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Total Fights | 38 |
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Wins | 31 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 3 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 7 |
Title-Fight KOs | 6 |
KO Wins | 19 |
KO Losses | 0 |
WBC | TheRing |
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WL w1 d7 | WL w1 d7 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 25 years and eight months, Carlos Palomino fought 38 times with 31 wins, 4 losses, and 3 draws.
Palomino retired from professional boxing with a record of 31-4-3, which included two welterweight world-title wins and seven successful title defense fights. He had a 50% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 19 of his total 38 fights being knockout wins, six of which were in title fights. Palomino never lost via knockout.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Wilfredo Rivera on May 30, 1998.
Some of Palomino's best fights and notable victories include wins over Ryu Sorimachi, John H. Stracey, Mimoun Mohatar, Armando Muniz, Dave Boy Green, Everaldo Costa Azevedo, and Jose Palacios.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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38 | May 30, 1998 | 48 | Wilfredo Rivera | Loss | UD |
37 | Oct 26, 1997 | 48 | Eric Ramon Vazquez | Win | KO9 |
36 | Jun 8, 1997 | 47 | Rene Arredondo | Win | KO1 |
35 | May 9, 1997 | 47 | Wilbur Garst | Win | KO2 |
34 | Jan 10, 1997 | 47 | Ismael Diaz | Win | RTD8 |
33 | Jun 22, 1979 | 29 | Roberto Durán | Loss | UD |
32 | Jan 14, 1979 | 29 | Wilfred Benitez | Loss * | SD |
31 | May 27, 1978 | 28 | Armando Muniz | Win * | UD |
30 | Mar 18, 1978 | 28 | Mimoun Mohatar | Win * | TKO9 |
29 | Feb 11, 1978 | 28 | Ryu Sorimachi | Win * | KO7 |
28 | Dec 10, 1977 | 28 | Jose Palacios | Win * | KO13 |
27 | Sep 13, 1977 | 28 | Everaldo Costa Azevedo | Win * | UD |
26 | Jun 14, 1977 | 27 | Dave Boy Green | Win * | KO11 |
25 | Jan 21, 1977 | 27 | Armando Muniz | Win * | TKO15 |
24 | Jun 22, 1976 | 26 | John H. Stracey | Win * | TKO12 |
23 | Apr 29, 1976 | 26 | Toshiharu Nambu | Win | TKO2 |
22 | Feb 12, 1976 | 26 | Mike Avans | Win | UD |
21 | Nov 11, 1975 | 26 | Hedgemon Lewis | Draw | MD |
20 | Oct 25, 1975 | 26 | Eddie Alexander | Win | TKO5 |
19 | Jul 19, 1975 | 25 | Johnny Pinedo | Win | KO2 |
18 | May 22, 1975 | 25 | Roger Buckskin | Win | UD |
17 | Mar 27, 1975 | 25 | Zovek Barajas | Win | TKO9 |
16 | Feb 13, 1975 | 25 | Zovek Barajas | Draw | MD |
15 | Dec 19, 1974 | 25 | Tommy Howard | Win | UD |
14 | Oct 24, 1974 | 25 | Jose Miranda | Win | KO6 |
13 | Oct 10, 1974 | 25 | Nelson Ruiz | Win | TKO6 |
12 | Aug 2, 1974 | 24 | Andy Price | Loss | SD |
11 | Jun 14, 1974 | 24 | David Arellano | Win | KO9 |
10 | May 23, 1974 | 24 | Juan Garza | Win | KO2 |
9 | May 3, 1974 | 24 | David Arellano | Win | PTS |
8 | Apr 12, 1973 | 23 | Tommy Coulson | Win | PTS |
7 | Mar 29, 1973 | 23 | Lalo Barriente | Win | PTS |
6 | Mar 1, 1973 | 23 | Rosario Zavala | Win | PTS |
5 | Feb 1, 1973 | 23 | Ramon Solitaro | Win | KO3 |
4 | Jan 19, 1973 | 23 | Tim Walker | Win | PTS |
3 | Nov 16, 1972 | 23 | Ted Liggett | Draw | PTS |
2 | Oct 5, 1972 | 23 | Javier Martinez | Win | PTS |
1 | Sep 14, 1972 | 23 | Javier Martinez | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Carlos Palomino is a 74-year old retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico on August 10, 1949. He is a former welterweight world champion. Palomino was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2004. His professional boxing career spanned more than 25 years — from 1972 to 1998.
Palomino made his professional boxing debut against Javier Martinez at the age of 23 on September 14, 1972, defeating Martinez via 4 round PTS.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on June 22, 1976 after 23 professional fights, against John H. Stracey for the welterweight WBC and The Ring titles. He defeated Stracey via 12th round TKO to become the welterweight champion of the world.
Palomino has won two world titles at welterweight. For all the details about Palomino's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Palomino had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Puerto Rican boxer Wilfredo Rivera on May 30, 1998. Palomino lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 25 years, 9 months, and 28 days since this fight.
Palomino had a total of nine world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and seven successful title defenses. He won eight of these fights and lost one.
Carlos Palomino fought for welterweight world titles once, which he won via TKO. In total, he won two welterweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jun 22, 1976 | John H. Stracey | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Carlos Palomino had eight welterweight world-title defense fights. He won seven of them and lost only once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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May 27, 1978 | Armando Muniz | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | UD |
Mar 18, 1978 | Mimoun Mohatar | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Feb 11, 1978 | Ryu Sorimachi | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | KO |
Dec 10, 1977 | Jose Palacios | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | KO |
Sep 13, 1977 | Everaldo Costa Azevedo | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | UD |
Jun 14, 1977 | Dave Boy Green | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | KO |
Jan 21, 1977 | Armando Muniz | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Carlos Palomino lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jan 14, 1979 | Wilfred Benitez | Welterweight | WBC, The Ring | SD |
Palomino fought a total of 38 times during his professional career, which includes 9 world-title fights at the welterweight division. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
June 22, 1976: Palomino wins his first world titles by defeating John H. Stracey via 12th round TKO. He is now the WBC and The Ring welterweight world champion.
June 14, 1977: Palomino successfully defends the WBC and The Ring welterweight titles against Dave Boy Green, winning the fight via 11th round KO.
February 11, 1978: Palomino successfully defends the WBC and The Ring welterweight titles against Ryu Sorimachi, winning the fight via 7th round KO.
Palomino knocked out 19 of his 38 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 50%. Of his total 31 wins, 19 of them were via KO (61.3%).
Palomino's first world-title win were the WBC and The Ring belts at welterweight. He defeated John H. Stracey via 12 round TKO to win the titles.
Palomino won two world titles at welterweight.
Palomino had a total of eight title defense fights. He was successful seven times and lost one time.