Full Name: Fernando Montiel Martínez
Nickname: Cochulito
Weight Class: Bantamweight
Birthdate: March 1, 1979
Birthplace: Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Record: 44-3-2, 34 KOs
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5'4" / 163cm
Reach: 66½" / 169cm
Trainer: Manuel Montiel Sr.

Accomplishments

• WBC bantamweight world champion, one successful defense
• WBO bantamweight world champion, two succesful defensese
• Former two-time WBO jr. bantamweight world champion, eight successful defenses
• Former WBO flyweight world champion, three successful defenses

Biography

At the age of 31, Fernando is a 14-year pro. The WBC and WBO bantamweight world champion, he won the WBO title in March, 2009, and added the WBC title in April, 2010.

One of Mexico's best fighters, Fernando became only the fourth Mexican to win world titles in three different weight divisions. The others in that elite group are Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.

He is also a former two-time WBO jr. bantamweight world champion. Fernando won that title for the first time in June, 2002, and made one successful title defense before losing the title in August, 2003. He regained the title in April, 2005, and made seven more successful title defenses. He vacated the title to move up in weight. Fernando won the WBO flyweight world title December, 2000, and made three successful title defenses.

Fernando won the WBC bantamweight world title in his previoius fight on April 30 with a fourth-round TKO against defending champion Hozumi Hasegawa  in Tokyo.

Fernando's hometown of Los Mochis is home to several former world champions and nearly every fighter from Los Mochis has spent some time training in Montiel's gym at one time or another.

Fernando is experienced against top opposition, and has fought former world champions Hozumi Hasegawa (TKO4), Martin CastilloJhonny Gonzalez (L12), Ivan Hernandez (TKO7), Mark Johnson (L12), Ruben Sanchez (KO2), Pedro Alcazar (TKO6), Juan Cordoba (KO1), Isidro Garcia (TKO7), and Cruz Carvajal (TKO4). (TKO4),

Regarding his nickname, Fernando said, "My father's name is Manuel Jesus and when one of my aunts was real small, she couldn't pronounce it right. She called her brother 'Cochul,' and now all of his sons are called 'Cochulito.'"