Rodrigo Valdez - Knowledge (XXG)

31: 316:. As a consequence of this, Valdez also became affected by the disease. Given a quarantine, he refused to quit boxing periodically and continued training during his time of illness. Separated from most of the world, he was fit enough to win two more fights within three months of his initial diagnosis of hepatitis. 379:, which belonged back then not to Italy, but actually to Switzerland. Valdez recovered the world middleweight championship, with a 15-round decision over Briscoe. This time around, however, he would lose his title on his first defense, on April 22, 1978, by points in 15 rounds to another Argentine, 358:

One week before the long-awaited match-up, on June 19, 1976, Valdez's brother was murdered during a barroom fight in Colombia. Already in Monte Carlo for the fight, Valdez wanted to pull out of it to join his family in mourning. But he was contractually bound to fight Monzon, so he had to stay in

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The WBA and WBC, recognizing that Valdez probably wasn't in the best of moods to fight during his first confrontation with Monzon, ordered a second fight between the rivals, and so they fought again, on July 30, 1977, once again at Monte Carlo. This time around, Valdez knocked down Monzon in the

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According to Colombian sources, Valdez died of a massive heart attack on March 14, 2017. Cartagena mayor Manuel Duque confirmed the two time former world champion's death, calling him "one of the greatest Colombian sportsmen of all time".

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on August 9, 1971, Valdez won by knockout in round six, because the fight doctor deemed Cassidy not fit to continue from a cut around his eye which had been ruled as produced by a Valdez punch. At the time, nobody knew that Cassidy had

355:, Valdez became a world champion for the first time, by knocking Briscoe out in seven rounds. Valdez subsequently retained his title against Rudy Valdez, Gratien Tonna, and Max Cohen, until Monzon finally agreed to meet him. 335:, on September 1, 1973, beating Briscoe in a 12-round decision to capture the regional championship and becoming a world-ranked middleweight contender. After this win, Valdez claimed for a world title shot at Monzon. 359:

Europe, and on June 26, Valdez, who to many observers seemed rather uninterested, lost in the unification bout to Monzon in a 15-round unanimous decision. Valdez won two more fights after returning to Colombia.

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Monzon announced his retirement from boxing afterwards, and so Valdez and Briscoe were matched once again, on November 5, 1977, for the vacant undisputed world middleweight championship, in

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made him its number one contender at Monzon's title. But Monzon did not feel like fighting the Colombian at that moment, so the WBC stripped Monzon of the world title (Monzon retained the

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After that defeat, he went on another undefeated streak of fifteen fights, of which he won thirteen and tied two. However, on his first fight abroad, February 16, 1969, in

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to the floor in Monzon's long career. Valdez was leading after seven rounds, but Monzon mounted a late rally that allowed him to keep the title by a close decision.

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title) and made Valdez and Briscoe rematch, this time with the WBC world middleweight title on the line. On May 25, 1974, at

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Valdez had a record of 63 wins, eight losses and two draws as a professional boxer, with 42 wins by knockout.

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has long been considered among the most legendary boxing rivalries. Valdez was trained by

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Valdez fought only twice more, winning both fights by knockout. After beating

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to be the three greatest boxers ever to come from that country. He is 29th on

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on November 28, 1980, in the first round, he retired from boxing for good.

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Plaza de Toros de Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia

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Plaza de Toros de Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia

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Plaza de Toros de la Serrezuela, Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia

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Coliseo Humberto Perea, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

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Coliseo Humberto Perea, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

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Coliseo Cubierto de Monteria, Monteria, Bolívar, Colombia

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Coliseo Humberto Perea, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

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Coliseo Humberto Perea, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

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On November 11 of that same year, they had a rematch, at

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