World Boxing Association featherweight champion, 1974-77. World Boxing Council super featherweight champion, 1978-80. World Boxing Council Lightweight champion, 1981-83. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 1992. Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame, 1991. Elected Vice-Mayor of Managua, Nicaragua in October of 2004 for the FSLN Sandinista Party
