José María Flores Burlón

José María Flores Burlón (born February 10, 1955) is an Uruguayan former professional boxer. Flores Burlón had a total of 115 professional bouts. He challenged once for the WBC Cruiserweight title in 1988.

Flores Burlón
Born
José María Flores Burlón

(1955-02-10) February 10, 1955 (age 69)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Statistics
Weight(s)Light heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Boxing record
Total fights115
Wins96
Wins by KO47
Losses11
Draws8

Boxing career

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Early career

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Flores Burlón began his professional boxing career on February 6, 1976, defeating Alejandro García by a six round decision in Pergamino, Argentina. His first fourteen bouts were in Pergamino, he had a record of 13 wins and 1 draw (tie) during that span, the draw coming on September 17 of that same year against Segundo Paiz, over ten rounds.

On January 27, 1977, Flores Burlón had his first fight outside Pergamino, when he outpointed Raul Antonio Paez over ten rounds in Arrecife, Argentina.

Eventually, Flores Burlón built a record of 27 wins, no losses and two draws, with ten knockouts, before he faced Pedro Cesar Duarte, on March 3, 1978 in San Luis, Argentina. Flores Burlón lost for the first time as a professional, when Duarte outpointed him over ten rounds.

Championship title

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After three more victories and one loss, Flores Burlón fought for a title for the first time. His first championship bout also marked his debut in Uruguay. He beat Marcelo Quiñones on August 12, 1978 at Montevideo to win the South American Middleweight title, which had been vacant since Hugo Corro had defeated Rodrigo Valdéz for the world championship.

Flores Burlón lost the South American title in his first defense, being knocked out in round four by Ruben Pardo on January 12, 1979 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Flores Burlón then had some career ups and downs, winning 2, losing 2 and drawing 1 of his next five bouts. After losing on November 2 to Rogelio Zarza. After that fight, he began a twelve-fight win streak, when he beat Aldo Carmona by a knockout in eight rounds, on April 24, 1980. Among the twelve victories in that streak were a second round knockout over Zarza, a ten round decision win against Duarte, and a twelve round decision over Pardo on April 25, 1981 in Buenos Aires. His victory over Pardo made him South American Middleweight champion for the second time. On June 13 of that year, Flores Burlón met another well known Middleweight of the area, Juan Roldán. He lost to Roldán by a third round knockout.

Fame

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Flores Burlón began another winning streak when he defeated Jorge Servin by a knockout in five rounds on August 8. He won 19 bouts in a row, including a third fight with Rogelio Zarza, and his United States debut, when he knocked Dornell Wigfall out in six rounds as part of the Michael Spinks vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi fight's undercard on March 18, 1983 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. By then, Flores Burlón had changed division, becoming a world ranked light heavyweight. Flores Burlón became famous across Latin America, Ring En Español dedicating many articles to him.

Despite being defeated with a second round knockout by Cesar Abel Romero on July 30 of 1983, Flores Burlón was named South American Light Heavyweight champion. He lost that title on his first defense, being knocked out in round one by Juan Carlos Gimenez Ferreyra, on November 13, in Asunción, Paraguay. Almost one year later, on November 10, 1984, he recovered the South American Light Heavyweight title, defeating Victor Robledo by a twelve round decision in Buenos Aires.

World Championship try

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On May 25, 1986, Flores Burlón conquered his third regional belt when he won the South American Cruiserweight title by knocking Hector Pedro Rohr out in the fourth round, at the Argentine city of Necochea. On August 8, he outpointed former world champion Marvin Camel in ten rounds, once again in Buenos Aires. After this win, Flores Burlón was ranked number one among Cruiserweight challengers in the world.

On January 22, 1988, Flores Burlón had his first world title try. Attempting to become Uruguay's first world boxing champion in history, he lost a twelve round unanimous decision to Puerto Rican Carlos de León, the World Boxing Council's champion, in Atlantic City. This would turn out to be the only world championship fight Flores Burlón ever had.

Flores Burlón boxed for twelve more years, winning the WBA's Fedelatin (Latin American) and WBC's mundo Hispano (Hispanic world)'s Light Cruiserweight titles. He retired after beating Reginaldo Dos Santos by a knockout in round six on September 9, 2000, to retain his mundo Latino belt.

Overall career

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Flores Burlón had 96 wins, 11 losses and 8 draws, with 47 knockout wins. He is a resident of Pergamino, Argentina, where he held many of his early professional bouts.

Professional boxing record

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96 Wins (47 knockouts, 49 decisions), 11 Losses (6 knockouts, 5 decisions), 8 Draws[1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Win 3-2-1   Edson Cesar Antonio RTD 7 29/09/2000   Pergamino, Argentina WBC Mundo Hispano Cruiserweight Title. Antonio retired at 0:01 of the seventh round.
Win 12-7-1   Raul Esteban Barreto UD 10 04/08/2000   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 9-4-2   Aaron Orlando Soria UD 12 16/06/2000   Pergamino, Argentina WBC Mundo Hispano Cruiserweight Title.
Win 3-11   Argemiro Antonio dos Santos KO 2 05/05/2000   Pergamino, Argentina
Draw 0-1   Edson Cesar Antonio PTS 8 24/03/2000   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 30-25-6   Julio Abel Gonzalez UD 8 18/02/2000   Pergamino, Argentina
Win --   Jonatas dos Santos TKO 6 21/08/1999   Montevideo, Uruguay Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the sixth round.
Win 1-14   Juan Hipolito Helmann Rivas KO 1 19/06/1999   Montevideo, Uruguay
Loss 16-2-2   Mike Hunter TKO 1 31/10/1990   Melbourne, Australia Referee stopped the bout at 2:57 of the first round.
Win 4-0   Jaime Manque KO 6 03/08/1990   Pergamino, Argentina WBA Fedelatin Cruiserweight Title.
Win 6-5   Emmanuel Brites Camargo TKO 7 04/11/1989   Montevideo, Uruguay WBA Fedelatin Cruiserweight Title.
Win 22-14-8   Victor Robledo UD 12 16/06/1989   Paysandú, Uruguay WBA Fedelatin Cruiserweight Title.
Win 4-7-1   Raul Venturelli KO 6 19/05/1989   Paysandú, Uruguay
Win 0-5   Walter Daniel Bustos KO 1 14/04/1989   Pergamino, Argentina
Loss 43-4   Carlos de León UD 12 22/01/1988   Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. WBC Cruiserweight Title.
Win 31-30-18   Eduardo Domingo Contreras PTS 10 18/09/1987   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 1-2   Alberto Adolfo Ubelart PTS 10 14/08/1987   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 4-12-2   Juan Carlos Rodríguez PTS 10 10/07/1987   Montevideo, Uruguay
Draw 20-14-9   Juan Carlos Fernández PTS 10 06/02/1987   Paraná, Argentina
Win 8-4-4   Jimmy Bills PTS 10 22/11/1986   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 43-6-3   Marvin Camel UD 10 08/08/1986   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 15-8-1   Hector Pedro Rohr KO 4 25/05/1986   Necochea, Argentina South American Cruiserweight Title.
Win 1-3-1   Hilario Rufino KO 3 18/04/1986   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 15-6-1   Hector Pedro Rohr PTS 10 21/12/1985   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 15-5-1   Hector Pedro Rohr PTS 10 20/12/1985   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 2-3-1   Pedro Cichero TKO 7 23/11/1985   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 8-9-2   Roberto Carlos Cardozo TKO 5 27/09/1985   Rosario, Argentina
Win 13-2   Clarismundo Aparecido Silva TKO 5 24/08/1985   Pergamino, Argentina South American Light Heavyweight Title.
Win 3-6-2   Juan Carlos Rodríguez PTS 10 21/07/1985   Villa Ángela, Argentina
Win 3-12   Juan Jose Leiva RTD 7 17/05/1985   Daireaux, Argentina
Win 19-3-5   Victor Robledo PTS 12 10/11/1984   Buenos Aires, Argentina South American Light Heavyweight Title.
Draw 28-6-1   Angel Antonio Caro PTS 10 07/09/1984   Mar del Plata,Argentina
Loss 26-10-3   Jorge Juan Salgado PTS 10 16/08/1984   Mendoza, Argentina
Win 2-5-2   Andres Fidel Olmedo PTS 10 16/03/1984   Paraná, Argentina
Loss 11-0   Juan Carlos Gimenez KO 1 13/11/1983   Asunción, Paraguay South American Light Heavyweight Title.
Win 2-4-2   Andres Fidel Olmedo KO 6 06/10/1983   Asunción, Paraguay
Win 2-11-1   Irineo Claudio Cabrera KO 2 17/09/1983   Pergamino, Argentina
Loss 7-2-3   Cesar Abel Romero KO 2 30/07/1983   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 0-2-2   Juan Carlos Rodríguez KO 7 01/07/1983   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 2-16-5   Aldo Carmona TKO 2 21/05/1983   General Pico, Argentina
Win 0-2 Ruben Paredes KO 1 06/05/1983   Rojas, Argentina
Win 29-44-8   Obdulio Rogelio Zarza TKO 5 13/04/1983   Montevideo, Uruguay
Win 20-5   Dornell Wigfall KO 6 18/03/1983   Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win 2-15-5   Aldo Carmona PTS 10 23/12/1982   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 13-17-3   Ricardo Molina Ortiz PTS 10 08/10/1982   Montevideo, Uruguay
Win 10-6   Chris Wells TKO 8 06/08/1982   Montevideo, Uruguay
Win 24-12-8   Norberto Rufino Cabrera TKO 9 26/06/1982   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 23-7-6   Jose Alberto Vega TKO 2 24/05/1982   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 2-7   Alfredo Morales KO 2 07/05/1982   San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
Win 26-7-5   Abel Celestino Bailone PTS 10 10/04/1982   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 2-8-5   Jesus Eugenio Ibanez TKO 8 12/03/1982   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 7-3-1   Angel Gustavo Salinas PTS 10 20/02/1982   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 7-2-1   Angel Gustavo Salinas PTS 10 18/12/1981   Montevideo, Uruguay
Win 24-11-7   Norberto Rufino Cabrera PTS 10 20/11/1981   Montevideo, Uruguay
Win 7-4-7   Juan Carlos Fernández KO 6 06/11/1981   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 2-7-5   Jesus Eugenio Ibanez PTS 10 04/09/1981   Montevideo, Uruguay
Win 0-5   Jorge Servin TKO 5 08/08/1981   San Miguel, Argentina
Loss 32-1-1   Juan Roldán TKO 3 13/06/1981   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 2-4   Juan Alberto Ibanez PTS 10 29/05/1981   San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Win 2-16-3   Natalio Ibarra KO 6 15/05/1981   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 23-3-6   Ruben Hector Pardo PTS 12 25/04/1981   Buenos Aires, Argentina South American Middleweight Title.
Win 22-10-2   Jose Luis Duran TKO 9 24/04/1981   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 32-8-7   Pedro Cesar Duarte PTS 10 13/03/1981   San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Win 29-36-7   Obdulio Rogelio Zarza PTS 10 19/12/1980   Tapiales, Argentina
Win 0-4   Manuel Flores TKO 2 10/10/1980   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 4-9-2   Hugo Belisario Salega RTD 3 12/09/1980   San Miguel, Argentina
Win 0-2   Crispin de Oliveira TKO 6 14/06/1980   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 28-32-7   Obdulio Rogelio Zarza PTS 10 24/05/1980   Concordia, Argentina
Win 2-7   Roberto Troilo Ortiz KO 2 10/05/1980   Los Toldos, Argentina
Win 2-4-4   Aldo Carmona RTD 8 24/04/1980   Pergamino, Argentina
Loss 25-27-7   Obdulio Rogelio Zarza TKO 9 02/11/1979   Concordia, Argentina
Win 4-28-11   Alberto Juan Almiron PTS 10 05/10/1979   San Miguel, Argentina
Win 1-7-2   Antonio Lopez RTD 10 31/08/1979   Rosario, Argentina
Draw 23-27-6   Obdulio Rogelio Zarza PTS 10 10/08/1979   Salta, Argentina
Loss 16-3-6   Jose Alberto Vega PTS 10 13/07/1979   Rosario, Argentina
Loss 13-1-2   Ruben Hector Pardo TKO 4 12/01/1979   Mar del Plata, Argentina South American Middleweight Title.
Draw 8-23-5   Hugo Estefano Obregon PTS 10 25/11/1978   Olavarría, Argentina
Win 3-4-2   Oscar Aguero KO 8 13/10/1978   Azul, Argentina
Win 4-20-9   Alberto Juan Almiron PTS 10 23/09/1978   Salta, Argentina
Draw 13-2-3   Jose Alberto Vega PTS 10 08/09/1978   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 28-4   Marcelo Quiñones PTS 12 12/08/1978   Montevideo, Uruguay South American Middleweight Title.
Win 12-20-4   Roque Ignacio Roldan PTS 10 07/07/1978   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 10-0-2   Ruben Hector Pardo PTS 10 27/05/1978   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 4-18-9   Alberto Juan Almiron TD 7 05/05/1978   Pergamino, Argentina
Loss 7-3-1   Ricardo Arce PTS 10 06/04/1978   Posadas, Argentina
Loss 18-4-3   Pedro Cesar Duarte PTS 10 03/03/1978   San Luis, Córdoba,[verification needed] Argentina
Win 18-20-6   Obdulio Rogelio Zarza PTS 10 30/01/1978   Azul, Argentina
Win 18-2-3   Pedro Cesar Duarte PTS 10 23/12/1977   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 12-16-4   Roque Ignacio Roldan PTS 10 11/11/1977   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 4-14-9   Alberto Juan Almiron PTS 10 22/10/1977   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 17-1-3   Pedro Cesar Duarte KO 10 01/10/1977   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 0-3-2   Antonio Lopez TKO 8 16/09/1977   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 24-15-8   Rodolfo Rosales PTS 10 29/08/1977   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 4-3-3   Camilo Gaitan PTS 10 05/08/1977   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 6-18-5   Hugo Estefano Obregon PTS 10 09/07/1977   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 24-12-3   Ramón Méndez PTS 10 03/06/1977   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 32-9-1   Hugo Inocencio Saavedra TKO 2 20/05/1977   Córdoba, Argentina
Draw 3-3-2   Camilo Gaitan PTS 10 07/05/1977   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 74-20-15   Esteban Alfredo Osuna PTS 10 09/04/1977   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 0-4   Raul Antonio Paez RTD 4 10/03/1977   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 0-3   Raul Antonio Paez PTS 10 27/01/1977   Arrecifes, Argentina
Win 2-9   Juan Carlos Artaza PTS 10 17/12/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 6-14-3   Hugo Estefano Obregon PTS 10 25/11/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 1-2-3   Segundo Miguel Pais KO 6 05/11/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Draw 1-2-2   Segundo Miguel Pais PTS 10 17/09/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 6-12-3   Hugo Estefano Obregon PTS 10 03/09/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 3-6-7   Alberto Juan Almiron PTS 10 07/08/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 5-8-2   Juan Jose Santos Paz TKO 8 16/07/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 2-1   José Pintos KO 3 18/06/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 9-12-5   Octavio Escaurriza PTS 8 04/06/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 1-1   Victor Pereyra TKO 3 24/05/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 2-0   Hector Rodolfo Altamirano PTS 8 30/04/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 11-7-1   Gregorio Navarro KO 3 12/03/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 3-3-1   Celso Laudino Sosa TKO 3 20/02/1976   Pergamino, Argentina
Win 1-0-1   Alejandro García PTS 6 06/02/1976   Pergamino, Argentina

References

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  1. ^ "Jose Maria Flores Burlon". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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