Oscar León


Oscar León Navas is a Colombian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2011. He challenged for the WBA featherweight title in 2003, as the WBA and WBC interim featherweight titles in 2003 and 2006, respectively.

Pro career

WBA Featherweight Championship

In 2003 Oscar lost two very disputed twelve round split-decisions to Derrick Gainer and Chris John for the WBA World Featherweight championship.

Interim WBC Featherweight Championship

On February 17, 2006 León was knocked out by Humberto Soto in the ninth round, for the WBC Featherweight championship.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
42Loss28–14Francisco FuentesKO4, 1:2919 Aug 2011Coliseo Miguel "Happy" Lora, Montería, Colombia
41Loss28–13Pablo César CanoSD1025 Jun 2010Auditorio Plaza Condesa, Mexico City, MexicoFor vacant NABF super lightweight title
40Loss28–12Vernon ParisUD627 Mar 2010Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
39Loss28–11Ed ParedesKO4, 0:514 Dec 2009La Covacha, Miami, Florida, U.S.
38Loss28–10Danny GarcíaTKO3, 2:5922 Aug 2009Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.