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Vicente Saldívar Record

37-3
Total Fights40
Wins37
Losses3
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins5
Title Defenses7
Title-Fight KOs5
KO Wins26
KO Losses3
Vicente Saldívar Record & Stats
Vicente Saldívar's Record
Vicente Saldívar's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Vicente Saldívar's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 12 years and eight months, Vicente Saldívar fought 40 times with 37 wins and 3 losses.

      Saldívar retired from professional boxing with a record of 37-3, which included five featherweight world-title wins and seven successful title defense fights. He had a 65% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 26 of his total 40 fights being knockout wins, five of which were in title fights. Saldívar suffered three knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.

      His last fight was a 4th round KO defeat to Éder Jofre on October 21, 1973. Saldívar was fighting for the featherweight WBC title.

      Some of Saldívar's best fights and notable victories include wins over two Hall-of-Famers (Sugar Ramos and Ismael Laguna), Mitsunori Seki, Howard Winstone, Floyd Robertson, José Legrá, Johnny Famechon, and Delfino Rosales.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      40Oct 21, 197330Éder JofreLoss *KO4
      39Jul 15, 197128Frankie CrawfordWinUD
      38Dec 11, 197027Kuniaki ShibataLoss *RTD12
      37May 9, 197027Johnny FamechonWin *UD
      36Jul 18, 196926José LegráWinUD
      35Oct 14, 196724Howard WinstoneWin *TKO12
      34Jun 15, 196724Howard WinstoneWin *UD
      33Jan 29, 196723Mitsunori SekiWin *TKO7
      32Aug 7, 196623Mitsunori SekiWin *UD
      31Feb 12, 196622Floyd RobertsonWin *KO2
      30Sep 7, 196522Howard WinstoneWin *UD
      29May 7, 196522Raul RojasWin *TKO15
      28Dec 6, 196421Delfino RosalesWinTKO11
      27Sep 26, 196421Sugar RamosWin *RTD12
      26Jun 1, 196421Ismael LagunaWinUD
      25Apr 4, 196421Eduardo GuerreroWinUD
      24Feb 8, 196420Juan RamírezWinTKO2
      23Dec 16, 196320Félix GutiérrezWinTKO3
      22Sep 21, 196320Beresford FrancisWinTKO2
      21Jul 13, 196320Eloy SánchezWinKO1
      20Jun 12, 196320Baby LuisWinTKO8
      19Apr 19, 196320Dwight HawkinsWinKO5
      18Mar 16, 196320Luis HernándezWinKO2
      17Dec 29, 196219Baby LuisLossTKO7
      16Dec 16, 196219Jorge SalazarWinKO5
      15Nov 17, 196219José LópezWinUD
      14Oct 11, 196219Luis HernándezWinKO1
      13Aug 22, 196219Alberto SotoWinTKO2
      12Jun 27, 196219Indio FernándezWinTKO6
      11May 2, 196219Genaro GonzálezWinDQ
      10Apr 4, 196219Jorge SalazarWinKO4
      9Mar 18, 196219Juan ZavalaWinKO10
      8Feb 8, 196218Rosendo MartínezWinTKO5
      7Jan 6, 196218Ernesto BeltránWinKO6
      6Dec 3, 196118Juan RodríguezWinTKO6
      5Oct 14, 196118José Luis MoraWinUD
      4May 20, 196118Babe LópezWinKO3
      3Apr 16, 196118Eduardo MezaWinKO3
      2Mar 22, 196118Frijol GonzálezWinKO4
      1Feb 18, 196117Baby PalaciosWinKO1

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Vicente Saldívar (Zurdo de Oro) was a Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico on March 5, 1943. He was a featherweight world champion. He died on July 18, 1985 at the age of 42 years. Saldívar was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1999. His professional boxing career spanned more than 12 years — from 1961 to 1973.

      Saldívar made his professional boxing debut against Baby Palacios at the age of 17 on February 18, 1961, defeating Palacios via 1st round KO. He went on to win 15 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 12 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 21 on September 26, 1964 after 26 professional fights, against Sugar Ramos for the featherweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring titles. He defeated Ramos via 12th round RTD to become the featherweight champion of the world.

      Vicente Saldívar was a one-time undisputed featherweight world champion, and won five world titles at featherweight. For all the details about Saldívar's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Saldívar had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was on October 21, 1973 against Brazilian boxer Éder Jofre for Jofre's featherweight WBC title. Saldívar lost the fight via 4th round KO.

      Championships

      Saldívar had a total of 11 world-title fights, which includes winning five world titles and seven successful title defenses. He won nine of these fights and lost two.

      Title Wins

      Vicente Saldívar fought for featherweight world titles in three fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won five featherweight belts.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      May 9, 1970Johnny FamechonFeatherweightWBC, The RingUD
      Sep 26, 1964+Sugar RamosFeatherweightWBA, WBC, The RingRTD
      + Became undisputed world champion

      Title Defenses

      Vicente Saldívar had eight featherweight 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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Oct 14, 1967Howard WinstoneFeatherweightWBA, WBC, The RingTKO
      Jun 15, 1967Howard WinstoneFeatherweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD
      Jan 29, 1967Mitsunori SekiFeatherweightWBA, WBC, The RingTKO
      Aug 7, 1966Mitsunori SekiFeatherweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD
      Feb 12, 1966Floyd RobertsonFeatherweightWBA, WBC, The RingKO
      Sep 7, 1965Howard WinstoneFeatherweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD
      May 7, 1965Raul RojasFeatherweightWBA, WBC, The RingTKO

      Title Losses

      Vicente Saldívar lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Dec 11, 1970Kuniaki ShibataFeatherweightWBC, The RingRTD

      Highlights

      Saldívar fought a total of 40 times during his professional career, which includes 11 world-title fights at the featherweight division. He was among the very best of his generation and was known for his great performances in his fights. These five fights are the highlight of his career.

      • September 26, 1964: Saldívar becomes the undisputed featherweight world champion in his first world-title fight by beating Sugar Ramos via 12th round RTD. He now holds the WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight world-champion belts.

      • February 12, 1966: Saldívar successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight titles against Floyd Robertson, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.

      • January 29, 1967: Saldívar successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight titles against Mitsunori Seki, winning the fight via 7th round TKO.

      • October 14, 1967: Saldívar successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight titles against Howard Winstone, winning the fight via 12th round TKO.

      • July 18, 1969: Vicente Saldívar beats José Legrá via 10th round unanimous decision.

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