José María Flores Burlón

José María Flores Burlón (born February 10, 1955 in Montevideo) is a former boxer from Uruguay. Flores Burlón had a total of 115 professional bouts. He tried, without success, to become Uruguay's first world boxing champion.

Boxing career

Beginning

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

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

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 Champion

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

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

96 Wins (47 knockouts, 49 decisions), 11 Losses (6 knockouts, 5 decisions), 8 Draws
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	98-97, 100-97, 98-97.
Win	9-4-2	Aaron Orlando Soria	UD	12	16/06/2000	Pergamino, Argentina	WBC Mundo Hispano Cruiserweight Title. 119-114, 118-114, 119-117.
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	80-70, 80-69, 80-70.
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 "The Bounty" 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, United States	WBC World Cruiserweight Title. 110-119, 111-118, 110-118.
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 "Hot Rod" Rodriguez	PTS	10	10/07/1987	Montevideo, Uruguay
Draw	20-14-9	Juan Carlos "The Fern" Fernandez	PTS	10	06/02/1987	Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Win	8-4-4	Jimmy "Millon Dollar" 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, Buenos Aires Province, 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, Santa Fe, 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 "Hot Rod" Rodriguez	PTS	10	21/07/1985	Villa Ángela, Chaco Province, Argentina
Win	3-12	Juan Jose Leiva	RTD	7	17/05/1985	Daireaux, Buenos Aires Province, 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, Buenos Aires Province, 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, Entre Ríos, 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 "Hot Rod" Rodriguez	KO	7	01/07/1983	Pergamino, Argentina
Win	2-16-5	Aldo Carmona	TKO	2	21/05/1983	General Pico, La Pampa Province, Argentina
Win	0-2	Ruben Paredes	KO	1	06/05/1983	Rojas, Buenos Aires, 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, United States
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 "Deep" 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 "The Sauce" 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 "The Fern" Fernandez	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, Corrientes, 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, Tucumán Province, 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, Tucumán Province, Argentina
Win	29-36-7	Obdulio Rogelio Zarza	PTS	10	19/12/1980	Tapiales, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Win	0-4	"Councilman" Manuel Flores	TKO	2	10/10/1980	Pergamino, Argentina
Win	4-9-2	Hugo Belisario Salega	RTD	3	12/09/1980	San Miguel, Buenos Aires, 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, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Win	2-7	Roberto Troilo Ortiz	KO	2	10/05/1980	Los Toldos, Santa Fe, 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, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Win	4-28-11	Alberto Juan Almiron	PTS	10	05/10/1979	San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	1-7-2	"San" Antonio Lopez	RTD	10	31/08/1979	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Draw	23-27-6	Obdulio Rogelio Zarza	PTS	10	10/08/1979	Salta, Salta Province, Argentina
Loss	16-3-6	Jose Alberto Vega	PTS	10	13/07/1979	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Loss	13-1-2	Ruben Hector Pardo	TKO	4	12/01/1979	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina	South American Middleweight Title.
Draw	8-23-5	Hugo Estefano Obregon	PTS	10	25/11/1978	Olavarría, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Win	3-4-2	Oscar Aguero	KO	8	13/10/1978	Azul, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Win	4-20-9	Alberto Juan Almiron	PTS	10	23/09/1978	Salta, Salta Province, 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, Misiones, Argentina
Loss	18-4-3	Pedro Cesar Duarte	PTS	10	03/03/1978	San Luis, Córdoba, Argentina
Win	18-20-6	Obdulio Rogelio Zarza	PTS	10	30/01/1978	Azul, Buenos Aires Province, 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	"San" 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	Ramon Mendez	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	Jose 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	"Aly" Alejandro Garcia	PTS	6	06/02/1976	Pergamino, Argentina

External links

• Professional boxing record for José María Flores Burlón from BoxRec