Sport & Note

Rodrigo Valdez

Male

"Rocky"
(aka Rodrigo Valdes)
Middleweight, Colombia, Rocha and Cartagena
Born: December 22, 1946, Cartagena, Colombia
Died: March 14, 2017, Cartagena, Colombia
Height: 5ft 9 1/2in, mt 1,75

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1963
+ Oct. 25	Orlando Pineda	Cartagena, Colombia	W 4
+ Nov. 6	Eliecer De Avila	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 4
1964
+ Jan. 15	Alejandro Parra	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 5
+ Feb. 6	Humberto Hurtado	Cartagena, Colombia	W 6
+ Feb. 28	Alejandro Parra	Barranquilla, Colombia	W 8
+ May 15	Fernando Alvarez	Barranquilla, Colombia	KO 8
+ Sept. 12	Manuel Jack Hernandez	Barranquilla, Colombia	W 10
+ Oct. 17	Julio Nieto	Barranquilla, Colombia	KO 4
1965
+ Feb. 6	Diego Arrendez	Barranquilla, Colombia	W 8
+ Mar. 6	Orlando Pineda	Barranquilla, Colombia	KO 4
+ May 8	Humberto Hurtado	Barranquilla, Colombia	KO 6
+ July 9	Elias Hidalgo	Barranquilla, Colombia	KO 6
- Oct. 2	Juan Escobar	Barranquilla, Colombia	TKO by 6
1966
+ Mar. 13	Rafael Luna	Cartagena, Colombia	W 10
= Apr. 22	Roberto Ulloa	Cartagena, Colombia	Draw 10
+ May 25	Lucero Acary	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 2
+ June 24	Roberto Ulloa	Cartagena, Colombia	W 10
+ July 29	Elias Lian	Cartagena, Colombia	W 10
+ Sept. 16	Roberto Ulloa	Cartagena, Colombia	W 10
+ Nov. 4	Alfonso Franco	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 7
1967
+ Jan. 23	Julio Novella	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 2
+ Mar. 5	Eugenio Espinoza	Cartagena, Colombia	W 10
= Apr. 2	Mario Rossito	Cartagena, Colombia	Draw 10
+ June 10	Kid Revolledo	Sincelejo, Colombia	W 10
+ Aug. 12	Baby Mendez	El Carmen, Colombia	KO 3
+ Aug. 29	Alfonso Franco	Cartagena, Colombia	W 10
+ Oct. 1	Humberto Trottman	Cartagena, Colombia	W 10
+ Dec. 3	Richard Morales	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 2
1968
= Jan. 21	German Gastelbondo	Cartagena, Colombia	Draw 10
+ Apr. 15	Cartagenita Kid	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 7
+ June 8	Alfonso Franco	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 5
+ Aug. 6	Humberto Trottman	Bogota, Colombia	W 10
+ Aug. 31	Antonio Mendez	Quito, Ecuador	W 10
+ Oct. 31	Ruben Gorman	Otavalo, Ecuador	KO 4
+ Dec. 8	Luis Altamirano	Quito, Ecuador	KO 7
1969
- Feb. 16	Daniel Guanin	Quito, Ecuador	L 10
+ Apr. 12	Raul Jara	Ambato, Ecuador	W 10
+ June 4	Linfer Contreras	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 2
+ Aug. 6	Peter Cobblah	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 3	Mike DeFeo	Las Vegas, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 17	David Melendez	New York, USA	TKO 5
+ Oct. 17	Raul Rodriguez	Inglewood, USA	TKO 9
+ Dec. 10	Denny Stiletto	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 1
1970
+ Feb. 14	Dave Oropeza	Inglewood, USA	KO 1
- Mar. 2	Pete Toro	New York, USA	L 10
+ May 1	Cassius Greene	New York, USA	W 10
- May 11	Ralph Palladin	New York, USA	L 10
+ July 24	Juan Evangelista Cordoba	Medellin, Colombia	TKO 9
1971
+ Jan. 24	Juan Jimenez	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 2
+ Mar. 26	Arturo Lands	Barranquilla, Colombia	KO 5
+ May 14	Marcos Tordoya	Barranquilla, Colombia	KO 4
+ June 28	Edmundo Leite	New York, USA	TKO 4
+ Aug. 9	Bobby Cassidy	New York, USA	TKO 7
+ Oct. 19	Perry Abney	New York, USA	TKO 1
+ Nov. 25	Doc Holliday	New York, USA	KO 4
1972
+ Apr. 2	Milton Mendez	Valledupar, Colombia	KO 2
+ June 4	Roman Aburto	Valledupar, Colombia	KO 5
+ Aug. 10	Juan Evangelista Cordoba	Barranquilla, Colombia	KO 6
(Won vacant Colombian Middleweight Title)
+ Aug. 28	Roy Edmonds	New York, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 29	Lloyd Duncan	Sunnyside, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 18	Carlos Marks	Paris, France	W 10
1973
+ Mar. 5	Jose Rodriguez	New York, USA	TKO 5
+ Apr. 16	Kim Booker	New York, USA	TKO 5
+ June 5	Leon Washington	Barranquilla, Colombia	KO 9
+ July 19	Antonio Aguilar	Bogota, Colombia	W 10
+ Sept. 1	Bennie Briscoe	Noumea, New Caledonia	W 12
(Won NABF Middleweight Title)
+ Dec. 14	Joey Durelle	Bogota, Colombia	KO 2
1974
+ Mar. 16	Ernie Burns	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 2
+ May 25	Bennie Briscoe	Monte Carlo, Monaco	TKO 7
(Won vacant WBC Middleweight Title)
+ Sept. 7	Cubby Jackson	Bogota, Colombia	KO 2
+ Oct. 25	Vinnie Curto	New York, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 13	Gratien Tonna	Paris, France	KO 11
(Retained WBC Middleweight Title)
1975
+ May 31	Ramon Mendez	Cali, Colombia	TKO 8
(Retained WBC Middleweight Title)
+ Aug. 16	Rudy Robles	Cartagena, Colombia	W 15
(Retained WBC Middleweight Title)
1976
+ Mar. 28	Nessim Max Cohen	Paris, France	TKO 4
(Retained WBC Middleweight Title)
- June 26	Carlos Monzon	Monte Carlo, Monaco	L 15
(Lost WBC and for WBA Middleweight Titles)
+ Oct. 24	Ramon Beras	Cartagena, Colombia	KO 7
1977
+ Mar. 19	Oreste Lebron	Barranquilla, Colombia	TKO 5
- July 30	Carlos Monzon	Monte Carlo, Monaco	L 15
(For WBC and WBA Middleweight Titles)
+ Nov. 5	Bennie Briscoe	Campione d'Italia, Italy	W 15
(Regained vacant WBC and vacant WBA Middleweight Titles)
1978
- Apr. 22	Hugo Pastor Corro	Sanremo, Italy	L 15
(Lost WBC and WBA Middleweight Titles)
+ Sept. 30	Mayfield Pennington	Bogota, Colombia	TKO 7
- Nov. 11	Hugo Pastor Corro	Buenos Aires, Argentina	L 15
(For WBC and WBA Middleweight Titles)
1979 Inactive
1980
+ May 14	Charles Hayward	Bogota, Colombia	TKO 7
+ Nov. 28	Gilberto Almonte	Bogota, Colombia	KO 1

Summary

Total bouts: 85, Won: 74 (49 inside the limit), Lost: 8 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 0