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