# Alberto Melián

Alberto Ezequiel Melián (born 2 January 1990) is an Argentinian boxer.

## Amateur career

Melián reached the final of the 2010 South American Games at light flyweight, but lost to Oscar Negrete. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was defeated in the preliminary round of the men's bantamweight tournament by Sergey Vodopyanov, 5-12. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he again participated in the men's bantamweight tournament, winning his first two bouts but losing to Murodjon Akhmadaliev by technical knockout in the quarter-finals. Among Melian's outstanding amateur victories were wins over Cuban Olympic champion Robeisy Ramírez and Frenchman Khedafi Djelkhir, Olympic silver medalist in Beijing 2008 and APB Series World Champion. In 2014, Melián was awarded the "Firpo de Oro" as the best boxer in the country, amateur or professional, by the Boxing´s Journalist Union of Argentina (UPERBOX). He expects to compete for a world title before his tenth professional fight.

## Professional career

Melián made his professional debut in December 2017 against former world title challenger Diego Santillan. Considered by several experts as the best Argentine amateur boxer of the last decade, Melian represented Argentina in numerous international tournaments, including double Olympic participation at the Olympic Games in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. After knocking out the former world title contender Diego Ricardo Santillan in the fifth round in his debut (who entered the ring at 23-2), Melian received the challenge of Aristule, who was present at ringside. Melian accepted the challenge, but asked Aristule to put his national title on the line.

## Professional boxing record

| 14 fights | 11 wins | 2 losses |
| By knockout | 7 | 0 |
| By decision | 4 | 2 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 14 | Win | 11–2–1 | Johan Segura | TKO | 9 (10), 1:46 | 10 Mar 2023 | Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Retained WBO Latino featherweight title; Won vacant IBF Latino featherweight title |
| 13 | Win | 10–2–1 | Carlos Henrique Rodrigues da Silva | KO | 6 (10) | 12 Nov 2022 | Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Won vacant WBO Latino featherweight title |
| 12 | Draw | 9–2–1 | Alan Isaias Luques Castillo | SD | 10 | 15 Apr 2022 | Casino Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | For vacant IBF Latino featherweight title |
| 11 | Win | 9–2 | Frency Fortunato Saya | UD | 10 | 27 Mar 2021 | Club Atletico Lanus, Lanus, Argentina | Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental featherweight title |
| 10 | Win | 8–2 | Luis Fernando Molina | TKO | 9 (10) | 12 Feb 2021 | Microestadio Municipal, Hurlingham, Argentina | Won vacant WBA Fedebol super bantamweight title |
| 9 | Win | 7–2 | Martin Orlando Rocha | UD | 6 | 11 Dec 2020 | Microestadio Municipal de Garín, Garín, Argentina | |
| 8 | Loss | 6–2 | Oscar Negrete | UD | 10 | 6 Feb 2020 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S. | For WBA International bantamweight title |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Juan Kantun | KO | 2 (8), 1:36 | 23 Nov 2019 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S. | |
| 6 | Loss | 5–1 | Leonardo Baez | UD | 10 | 18 Jul 2019 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S. | Lost NABA super bantamweight title |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Isaac Zarate | UD | 10 | 26 Apr 2019 | Kia Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S. | Retained NABA super bantamweight title |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Edgar Ortega | TKO | 10 (10), 1:33 | 26 Jan 2019 | Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, U.S. | Won vacant NABA super bantamweight title |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Sergio Sosa | UD | 10 | 26 May 2018 | Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Julian Evaristo Aristule | TKO | 8 (10), 0:15 | 17 Mar 2018 | Club Social y Deportivo Comercio, Villa Dolores, Argentina | Won Argentina (FAB) super bantamweight title |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Diego Santillan | KO | 5 (8) | 12 Dec 2017 | Estadio F.A.B, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |