-10	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Loss	96-8-4	Ignacio Lindor Gorriti	KO	3 (10)	1989-01-07	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win	96-7-4	Raúl Ojeda	PTS	10	1988-12-16	Alberdi, Buenos Aires
Win	95-7-4	Jesús Antonio Moreno	TD	5 (10)	1988-11-26	Estadio F.A.B, Buenos Aires
Win	94-7-4	Raúl Ojeda	PTS	10	1988-11-11	Río Tercero, Córdoba
Win	93-7-4	Ramón Norberto Retamozo	PTS	12	1988-10-15	Pergamino, Buenos Aires	Won vacant Argentins super flyweight title
Win	92-7-4	Héctor Luis Patri	PTS	10	1988-10-15	Viedma, Río Negro
Win	91-7-4	Ramón Alfredo Carrizo	PTS	10	1988-07-16	Estadio F.A.B, Buenos Aires
Win	90-7-4	Ramón Alfredo Carrizo	PTS	10	1988-05-20	Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz
Loss	89-7-4	Sugar Baby Rojas	TKO	4 (12) 2:39	1987-10-24	Tamiani Fairgrounds Auditorium, Miami, Florida	For WBC World Super Flyweight title.
Win	89-6-4	José Rufino Narváez	PTS	10	1987-08-14	Villa María, Córdoba
Loss	88-6-4	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	10	1987-06-13	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	88-5-4	Eloy Alca	PTS	12	1987-05-15	San Juan, San Juan	Retained South American super flyweight title
Win	87-5-4	José Antonio Badilla	PTS	10	1987-04-10	La Rioja, La Rioja
Win	86-5-4	José Antonio Badilla	PTS	10	1987-03-21	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	85-5-4	Jaime Miranda	TKO	5 (10)	1987-02-06	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win	84-5-4	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	12	1986-12-06	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires	Retained South American super flyweight title
Win	83-5-4	Paulo Ribeiro	TKO	6 (12)	1986-11-14	Villa María, Córdoba	Won South American super flyweight title
Draw	82-5-4	Juan Carlos Cortés	PTS	10	1986-08-30	Córdoba, Córdoba
Win	82-5-3	Ramón Horacio Albers	PTS	10	1986-08-15	Concepción, Tucumán
Draw	81-5-3	Adrián Daniel Román	PTS	10	1986-07-11	Córdoba, Córdoba
Loss	81-5-2	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	12	1986-04-11	Salta, Salta	Lost Argentina super flyweight title
Win	81-4-2	Ramón Horacio Albers	PTS	10	1986-03-14	Justiniano Posse, Córdoba
Win	80-4-2	Patricio Jesús Gil	PTS	10	1986-02-28	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win	79-4-2	Ramón Horacio Albers	TKO	4 (10)	1985-12-13	Justiniano Posse, Córdoba
Win	78-4-2	Juan Carlos Cortés	PTS	12	1985-11-15	Villa María, Córdoba	Retained Argentina super flyweight title
Loss	77-4-2	Lucio Omar López	TKO	5 (10)	1985-06-08	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	77-3-2	Rubén Osvaldo Condori	PTS	10	1985-05-17	Villa María, Córdoba
Win	76-3-2	Guillermo Manríquez	TKO	7 (10)	1985-05-03	Mendoza
Draw	75-3-2	Juan Carlos Cortés	PTS	12	1985-03-09	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut	Retained Argentina super flyweight title
Win	75-3-1	Juan Alberto Ivalo	PTS	10	1985-02-15	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win	74-3-1	Luis Adolfo Jerez	KO	4 (10)	1985-02-15	Mendoza
Win	73-3-1	Rodolfo Rodríguez	PTS	10	1984-11-09	Mendoza
Win	72-3-1	José Rufino Narváez	PTS	10	1984-10-13	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	71-3-1	Félix Ramón Colman	PTS	12	1984-09-06	Mendoza	Retained Argentinean super flyweight title
Win	70-3-1	Juan Carlos Cortés	MD	12	1984-04-07	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires	Retained Argentinean super flyweight title
Win	69-3-1	Luis Adolfo Gerez	PTS	10	1984-03-16	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win	68-3-1	Juan Alberto Ivalo	RTD	7	1984-02-17	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Win	67-3-1	Luis Alberto Ocampo	PTS	12	1983-11-13	Posadas, Misiones	Won vacant Argentinean super flyweight title
Win	66-3-1	Alberto R. Pereyra	PTS	10	1983-09-16	Corrientes, Corrientes
Loss	65-3-1	Juan Carlos Cortés	PTS	10	1983-08-19	Córdoba, Córdoba
Win	65-2-1	Armando Brígido Romero	PTS	10	1983-07-15	Córdoba, Córdoba
Win	64-2-1	Luis Adolfo Gerez	TKO	2 (10)	1983-07-02	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	63-2-1	Roberto Rogelio Condori	PTS	10	1983-06-17	Rosario, Santa Fe
Win	62-2-1	Armando Brígido Romero	PTS	10	1983-06-03	Santa Rosa, La Pampa
Win	61-2-1	Félix Ramón Colman	PTS	10	1983-05-12	Posadas, Misiones
Win	60-2-1	Roberto Rogelio Condori	PTS	10	1983-04-15	San Juan, San Juan
Win	59-2-1	Raúl Cuevas	PTS	10	1983-03-05	San Luis, San Luis
Win	58-2-1	Adrián Daniel Román	PTS	10	1982-12-11	Buenos Aires
Loss	57-2-1	Jiro Watanabe	RTD	9 (15)	1982-07-29	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka	For WBA World super flyweight title
Win	57-1-1	Rodolfo Rodríguez	PTS	10	1982-05-22	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	56-1-1	José Froilán Nieva	KO	3 (10)	1982-05-07	Mendoza
Win	55-1-1	José Antonio Gómez	PTS	10	1982-04-23	San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán
Win	54-1-1	Héctor Ramón Barreto	TKO	10 (10)	1982-03-26	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Loss	53-1-1	Rafael Pedroza	SD	15	1981-12-05	Gimnasio Nueva Panama, Panama City	Lost WBA super flyweight title
Win	53-0-1	Sok-Chul Bae	TKO	8 (15)	1981-09-12	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires	Won Inaugural WBA super flyweight title
Win	52-0-1	Héctor Ramón Barreto	PTS	10	1981-08-14	Córdoba, Córdoba
Win	51-0-1	Roberto Rogelio Condori	TKO	9 (10)	1981-07-24	La Banda, Santiago del Estero
Win	50-0-1	Héctor Ramón Barreto	PTS	10	1981-06-27	San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán
Win	49-0-1	Luis Adolfo Gerez	PTS	10	1981-06-06	Córdoba, Cördoba
Win	48-0-1	Jackal Maruyama	TKO	11 (12)	1981-05-09	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	47-0-1	Félix Ramón Colman	PTS	10	1981-04-03	Córdoba, Córdoba
Win	46-0-1	Jaime Miranda	TKO	8 (10)	1981-03-21	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	45-0-1	Ramón Rodríguez	TKO	6 (10)	1981-03-06	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win	44-0-1	Jaime Miranda	PTS	10	1981-02-05	Villa María, Córdoba
Win	43-0-1	Jorge Vargas	KO	5 (10)	1981-01-23	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba
Win	42-0-1	Ramón Rodríguez	TKO	8 (10)	1980-12-11	Mendoza
Win	41-0-1	Alfonso López	PTS	10	1980-11-22	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	40-0-1	Rafael Pedroza	PTS	10	1980-10-04	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	39-0-1	Miguel Ángel Lazarte	PTS	10	1980-09-19	Mendoza
Win	38-0-1	Ramón Rodríguez	TKO	10	1980-09-05	Córdoba, Córdoba
Win	37-0-1	Héctor Velázquez	KO	2 (10)	1980-06-27	San Juan, San Juan
Win	36-0-1	Ramón Rodríguez	DQ	9 (10)	1980-06-06	Villa María, Córdoba
Win	35-0-1	Jorge Aguilar	PTS	10	1980-05-16	Mendoza
Win	34-0-1	Rodolfo Rodríguez	PTS	10	1980-04-19	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	33-0-1	Juan Aravena	TKO	7 (10)	1980-04-03	Villa María, Córdoba
Win	32-0-1	Rigoberto Marcano	PTS	10	1980-03-08	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	31-0-1	José Ricard	KO	6 (10)	1980-02-08	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Win	30-0-1	Miguel Ángel Lazarte	PTS	10	1979-12-06	Villa María, Córdoba
Win	29-0-1	John Meza	KO	3 (10)	1979-11-16	Mendoza
Win	28-0-1	Santos Laciar	PTS	10	1979-11-03	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	27-0-1	Paulo Ribeiro	TKO	8 (10)	1979-10-19	Mendoza
Win	26-0-1	Jose Cardozo	KO	3 (10)	1979-10-05	Villa María
Win	25-0-1	Hector Velazquez	PTS	10 (10)	1979-09-07	Villa María
Draw	24-0-1	Jose Rufino Narvaez	PTS	10 (10)	1979-08-24	Mendoza
Win	24-0	Carlos Huilli	KO	3 (10)	1979-07-06	Villa María
Win	23-0	Jose Luis Lopez	PTS	10 (10)	1979-05-03	Mendoza
Win	22-0	Esteban Apolinario Bustos	PTS	10 (10)	1979-04-18	Villa María
Win	21-0	Miguel Angel Lazarte	PTS	10 (10)	1979-02-02	Mar del Plata
Win	20-0	Angel Lois Fernandez	PTS	10 (10)	1978-12-16	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	19-0	Carlos Ramon Escalante	PTS	10 (10)	1978-11-03	Villa María
Win	18-0	Jose Roque Ibiris	PTS	10 (10)	1978-10-21	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires
Win	17-0	Juan Carlos Rios	PTS	10 (10)	1978-09-14	Villa María
Win	16-0	Angel Lois Fernandez	PTS	10 (10)	1978-09-01	Mendoza
Win	15-0	Luis Adolfo Gerez	PTS	10 (10)	1978-08-04	Villa María
Win	14-0	Hugo Jose Emer	PTS	10 (10)	1978-07-07	Villa María
Win	13-0	Hector Ramon Barreto	PTS	10 (10)	1978-05-12	Mendoza
Win	12-0	Enrique Hector Navarro	PTS	10 (10)	1978-04-21	Mendoza
Win	11-0	Reynaldo Romero	PTS	10 (10)	1978-04-07	Villa María
Win	10-0	Manuel Enrique Quinteros	KO	3 (10)	1977-12-20	Godoy Cruz
Win	9-0	Felipe Santiago Rojas	PTS	10 (10)	1977-12-02	Villa María
Win	8-0	Jose Martin Devia	RTD	5 (10)	1977-11-18	Mendoza
Win	7-0	Alberto Orlando Martin	PTS	10 (10)	1977-11-04	Villa María
Win	6-0	Hector Hugo Lopez	PTS	8 (8)	1977-10-07	Mendoza
Win	5-0	Rodolfo Trujillo	TKO	2 (8)	1977-09-02	Mendoza
Win	4-0	Carlos Ramon Baez	PTS	8 (8)	1977-08-12	Mendoza
Win	3-0	Manuel Enrique Quinteros	PTS	8 (8)	1977-07-15	Mendoza
Win	2-0	Felix Humberto Ruarte	PTS	6 (6)	1977-04-27	Mendoza
Win	1-0	Raul Anchagna	TKO	5 (6)	1976-12-01	Mendoza