Rosendo Alvarez (El Bufalo) is a 54-year-old retired Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 19 years, 5 months, and 14 days, Alvarez amassed a record of 37-4-2, which includes 24 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights.
Rosendo Alvarez was born in Managua, Nicaragua on May 6, 1970. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on December 12, 1992 against Pablo Torres. Alvarez defeated Torres via 3rd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Alvarez became a world champion at the age of 25 after 19 professional fights. He challenged Chana Porpaoin for the WBA strawweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round split decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the light-flyweight (WBA, The Ring) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Alvarez' last fight was a disqualification loss to Jean Sampson at age 42, on May 26, 2012.
Some of Rosendo Alvarez' best fights have been against Ricardo López (HOFer) and Tomás Rojas. For a complete list of Alvarez' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Rosendo Alvarez".
Alvarez has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Rosendo Alvarez Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
43 | May 26, 2012 | 42 | ![]() | loss | DQ 5 |
42 | Apr 08, 2006 | 35 | ![]() | loss | KO 6 |
41 | Feb 04, 2006 | 35 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
40 | Dec 10, 2005 | 35 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
39 | Oct 29, 2005 | 35 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
38 | Feb 26, 2005 | 34 | ![]() | win | KO 7 |
37 | Oct 02, 2004 | 34 | ![]() | win | SD 12 |
36 | Dec 13, 2003 | 33 | ![]() | draw | SD 12 |
35 | Mar 31, 2003 | 32 | ![]() | win | MD 12 |
34 | Jan 19, 2002 | 31 | ![]() | win | TKO 12 |
33 | Dec 14, 2001 | 31 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
32 | Mar 03, 2001 | 30 | ![]() | win | SD 12 |
31 | Dec 08, 2000 | 30 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
30 | Aug 12, 2000 | 30 | ![]() | loss | DQ 7 |
29 | Mar 11, 2000 | 29 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
28 | Dec 18, 1999 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
27 | Feb 27, 1999 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
26 | Nov 13, 1998 | 28 | ![]() | loss | SD 12 |
25 | Mar 07, 1998 | 27 | ![]() | draw | TD 8 |
24 | Jan 11, 1997 | 26 | ![]() | win | TKO 11 |
23 | Oct 01, 1996 | 26 | ![]() | win | KO 8 |
22 | Jun 15, 1996 | 26 | ![]() | win | MD 12 |
21 | Mar 30, 1996 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
20 | Dec 02, 1995 | 25 | ![]() | win | SD 12 |
19 | Sep 02, 1995 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
18 | Jul 15, 1995 | 25 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
17 | Apr 01, 1995 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
16 | Feb 18, 1995 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
15 | Dec 17, 1994 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
14 | Nov 26, 1994 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
13 | Sep 23, 1994 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 11 |
12 | Sep 10, 1994 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
11 | Jul 16, 1994 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
10 | Apr 30, 1994 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
9 | Jan 29, 1994 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
8 | Nov 27, 1993 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
7 | Oct 30, 1993 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
6 | Sep 26, 1993 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
5 | Aug 07, 1993 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
4 | May 15, 1993 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
3 | Feb 27, 1993 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 5 |
2 | Feb 05, 1993 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 6 |
1 | Dec 12, 1992 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |