Vicente Rondón (El Muchachote de Barlovento) was a Venezuelan professional boxer. He was a light-heavyweight world champion. In a career spanning 8 years, 11 months, and 9 days, Rondón amassed a record of 40-16-1, which includes 23 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights.
Vicente Rondón was born in San José de Río Chico, Venezuela on July 29, 1938. He made his professional debut at the age of 26 years on June 28, 1965 against Jose Caraballo. Rondón defeated Caraballo via 3rd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Rondón became a world champion at the age of 32 after 37 professional fights. He challenged Jimmy Dupree for the vacant WBA light-heavyweight title and stopped Dupree in the 6th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world title.
Rondón's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to José Roman at age 35, on June 6, 1974.
Some of Vicente Rondón's best fights were against Piero Del Papa, Jimmy Dupree, Doyle Baird, Gomeo Brennan, and Eddie Jones. For a complete list of Rondón's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Vicente Rondón".
Rondón has 16 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Vicente Rondón Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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59 | Jun 06, 1974 | 35 |
José Roman 27 43-9-2 | loss | TKO 2 |
58 | Feb 19, 1974 | 35 | Rodney Bobick | loss | RTD 2 |
57 | Dec 08, 1973 | 35 | Bobby Lloyd | loss | UD 10 |
56 | Nov 17, 1973 | 35 | Rudiger Schmidtke | loss | PTS 10 |
55 | Sep 10, 1973 | 35 |
John Conteh 22 19-1 | loss | TKO 9 |
54 | Aug 24, 1973 | 35 | Mike Boswell | win | TKO 4 |
53 | Jul 03, 1973 | 34 | Boston Blackie | win | TKO 7 |
52 | Jun 14, 1973 | 34 | Tom Bogs | loss | UD 10 |
51 | May 19, 1973 | 34 | Len Hutchins | loss | UD 10 |
50 | Apr 03, 1973 | 34 | Oliver Wright | win | UD 10 |
49 | Feb 15, 1973 | 34 | Larry Beilfuss | win | PTS 10 |
48 | Dec 01, 1972 | 34 | José Manuel Urtain | loss | PTS 10 |
47 | Aug 26, 1972 | 34 |
Earnie Shavers 27 39-2 | loss | UD 10 |
46 | Jul 10, 1972 | 33 |
Ron Lyle 31 15-0 | loss | TKO 2 |
45 | Apr 07, 1972 | 33 |
Bob Foster 29 46-5 | loss | TKO 2 |
44 | Dec 15, 1971 | 33 | Doyle Baird | win | TKO 8 |
43 | Oct 26, 1971 | 33 | Gomeo Brennan | win | TKO 13 |
42 | Oct 14, 1971 | 33 | Conny Velensek | win | PTS 10 |
41 | Aug 21, 1971 | 33 | Eddie Jones | win | UD 15 |
40 | Jul 11, 1971 | 32 | Johnny Griffin | win | PTS 10 |
39 | Jun 05, 1971 | 32 | Piero Del Papa | win | KO 1 |
38 | Feb 27, 1971 | 32 | Jimmy Dupree | win | KO 6 |
37 | Nov 07, 1970 | 32 | Roger Rouse | win | UD 10 |
36 | Oct 06, 1970 | 32 | Willie Johnson | win | TKO 4 |
35 | Aug 11, 1970 | 32 | Hydra Lacy | win | KO 2 |
34 | May 20, 1970 | 31 | Levan Roundtree | win | PTS 10 |
33 | Apr 18, 1970 | 31 | Fred Williams | win | KO 4 |
32 | Dec 06, 1969 | 31 | Avenamar Peralta | win | PTS 10 |
31 | Nov 29, 1969 | 31 | Randy Stevens | win | KO 5 |
30 | Oct 26, 1969 | 31 | Angel Oquendo | win | TKO 6 |
29 | Aug 09, 1969 | 31 | Paul Johnson | nc | NA
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28 | Jul 05, 1969 | 30 | Eddie Talhami | win | PTS 10 |
27 | May 30, 1969 | 30 | Jose Luis Garcia | win | PTS 12 |
26 | May 06, 1969 | 30 | Karl Zurheide | win | UD 10 |
25 | Apr 01, 1969 | 30 | Allen Thomas | win | UD 10 |
24 | Jan 25, 1969 | 30 | Bennie Briscoe | loss | TKO 8 |
23 | Nov 26, 1968 | 30 | Charlie Jordan | win | UD 10 |
22 | Nov 12, 1968 | 30 | Charlie Jordan | win | UD 10 |
21 | Nov 03, 1968 | 30 | Juarez de Lima | loss | PTS 10 |
20 | Sep 23, 1968 | 30 | Bennie Briscoe | win | UD 10 |
19 | Sep 09, 1968 | 30 | Charley Austin | win | PTS 10 |
18 | Jul 18, 1968 | 29 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | loss | UD 10 |
17 | Jun 03, 1968 | 29 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | win | UD 10 |
16 | Apr 19, 1968 | 29 | Jose Gonzalez | loss | TKO 8 |
15 | Jan 12, 1968 | 29 | Bobby Warthen | loss | SD 10 |
14 | Dec 14, 1967 | 29 | Phil Robinson | win | KO 5 |
13 | Nov 10, 1967 | 29 | Harold Richardson | draw | PTS 10 |
12 | Oct 14, 1967 | 29 | Pedro Miranda | win | TKO 10 |
11 | Sep 08, 1967 | 29 | Tony Smith | win | KO 3 |
10 | Jun 12, 1967 | 28 | Marco Tulio Polanco | win | KO 3 |
9 | Mar 20, 1967 | 28 | Danny Machado | win | TKO 4 |
8 | Dec 04, 1966 | 28 | Marco Tulio Polanco | nc | NA
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7 | Nov 14, 1966 | 28 | Marcos Pirella | win | KO 2 |
6 | Sep 16, 1966 | 28 | Melville Bennett | win | KO 2 |
5 | Jun 24, 1966 | 27 | Marco Tulio Polanco | win | KO 3 |
4 | Dec 05, 1965 | 27 | Pedro Vanegas | win | KO 7 |
3 | Oct 29, 1965 | 27 | Pedro Vanegas | win | TKO 4 |
2 | Jul 26, 1965 | 26 | Joe Louis Troconis | win | KO 1 |
1 | Jun 28, 1965 | 26 | Jose Caraballo | win | KO 3 |