On March 1, 2025, the 25-year-old WBA super-lightweight world champion, José Valenzuela (14-2, 9 KOs), faced a 28-year-old Gary Antuanne Russell (17-1, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Valenzuela came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 26 days. Russell was on a -1-fight win streak with a 94% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 14 days.
Gary Antuanne Russell defeated José Valenzuela via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. Russell improves his record to 18-1, while Valenzuela adds a loss to his record at 14-3.
On March 25, 2023, a 23-year-old José Valenzuela (12-1, 8 KOs) and a 26-year-old Chris Colbert (16-1, 6 KOs) met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Valenzuela came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 21 days. Colbert was on a -1-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year and 27 days.
Chris Colbert stopped Jose Valenzuela via TKO in the 10th round. Colbert improves his record to 17-1 (7 KOs), while Valenzuela adds a loss to his record at 12-2.
On September 4, 2022, a 23-year-old José Valenzuela (12-0, 8 KOs) and a 22-year-old Dominican boxer Edwin De Los Santos (14-1, 13 KOs) met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Valenzuela came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 19 days. Santos was on a 1-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 24 days.
Edwin De Los Santos stopped Jose Valenzuela via KO in the 3rd round. Santos improves his record to 15-1 (14 KOs), while Valenzuela adds a loss to his record at 12-1.