Vicente Rondón
Vicente Rondon Paúl ( born July 29, 1938 in Rio Chico, Miranda, Venezuela, † December 28, 1992 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan boxer. He was world champion professional boxer in the light heavyweight division.
Career
Vicente Rondon grew up in San Jose de Rio Chico in extreme poverty. To escape this poverty, he joined the Venezuelan army at a young age. There he came into contact with sports and was a good boxer. In the amateur level, he played 34 fights, of which he won. Larger title wins he could not list, however.
1965, at the age of 27 years already Vicente Rondon was a professional boxer, which he claimed as the birth year incorrectly 1944. His manager was Tuto Zabala. He played his first match on June 28, 1965 in Caracas and won middleweight over his compatriot Joe Carabella by KO in the 3rd round. His next fights he denied all in Venezuela or Puerto Rico. He remained unbeaten in his first fourteen fights.
On January 12, 1968, he boxed for the first time in New York. He was officially introduced to the rather second-rate American Bobby Wartem, he lost to the after 10 rounds by points. He was still, 9 April 1968 another fight in New York, where he also defeated former WBA middleweight champion of the USA Jose Monon Gonzalez after 10 rounds by points. With this defeat, Vicente Rondon made still such a good impression that he was allowed to compete in San Juan, Puerto Rico against Luis Manuel Rodriguez, a native of Cuba and former world champion of the WBC and WBA welterweight on June 3, 1968. This fight he lost on points after 10 rounds, defeating Rodriguez but on 19 July 1968 back to San Juan, in the rematch after 10 rounds by points.
On January 26, 1969 Vicente Rondon lost in San Juan against the Americans Bennie Briscoe, who at that time was the best middleweight in the world of learning through techn. KO in the 8th round. After this fight he punched only in the light heavyweight in order to escape the constant kräftezährenden detraining. This measure paid off immediately, because it was followed by the most successful years in his career. He was the first on May 30, 1969 in Caracas Venezuelan champion in the light heavyweight Kurch a points victory after 12 rounds of Jose Luis Garcia. On December 6, 1969, he defeated in Buenos Aires the Argentine champion in the light heavyweight Avenamar Peralta after 10 rounds by points and with the same result he hit on November 8 in San Jose Roger Rouse from the Vereinigtern States and had therefore the right to the vacant world title WBA light heavyweight fight.
This battle occurred on 27 February 1971 in Caracas Vicente Rondon and the American Jimmy Dupree on. Rondon used his chance and won this fight by knockout in the sixth round and was the new world champion of the WBA light heavyweight. He defended this title on June 5, 1971 in Caracas successfully by a points victory after 15 laps on the American Eddie Jones by a knockout victory in the first round of the Italian Piero del Papa and on 21 August 1971 in Caracas. On October 14, 1971, he fought in a non-title fight in Germany for the first time and defeated it in Berlin Conny Velensek after 10 rounds by points.
On October 26, 1971 Vicente Rondon defended his title by a tech. Knockout victory in the 14th round of Gomeo Brennan from the U.S. successfully and won on December 25, 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio, via Doyle Baird in the U.S. by techn. KO in the 8th round.
On April 7, 1972 Vicente Rondon played perhaps the most important fight of his career. he met in Miami Beach, Florida, in a so-called unification bout on the reigning heavyweight champion of the world by the WBC Bob Foster from the United States. Bob Foster won this fight by technical. Knockout in the second round, after he had sent Vicente Rondon twice to the ground. Rondon therefore had to relinquish his WBA world title in Foster.
After this defeat, Vicente Rondon disputed twelve fights, of which he won only three. He punched it in the heavyweight division against physically superior enemies, which he defeats as on July 11, 1972 in Denver, Colorado, against Ron Lyle by KO in the 2nd round, on August 26, 1972 in Canton, Ohio, against Ernie Shavers on points and on December 1, 1972 in Madrid against Jose Manuel Urtain from Spain to points earned. On October 17, 1973, he lost in Frankfurt / Main, even against the German former European champion Rudiger Schmidtke on points. His last professional fight he finally denied on June 6, 1974 in Tampa, Florida. In this fight he lost to Jose Roman from Puerto Rico by KO in the 2nd round.
After the pit
After his career boxers Vicente Rondon had the hard knocks that he pay tribute especially in his last fight when he ran against physically superior heavyweight. He landed in a mental hospital in Caracas. After his release, he was imprisoned offenders and longer time. After his release he was physically and mentally a human wreck. He who was once in Venezuela a celebrated national hero lived, forgotten and totally impoverished until his early death at his elderly mother in Santa Ana de Carapita in Caracas.
Swell
- Trade journal Box Sport from 1965 to 1974
- Website " www.boxrec.com "
- Website " www.boxemania.com "