Carlos Palomino (31-4-3, 19) was born in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico on August 10, 1949. At the age of 23 years on September 14, 1972, he made his professional boxing debut against Javier Martinez, winning the fight via 4-round points decision.
On his 24th career fight at 26 years old, Palomino became a welterweight world champion on June 22, 1976 after defeating John H. Stracey via 12th-round TKO to win the WBC and The Ring titles.
Palomino's last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Wilfredo Rivera at age 48 on May 30, 1998. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Carlos Palomino's best fights have been against John H. Stracey, Dave Boy Green, Roberto Durán and Wilfred Benitez.
Palomino has 4 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38  | May 30, 1998 48 years, 9 months 31-4-3 (19) | 29 years 27-3-1 (18) | 10 | UD | LOSS | |
37 | Oct 26, 1997 48 years, 2 months 31-3-3 (19) | Eric Ramon Vazquez | 9 | KO | WIN | |
36 | Jun 8, 1997 47 years, 9 months 30-3-3 (18) | Rene Arredondo | 1 | KO | WIN | |
35 | May 9, 1997 47 years, 8 months 29-3-3 (17) | Wilbur Garst | 2 | KO | WIN | |
34 | Jan 10, 1997 47 years, 5 months 28-3-3 (16) | Ismael Diaz | 8 | RTD | WIN | |
33  | Jun 22, 1979 29 years, 10 months 27-3-3 (15) | 28 years 67-1 (54) | 10 | UD | LOSS | |
32  | Jan 14, 1979 29 years, 5 months 27-2-3 (15) | 20 years, 4 months 36-0-1 (25) | WL | 15 | SD | LOSS Lost WBC, The Ring |
31 | May 27, 1978 28 years, 9 months 27-1-3 (15) | Armando Muniz | WL | 15 | UD | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
30 | Mar 18, 1978 28 years, 7 months 26-1-3 (15) | Mimoun Mohatar | WL | 9 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
29 | Feb 11, 1978 28 years, 6 months 25-1-3 (14) | Ryu Sorimachi | WL | 7 | KO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
28 | Dec 10, 1977 28 years, 4 months 24-1-3 (13) | Jose Palacios | WL | 13 | KO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
27 | Sep 13, 1977 28 years, 1 months 23-1-3 (12) | Everaldo Costa Azevedo | WL | 15 | UD | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
26  | Jun 14, 1977 27 years, 10 months 22-1-3 (12) | 24 years 24-0 (19) | WL | 11 | KO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
25 | Jan 21, 1977 27 years, 5 months 21-1-3 (11) | Armando Muniz | WL | 15 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
24  | Jun 22, 1976 26 years, 10 months 20-1-3 (10) | 25 years, 9 months 44-3-1 (36) | WL | 12 | TKO | WIN Won WBC, The Ring |
23 | Apr 29, 1976 26 years, 8 months 19-1-3 (9) | Toshiharu Nambu | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
22 | Feb 12, 1976 26 years, 6 months 18-1-3 (8) | Mike Avans | 10 | UD | WIN | |
21 | Nov 11, 1975 26 years, 3 months 17-1-3 (8) | Hedgemon Lewis | 10 | MD | DRAW | |
20 | Oct 25, 1975 26 years, 2 months 17-1-2 (8) | Eddie Alexander | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
19 | Jul 19, 1975 25 years, 11 months 16-1-2 (7) | Johnny Pinedo | 2 | KO | WIN | |
18 | May 22, 1975 25 years, 9 months 15-1-2 (6) | Roger Buckskin | 10 | UD | WIN | |
17 | Mar 27, 1975 25 years, 7 months 14-1-2 (6) | Zovek Barajas | 9 | TKO | WIN | |
16 | Feb 13, 1975 25 years, 6 months 13-1-2 (5) | Zovek Barajas | 10 | MD | DRAW | |
15 | Dec 19, 1974 25 years, 4 months 13-1-1 (5) | Tommy Howard | 10 | UD | WIN | |
14 | Oct 24, 1974 25 years, 2 months 12-1-1 (5) | Jose Miranda | 6 | KO | WIN | |
13 | Oct 10, 1974 25 years, 2 months 11-1-1 (4) | Nelson Ruiz | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Aug 2, 1974 24 years, 11 months 10-1-1 (3) | Andy Price | 10 | SD | LOSS | |
11 | Jun 14, 1974 24 years, 10 months 10-0-1 (3) | David Arellano | 9 | KO | WIN | |
10 | May 23, 1974 24 years, 9 months 9-0-1 (2) | Juan Garza | 2 | KO | WIN | |
9 | May 3, 1974 24 years, 8 months 8-0-1 (1) | David Arellano | 8 | PTS | WIN | |
8 | Apr 12, 1973 23 years, 8 months 7-0-1 (1) | Tommy Coulson | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
7 | Mar 29, 1973 23 years, 7 months 6-0-1 (1) | Lalo Barriente | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
6 | Mar 1, 1973 23 years, 6 months 5-0-1 (1) | Rosario Zavala | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
5 | Feb 1, 1973 23 years, 5 months 4-0-1 (1) | Ramon Solitaro | 3 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Jan 19, 1973 23 years, 5 months 3-0-1 (0) | Tim Walker | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
3 | Nov 16, 1972 23 years, 3 months 2-0-1 (0) | Ted Liggett | 4 | PTS | DRAW | |
2 | Oct 5, 1972 23 years, 1 months 2-0 (0) | Javier Martinez | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
1 | Sep 14, 1972 23 years, 1 months 1-0 (0) | Javier Martinez | 4 | PTS | WIN |
