Vicente Saldívar (37-3, 26) was born in Mexico City, Mexico on March 5, 1943. At the age of 17 years on February 18, 1961, he made his professional boxing debut against Baby Palacios, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
On his 27th career fight at 21 years old, Saldívar became a featherweight world champion on September 26, 1964 after defeating Sugar Ramos via 12th-round retirement to win the WBA, WBC and The Ring titles.
Saldívar's last fight was a featherweight world-title fight against Éder Jofre for Jofre's WBC title on October 21, 1973. He lost the fight via 4th-round KO. He was on a 1-fight losing streak by his last fight.
Some of Vicente Saldívar's best fights have been against José Legrá, Ismael Laguna, Sugar Ramos, Floyd Robertson and Juan Ramírez. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Vicente Saldívar".
Saldívar has 3 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Vicente Saldívar Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40  | Oct 21, 1973 30 years, 7 months 37-3 (26) | 37 years, 6 months 64-2-4 (46) | FT | 4 | KO | LOSS For WBC |
39 | Jul 15, 1971 28 years, 4 months 37-2 (26) | Frankie Crawford | 10 | UD | WIN | |
38  | Dec 11, 1970 27 years, 9 months 36-2 (26) | 23 years, 8 months 31-2-2 (20) | FT | 12 | RTD | LOSS Lost WBC, The Ring |
37 | May 9, 1970 27 years, 2 months 36-1 (26) | Johnny Famechon | FT | 15 | UD | WIN Won WBC, The Ring |
36  | Jul 18, 1969 26 years, 4 months 35-1 (26) | 26 years, 2 months 107-6-4 (38) | 10 | UD | WIN | |
35 | Oct 14, 1967 24 years, 7 months 34-1 (26) | Howard Winstone | FT | 12 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
34 | Jun 15, 1967 24 years, 3 months 33-1 (25) | Howard Winstone | FT | 15 | UD | WIN Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
33 | Jan 29, 1967 23 years, 10 months 32-1 (25) | Mitsunori Seki | FT | 7 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
32 | Aug 7, 1966 23 years, 5 months 31-1 (24) | Mitsunori Seki | FT | 15 | UD | WIN Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
31 | Feb 12, 1966 22 years, 11 months 30-1 (24) | Floyd Robertson | FT | 2 | KO | WIN Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
30 | Sep 7, 1965 22 years, 6 months 29-1 (23) | Howard Winstone | FT | 15 | UD | WIN Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
29 | May 7, 1965 22 years, 2 months 28-1 (23) | Raul Rojas | FT | 15 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA, WBC, The Ring |
28 | Dec 6, 1964 21 years, 9 months 27-1 (22) | Delfino Rosales | FT | 11 | TKO | WIN |
27  | Sep 26, 1964 21 years, 6 months 26-1 (21) | 22 years, 9 months 45-1-3 (33) | FT | 12 | RTD | WIN Won WBA, WBC, The Ring |
26  | Jun 1, 1964 21 years, 2 months 25-1 (20) | 20 years, 11 months 34-1 (23) | 10 | UD | WIN | |
25 | Apr 4, 1964 21 years 24-1 (20) | Eduardo Guerrero | FT | 12 | UD | WIN |
24 | Feb 8, 1964 20 years, 11 months 23-1 (20) | Juan Ramírez | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN |
23 | Dec 16, 1963 20 years, 9 months 22-1 (19) | Félix Gutiérrez | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
22 | Sep 21, 1963 20 years, 6 months 21-1 (18) | Beresford Francis | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
21 | Jul 13, 1963 20 years, 4 months 20-1 (17) | Eloy Sánchez | 1 | KO | WIN | |
20 | Jun 12, 1963 20 years, 3 months 19-1 (16) | Baby Luis | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
19 | Apr 19, 1963 20 years, 1 months 18-1 (15) | Dwight Hawkins | 5 | KO | WIN | |
18 | Mar 16, 1963 20 years 17-1 (14) | Luis Hernández | 2 | KO | WIN | |
17 | Dec 29, 1962 19 years, 9 months 16-1 (13) | Baby Luis | 7 | TKO | LOSS | |
16 | Dec 16, 1962 19 years, 9 months 16-0 (13) | Jorge Salazar | 5 | KO | WIN | |
15 | Nov 17, 1962 19 years, 8 months 15-0 (12) | José López | 10 | UD | WIN | |
14 | Oct 11, 1962 19 years, 7 months 14-0 (12) | Luis Hernández | 1 | KO | WIN | |
13 | Aug 22, 1962 19 years, 5 months 13-0 (11) | Alberto Soto | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Jun 27, 1962 19 years, 3 months 12-0 (10) | Indio Fernández | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | May 2, 1962 19 years, 1 months 11-0 (9) | Genaro González | 8 | DQ | WIN | |
10 | Apr 4, 1962 19 years 10-0 (9) | Jorge Salazar | 4 | KO | WIN | |
9 | Mar 18, 1962 19 years 9-0 (8) | Juan Zavala | 10 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Feb 8, 1962 18 years, 11 months 8-0 (7) | Rosendo Martínez | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Jan 6, 1962 18 years, 10 months 7-0 (6) | Ernesto Beltrán | 6 | KO | WIN | |
6 | Dec 3, 1961 18 years, 8 months 6-0 (5) | Juan Rodríguez | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
5 | Oct 14, 1961 18 years, 7 months 5-0 (4) | José Luis Mora | 10 | UD | WIN | |
4 | May 20, 1961 18 years, 2 months 4-0 (4) | Babe López | 3 | KO | WIN | |
3 | Apr 16, 1961 18 years, 1 months 3-0 (3) | Eduardo Meza | 3 | KO | WIN | |
2 | Mar 22, 1961 18 years 2-0 (2) | Frijol González | 4 | KO | WIN | |
1 | Feb 18, 1961 17 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | Baby Palacios | 1 | KO | WIN |
