Rodrigo Valdez

Career, Record, Stats

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

Total Fights

Wins

Losses

Draws

KO Wins

KO Losses

Title Fights

Title-Fight Wins

Title Defenses

Title-Fight KOs

Title-Fight Dec.

Undisputed

#	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

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