Rodrigo Valdez

Career, Record, Stats
Rodrigo Valdez

Rodrigo Valdez (Rocky) was a Colombian professional boxer. He was a middleweight world champion with 4 world-title wins. In a career spanning 17 years, 1 month, and 3 days, Valdez amassed a record of 63-8-2, which includes 43 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Rodrigo Valdez' Boxing Career

Rodrigo Valdez was born in Cartagena, Colombia on February 22, 1946. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on October 25, 1963 against Orlando Pineda. Valdez defeated Pineda via 4 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Valdez became a world champion at the age of 28 after 56 professional fights. He challenged Bennie Briscoe for the vacant WBC middleweight title and stopped Briscoe in the 7th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the WBA and The Ring middleweight world titles as well — and undisputed at middleweight.

Valdez' last fight was a 1st-round TKO victory over Gilberto Almonte at age 34, on November 28, 1980.

Some of Rodrigo Valdez' best fights were against Bennie Briscoe, Nessim Max Cohen, Ramón Mendez, Gratien Tonna, and Bennie Briscoe. For a complete list of Valdez' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Rodrigo Valdez".

Valdez has 8 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Rodrigo Valdez Losses".

Rodrigo Valdez' Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
73
Nov 28, 1980 34 generic fighter pic Gilberto Almonte
win
TKO
1
72
May 14, 1980 34 generic fighter pic Charles Hayward
win
TKO
7
71
Nov 11, 1978 32 Hugo Corro Hugo Corro 25 46-2-1
loss
UD
15
70
Sep 30, 1978 32 generic fighter pic Mayfield Pennington
win
TKO
7
69
Apr 22, 1978 32 Hugo Corro Hugo Corro 24 43-2-1
loss
UD
15
68
Nov 05, 1977 31 generic fighter pic Bennie Briscoe
win
UD
15
67
Jul 30, 1977 31 Carlos Monzón Carlos Monzón 34 86-3-9
loss
UD
15
66
Mar 19, 1977 31 generic fighter pic Oreste Lebron
win
TKO
5
65
Oct 24, 1976 30 generic fighter pic Ramon Beras
win
KO
7
64
Jun 26, 1976 30 Carlos Monzón Carlos Monzón 33 85-3-9
loss
UD
15
63
Mar 28, 1976 30 generic fighter pic Nessim Max Cohen
win
TKO
4
62
Aug 16, 1975 29 generic fighter pic Rudy Robles
win
UD
15
61
May 31, 1975 29 generic fighter pic Ramón Mendez
win
TKO
8
60
Nov 30, 1974 28 generic fighter pic Gratien Tonna
win
KO
11
59
Oct 25, 1974 28 generic fighter pic Vinnie Curto
win
UD
10
58
Sep 07, 1974 28 generic fighter pic Cubby Jackson
win
KO
2
57
May 25, 1974 28 generic fighter pic Bennie Briscoe
win
TKO
7
56
Mar 16, 1974 28 generic fighter pic Ernie Burns
win
KO
2
55
Dec 14, 1973 27 generic fighter pic Joey Durelle
win
KO
2
54
Sep 01, 1973 27 generic fighter pic Bennie Briscoe
win
PTS
12
53
Jul 19, 1973 27 generic fighter pic Antonio Aguilar
win
PTS
10
52
Jun 05, 1973 27 generic fighter pic Leon Washington
win
KO
9
51
Apr 16, 1973 27 generic fighter pic Kim Booker
win
TKO
5
50
Mar 05, 1973 27 generic fighter pic José Rodríguez
win
TKO
5
49
Dec 18, 1972 26 generic fighter pic Carlos Marks
win
PTS
10
48
Sep 29, 1972 26 generic fighter pic Lloyd Duncan
win
UD
10
47
Aug 28, 1972 26 generic fighter pic Roy Edmonds
win
KO
2
46
Aug 10, 1972 26 generic fighter pic Juan Evangelista Córdoba
win
KO
6
45
Apr 02, 1972 26 generic fighter pic Milton Mendez
win
KO
2
44
Nov 25, 1971 25 generic fighter pic Doc Holliday
win
TKO
4
43
Oct 19, 1971 25 generic fighter pic Perry Abney
win
TKO
1
42
Aug 09, 1971 25 generic fighter pic Bobby Cassidy
win
TKO
7
41
Jun 28, 1971 25 generic fighter pic Edmundo Leite
win
TKO
4
40
May 14, 1971 25 generic fighter pic Marcos Tordoya
win
TKO
4
39
Mar 26, 1971 25 generic fighter pic Arturo Lang
win
KO
5
38
Jan 24, 1971 24 generic fighter pic Juan Jimenez
win
KO
2
37
Jul 24, 1970 24 generic fighter pic Juan Evangelista Córdoba
win
TKO
9
36
May 11, 1970 24 generic fighter pic Ralph Palladin
loss
SD
10
35
May 01, 1970 24 generic fighter pic Cassius Greene
win
PTS
10
34
Mar 02, 1970 24 generic fighter pic Pete Toro
loss
MD
10
33
Feb 14, 1970 23 generic fighter pic Dave Oropeza
win
KO
1
32
Dec 10, 1969 23 generic fighter pic Denny Stiletto
win
TKO
1
31
Oct 17, 1969 23 generic fighter pic Raul Rodríguez
win
TKO
9
30
Sep 17, 1969 23 generic fighter pic David Melendez
win
TKO
5
29
Sep 03, 1969 23 generic fighter pic Mike DeFeo
win
TKO
1
28
Aug 06, 1969 23 generic fighter pic Peter Cobblah
win
UD
10
27
Jun 04, 1969 23 generic fighter pic Linfer Contreras
win
KO
2
26
Feb 16, 1969 22 generic fighter pic Daniel Guanin
loss
PTS
10
25
Aug 06, 1968 22 generic fighter pic Humberto Trottman
win
PTS
10
24
Apr 15, 1968 22 generic fighter pic Cartagenita Kid
win
KO
7
23
Jan 21, 1968 21 generic fighter pic German Gastelbondo
draw
PTS
10
22
Dec 03, 1967 21 generic fighter pic Richard Morales
win
KO
2
21
Oct 01, 1967 21 generic fighter pic Humberto Trottman
win
PTS
10
20
Aug 29, 1967 21 generic fighter pic Alfonso Franco
win
KO
12
19
Aug 12, 1967 21 generic fighter pic Baby Mendez
win
KO
3
18
Jun 10, 1967 21 generic fighter pic Kid Revolledo
win
PTS
10
17
Apr 02, 1967 21 generic fighter pic Mario Rossito
draw
PTS
10
16
Mar 05, 1967 21 generic fighter pic Eugenio Espinoza
win
PTS
10
15
Jan 23, 1967 20 generic fighter pic Julio Novella
win
KO
2
14
Nov 04, 1966 20 generic fighter pic Alfonso Franco
win
KO
7
13
Jul 29, 1966 20 generic fighter pic Elias Lian
win
PTS
10
12
Jun 29, 1966 20 generic fighter pic Lucero Acary
win
KO
2
11
Jun 24, 1966 20 generic fighter pic Roberto Ulloa
win
PTS
10
10
Mar 03, 1966 20 generic fighter pic Rafael Luna
win
UD
10
9
Oct 02, 1965 19 generic fighter pic Juan Escobar
loss
TKO
6
8
Jul 09, 1965 19 generic fighter pic Elias Hidalgo
win
KO
6
7
Sep 12, 1964 18 generic fighter pic Manuel Jack Hernandez
win
PTS
10
6
May 15, 1964 18 generic fighter pic Fernando Alvarez
win
TKO
8
5
Feb 28, 1964 18 generic fighter pic Alejandro Parra
win
PTS
8
4
Feb 06, 1964 17 generic fighter pic Humberto Hurtado
win
PTS
6
3
Jan 15, 1964 17 generic fighter pic Alejandro Parra
win
KO
5
2
Nov 06, 1963 17 generic fighter pic Eliecer de Avila
win
KO
4
1
Oct 25, 1963 17 generic fighter pic Orlando Pineda
win
PTS
4
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