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Jose Cuevas (born December 27, 1957) is a
Mexico|Mexican former world champion Boxing|boxer.

Cuevas won the World Boxing Association|WBA
welterweight title from Angel Espada via
Knockout|KO in 1976 in sports|1976 and made 10
successful defenses against Billy Backus, Pete
Ranzany, Harold Volbrecht, Clyde Gray, and Scott
Clark, along with two rematches with Espada.
Cuevas finally lost his title in 1980 in
sports|1980 to the up-and-coming hometown hero
Thomas Hearns in Detroit. Hearns knocked him out
in the second round. After that, perhaps the only
really notable opponent he had was Roberto Duran,
who stopped him in the fourth round in the spring
of 1983 in sports|1983. He also lost to former
world title challenger Jun Sok-Hwang and future or
former world champions Jorge Vaca and Lupe Aquino
before finally retiring in 1989.

Cuevas is the owner of a restaurant and a security
company in Mexico City, Mexico|Mexico City. At one
point of his career, he was also the owner of a
famous sports and luxury car collection, and he
was one of the first boxers to model a golden
tooth. Most people probably know him for his
nickname Pipino, which is far more used to refer
to him than Jose by fight commentators and
magazine writers.

He ran into trouble with the law in 2001 when he
was accused of racketeering in Mexico, in
connection with a Mexican mayor. But he was
declared innocent in 2002.

Also in 2002, Cuevas became a member of the
International Boxing Hall of Fame. 

His record as a boxer was of 35 wins and 15
losses, with 31 wins by knockout.