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Total Fights | 72 |
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Wins | 60 |
Losses | 10 |
Draws | 2 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 39 |
KO Losses | 6 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 20 years and eight months, Kevin Kelley fought 72 times with 60 wins, 10 losses, and 2 draws.
Kelley retired from professional boxing with a record of 60-10-2, which included one featherweight world-title win and two successful title defense fights. He had a 54.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 39 of his total 72 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Kelley suffered six knockout losses in his career, three of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 2nd round TKO defeat to Vicente Escobedo on May 21, 2009.
Some of Kelley's best fights and notable victories include wins over Jose Vida Ramos, Gregorio Vargas, Georgie Navarro, Pete Taliaferro, Jesse Benavides, Humberto Soto, and Derrick Gainer.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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72 | May 21, 2009 | 41 | Vicente Escobedo | Loss | TKO2 |
71 | Oct 10, 2008 | 41 | David Rodela | Loss | SD |
70 | Jul 8, 2008 | 41 | Jaime Palma | Win | UD |
69 | Nov 11, 2006 | 39 | Manuel Medina | Loss | MD |
68 | Sep 28, 2006 | 39 | Carlos Hernández | Win | UD |
67 | Jun 10, 2006 | 38 | Bobby Pacquiao | Loss | KO4 |
66 | Feb 17, 2006 | 38 | Juan Carlos Ramírez | Win | KO2 |
65 | Nov 4, 2005 | 38 | Sandro Marcos | Win | TKO4 |
64 | May 17, 2005 | 37 | Jose Reyes | Win | UD |
63 | Mar 3, 2005 | 37 | Felix St Kitts | Win | TKO8 |
62 | Apr 12, 2003 | 35 | Marco Antonio Barrera | Loss * | TKO4 |
61 | Nov 14, 2002 | 35 | Johnny West | Win | KO5 |
60 | Jul 13, 2002 | 35 | Humberto Soto | Win | MD |
59 | Apr 27, 2002 | 34 | Raul Franco | Win | TKO2 |
58 | Sep 2, 2000 | 33 | Érik Morales | Loss | TKO7 |
57 | Jan 22, 2000 | 32 | Frankie Archuleta | Win | KO9 |
56 | Aug 13, 1999 | 32 | Benito Rodriguez | Loss | UD |
55 | May 8, 1999 | 31 | Héctor Velázquez | Win | UD |
54 | Dec 17, 1998 | 31 | Jorge Ramirez | Win | KO9 |
53 | Jul 18, 1998 | 31 | Derrick Gainer | Loss | UD |
52 | May 8, 1998 | 30 | Vincent Howard | Win | UD |
51 | Dec 19, 1997 | 30 | Naseem Hamed | Loss * | KO4 |
50 | Jul 12, 1997 | 30 | Orlando Fernandez | Win | KO10 |
49 | Mar 14, 1997 | 29 | Jesus Salud | Win | UD |
48 | Nov 16, 1996 | 29 | Edwin Santana | Win | UD |
47 | Jun 15, 1996 | 28 | Derrick Gainer | Win | KO8 |
46 | Feb 2, 1996 | 28 | Louie Espinoza | Win | UD |
45 | Sep 9, 1995 | 28 | Clarence Adams | Draw | MD |
44 | Jul 28, 1995 | 28 | Tommy Parks | Draw | TD |
43 | Mar 31, 1995 | 27 | Ricardo Rivera | Win | TKO9 |
42 | Jan 7, 1995 | 27 | Alejandro González | Loss * | RTD10 |
41 | Nov 2, 1994 | 27 | Pete Taliaferro | Win | TKO10 |
40 | Sep 24, 1994 | 27 | Jose Vida Ramos | Win * | TKO2 |
39 | Jun 26, 1994 | 26 | Georgie Navarro | Win | TKO6 |
38 | May 6, 1994 | 26 | Jesse Benavides | Win * | UD |
37 | Dec 4, 1993 | 26 | Gregorio Vargas | Win * | UD |
36 | Sep 11, 1993 | 26 | Patrick Simeon | Win | UD |
35 | Jul 8, 1993 | 26 | Adolfo Castillo | Win | TKO2 |
34 | May 13, 1993 | 25 | Jesus Poll | Win | TKO6 |
33 | Mar 23, 1993 | 25 | Angel Gonzalez | Win | TKO4 |
32 | Jan 12, 1993 | 25 | Peter Nieves | Win | TKO6 |
31 | Sep 25, 1992 | 25 | Roberto Villareal | Win | KO3 |
30 | Aug 20, 1992 | 25 | Antonio Hernandez | Win | UD |
29 | Jun 2, 1992 | 24 | Alric Johnson | Win | PTS |
28 | May 21, 1992 | 24 | Tomas Valdez | Win | TKO2 |
27 | Feb 18, 1992 | 24 | Troy Dorsey | Win | UD |
26 | Jan 31, 1992 | 24 | Hector Padilla | Win | TKO2 |
25 | Nov 12, 1991 | 24 | Rafael Zuñiga | Win | TKO4 |
24 | Oct 4, 1991 | 24 | Cesar Almonte | Win | KO2 |
23 | Aug 31, 1991 | 24 | Juan Gomez Polo | Win | TKO2 |
22 | Jul 23, 1991 | 24 | James Pipps | Win | TKO4 |
21 | Jun 14, 1991 | 23 | Job Walters | Win | TKO6 |
20 | May 27, 1991 | 23 | Richie Foster | Win | KO1 |
19 | Mar 22, 1991 | 23 | Harold Warren | Win | UD |
18 | Feb 12, 1991 | 23 | Boualem Belkif | Win | KO3 |
17 | Nov 30, 1990 | 23 | Ernesto Quintana | Win | TKO1 |
16 | Oct 30, 1990 | 23 | Jesse Sierra | Win | TKO5 |
15 | Sep 13, 1990 | 23 | Cruz Saldana | Win | KO1 |
14 | Dec 23, 1989 | 22 | Russell Davison | Win | PTS |
13 | Nov 30, 1989 | 22 | Martin Mendoza | Win | KO1 |
12 | Nov 13, 1989 | 22 | Fermin Rodriguez | Win | KO2 |
11 | Oct 30, 1989 | 22 | Jean Pierre Dibateza | Win | PTS |
10 | Aug 24, 1989 | 22 | Byron Chacon | Win | TKO1 |
9 | Jul 27, 1989 | 22 | Jose Villasenor | Win | KO1 |
8 | May 25, 1989 | 21 | Bruce Flippins | Win | TKO4 |
7 | May 5, 1989 | 21 | Anthony Barela | Win | UD |
6 | Mar 3, 1989 | 21 | Anthony Barela | Win | UD |
5 | Feb 9, 1989 | 21 | Carlos Peralta | Win | KO2 |
4 | Dec 15, 1988 | 21 | Agustin Silva | Win | TKO4 |
3 | Nov 10, 1988 | 21 | Joey King | Win | PTS |
2 | Oct 27, 1988 | 21 | Vicente Arias | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Sep 8, 1988 | 21 | Willie Barnes | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Kevin Kelley (The Flushing Flash) is a 56-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. on June 29, 1967. He is a former featherweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 20 years — from 1988 to 2009.
Kelley made his professional boxing debut against Willie Barnes at the age of 21 on September 8, 1988, defeating Barnes via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 40 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 28 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on December 4, 1993 after 36 professional fights, against Gregorio Vargas for the featherweight WBC title. He defeated Vargas via 12 round unanimous decision to become the featherweight champion of the world.
Kelley has won one world title at featherweight. For all the details about Kelley's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Kelley had a total of 10 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Vicente Escobedo on May 21, 2009. Kelley lost the fight via 2nd round TKO. It's been 14 years, 10 months, and 28 days since this fight.
Kelley had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and two successful title defenses. He won three of these fights and lost three.
Kevin Kelley fought for a featherweight world title in three fights and won once. He won one featherweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Dec 4, 1993 | Gregorio Vargas | Featherweight | WBC | UD |
Kevin Kelley had three featherweight world-title defense fights. He won two of them and lost 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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Sep 24, 1994 | Jose Vida Ramos | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
May 6, 1994 | Jesse Benavides | Featherweight | WBC | UD |
Kevin Kelley lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jan 7, 1995 | Alejandro González | Featherweight | WBC | RTD |
Kelley fought a total of 72 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at the featherweight division. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
December 4, 1993: Kelley wins his first world title by defeating Gregorio Vargas via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBC featherweight world champion.
September 24, 1994: Kelley successfully defends the WBC featherweight title against Jose Vida Ramos, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
July 13, 2002: Kevin Kelley beats Humberto Soto via 12th round majority decision.
Kelley knocked out 39 of his 72 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 54.2%. Of his total 60 wins, 39 of them were via KO (65%).
Kelley's first world-title win was the WBC belt at featherweight. He defeated Gregorio Vargas via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Kelley won one world title at featherweight.
Kelley had a total of three title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost one time.