Víctor Galíndez

Víctor Galíndez
Statistics
Real name	Víctor Emilio Galíndez
Nickname(s)	El Leopardo de Morón
Weight(s)	Light heavyweight
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality	Argentina
Born	(1948-11-02)November 2, 1948 Vedia, Buenos Aires
Died	October 25, 1980(1980-10-25) (aged 31) 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires Province
Boxing record
Wins	52
Wins by KO	34
Losses	9
Draws	4
Medal record Men's boxing Representing  Argentina Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Light Middleweight

Víctor Emilio Galíndez (November 2, 1948 in Vedia – October 25, 1980 in Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine boxer who was the third Latin American to win the world Light Heavyweight championship, after Puerto Rico's José Torres and Venezuela's Vicente Rondon.

Galíndez was born in Vedia in the Leandro N. Alem Partido of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina in 1948. He aspired to become both a boxer and a stock car pilot since an early age, but he was more interested in boxing. As an amateur, he compiled a winning record and participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he lost in a preliminary round bout to Aldo Bentini of Italy. A year earlier he claimed the silver medal at the 1967 Pan American Games.

Galíndez then turned professional, and on May 10 of 1969, he debuted as a paid fighter with a win over Ramon Ruiz by a knockout in four at Buenos Aires. After one more win, he faced Adolfo Cejas in Azul, Argentina, in a fight which resulted in a ten-round draw.

In 1970, Galíndez had 10 fights, a span during which he went 5-3-1, with one no contest. He suffered his first loss, at the hands of Juan Aguilar, by a decision in ten, and had a second and third fight with Aguilar, of which the second ended in a first round no contest, and the second in another Aguilar decision win. He began his five fight rivalry with Jorge Ahumada knocking Ahumada out in five rounds, and lost the Argentine Light Heavyweight title with a twelve-round decision defeat against Avenamar Peralta.

He and Peralta had an immediate, non-title rematch in 1971, and Galíndez won by a ten-round decision. 1971 was a year of rematches for Galíndez, the only new boxer he met that year being Pedro Rimovsky, and he too, had a rematch with Galíndez before that year was over. He lost to Ahumada in the second of the five fights between them, by a decision in Mendoza, Argentina, then beat him in fight three by a knockout in nine, and in fight four by a knockout in six, both the third and fourth fight being held in Buenos Aires. He and Rimovsky had a first round no contest in their first bout, and drew over the ten round distance in the rematch, and then Galíndez had two more fights with Peralta, losing by a knockout in nine and a decision in 10.

In 1973, Galíndez had eight fights, winning seven and drawing one. He was finally able to obtain Argentina's Light Heavyweight title, by beating Aguilar by a decision in twelve. He beat Aguilar once again, by a knockout in six, and he also beat Eddie Owens, Eddie Duncan and Raul Loyola, the latter being beaten twice, one time defending his Argentine title.

He began 1974 with a step up in class, meeting former world title challenger Ray Anderson, beating him by a knockout in two. After six more consecutive wins, he was given his first shot at a world title, facing Len Hutchins for the WBA's vacant world Light Heavyweight championship. Galíndez then joined Torres and Rondon as the only Hispanic Light Heavyweight world champions in history, and Carlos Monzón as the only Argentine world champions of that era, with a TKO of Hutchins in the thirteenth round to become the WBA's world Light Heavyweight champion.

Ironically, Galíndez, who never fought outside Argentina before becoming a world champion, became a traveling fighter after that. After he beat Johnny Griffin in Buenos Aires by knockout in six in a non-title bout, it was off to South Africa, for his first international fight, which was, at the same time, his first world title defense. He beat Pierre Fourie there by a decision. Next was Las Vegas, for his first fight in the United States, another non title affair. He knocked out Ray Elson in eight there. Next stop was the Madison Square Garden in New York, where he and arch-rival Ahumada met for a fifth time, this time with the world title on the line. After beating Ahumada by a decision in 15, Galíndez returned to South Africa, where he once again beat Fourie by decision in 15.

1976 saw a trip to Norway, where he beat Harald Skog by a knockout in three to retain the title, and to Denmark, where he beat Jesse Burnett by a decision in ten in a non tite affair. Then came a third trip to South Africa, where he knocked out challenger Richie Kates in the 15th and last round, and, after a fight with Billy Douglas in Buenos Aires, (a win by decision in ten) he found himself in South Africa once again, where he beat Kosie Smith by a decision in fifteen to once again, retain the title.

After beginning 1977 by beating Guillermo Aquirrezabala by a knockout in four in Mendoza, he and Kates had a rematch in Rome, Italy, where Galíndez once again beat Kates by decision over 15. Next, the Argentine champion and challenger Álvaro Yaqui López faced Galíndez in a 15-round title bout, once again in Italy, and Galíndez retained the title by a decision in Rome. Galíndez' last fight of '77 took him to Italy for a third time, and he beat future world champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (then Eddie Gregory) by a decision in fifteen.

In 1978, Galíndez went to Italy again, retaining the title with a fifteen-round decision in a rematch with Lopez, and then he made a series of non-title bouts in Argentina before he went on the road again, this time losing his title to Mike Rossman by a knockout in 13, in the same undercard where Muhammad Ali recovered the world Heavyweight title for the third time by beating Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.

After his first fight in 1979, beating Roberto Aguilar by a knockout in six back home, he and Rossman were supposed to have a rematch in February of that year, but Galíndez refused to fight, arguing that the judges selected for the rematch would probably favor Rossman. However, the rematch did come off later that year, and Galíndez recovered the world championship, once again in New Orleans, knocking Rossman out in 10 rounds. This time, however, he wouldn't last long as king of the Light Heavyweights, and he lost the title in his first defense, by a knockout in 11 to Marvin Johnson, a boxer who would later join Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Carlos De León among others as one of the few boxers to be world champions three times in the same category. The fight with Johnson also took place in New Orleans.

After losing a rematch with Burnett in 1980 by a decision in twelve in Anaheim, California, Galíndez was forced to retire because of two operations to repair his detached retinas, and then he tried to pursue his other dream of becoming a stock-car race pilot. On October 25 of that year, he participated in what would be his first and last Turismo Carretera race. After going to the pit for repairs, Galíndez was struck by a car that lost control and killed instantly while in the waiting area.

He had a boxing record of 52 wins, 9 losses and 4 draws with 2 no contests, and 34 wins by knockout.

In 2002, Galíndez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.

Professional boxing record

55 Wins (34 knockouts, 21 decisions), 9 Losses (3 knockouts, 6 decisions), 4 Draws, 2 No Contests
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	19-12-2	Jesse Burnett	UD	12	14 June 1980	Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California, United States	WBC World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator. 111–115, 111–116, 112–115.
Loss	23-3	Marvin Johnson	KO	11	30 November 1979	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. Johnson knocked out at 0:20 of the 11th round.
Win	36-4-3	Mike Rossman	RTD	9	14 April 1979	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. Rossman retired at 3:00 of the ninth round.
Win	9-8-3	Roberto Gustavo Aguilar	RTD	8	9 March 1979	San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
Loss	34-4-3	Mike Rossman	TKO	13	15 September 1978	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	5–8	Marcos Antonio Tosto	KO	6	19 August 1978	General Pico, Argentina
Win	1-0	Waldemar De Oliveira	KO	9	8 July 1978	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	6-13-6	Juan Antonio Musladino	KO	9	16 June 1978	Mendoza, Argentina
Win	42-6	Yaqui Lopez	UD	15	6 May 1978	La Bussola Teatro Tenda, Viareggio, Italy	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	7-5-2	Ramon Reinaldo Cerrezuela	PTS	10	8 April 1978	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	22-2-1	Eddie Mustafa Muhammad	UD	15	20 November 1977	Palazzo dello Sport di Parco Ruffini, Torino, Italy	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	38-5	Yaqui Lopez	UD	15	17 September 1977	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	33-2	Richie Kates	UD	15	18 June 1977	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	15-7-5	Guillermo Aguirrezabala	KO	4	6 April 1977	Mendoza, Argentina
Win	27-15-1	Kosie Smith	UD	15	5 October 1976	Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. 104-91, 105–95, 105–92.
Win	33-11-1	Billy "Dynamite" Douglas	PTS	10	21 August 1976	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	32-1	Richie Kates	KO	15	22 May 1976	Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. Kates knocked out at 2:59 of the 15th round.
Win	10-2-1	Jesse Burnett	SD	10	8 April 1976	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	15-0-1	Harald Skog	KO	3	28 March 1976	Ekeberg Hall, Oslo, Norway	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	49-4-1	Pierre Fourie	SD	15	13 September 1975	Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	41-6-2	Jorge Ahumada	UD	15	30 June 1975	Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	12-1	"Communist" Ray Elson	TKO	8	16 May 1975	Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, South Africa
Win	48-3-1	Pierre Fourie	UD	15	7 April 1975	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	21-10	Johnny Griffin	KO	6	15 February 1975	Balcarce, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Win	22-1-1	Len "Stinger" Hutchins	TKO	13	7 December 1974	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina	WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	0–5	Domingo Silveira	KO	4	5 October 1974	Parana, Entre Rios, Argentina
Win	25-11-1	Angel "Nip/Tuck" Oquendo	PTS	10	14 September 1974	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	0–4	Domingo Silveira	KO	5	1 September 1974	San Juan, La Rioja, Argentina
Win	0–3	Domingo Silveira	KO	4	12 July 1974	San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
Win	42-20-2	Jose "Monon" Gonzalez	PTS	10	8 June 1974	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	6-7-1	Ruben Macario Gonzalez	KO	3	5 April 1974	Rio Cuarto, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	35-10-2	"Sugar" Ray Anderson	KO	2	16 February 1974	Balcarce, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina	Anderson knocked out at 1:23 of the second round.
Win	8-2-1	Eddie "Big E" Duncan	KO	2	8 December 1973	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	7-6-1	Raul Arturo Loyola	TKO	8	10 November 1973	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	7-5-1	Raul Arturo Loyola	PTS	12	7 September 1973	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina	FAB Argentina Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	29-14-11	Juan "Mendoza" Aguilar	KO	6	10 August 1973	San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
Win	34-16-2	Karl Zurheide	KO	2	14 July 1973	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	34-18-3	Eddie "Red Top" Owens	KO	3	12 May 1973	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	28-12-11	Juan "Mendoza" Aguilar	PTS	12	14 April 1973	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina	FAB Argentina Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	6-4-1	Ruben Macario Gonzalez	KO	3	29 January 1973	Salta, Argentina
Draw	27-12-10	Juan "Mendoza" Aguilar	PTS	10	15 December 1972	Mendoza, Argentina
Win	4–6	Oscar Wondryk	KO	7	10 November 1972	Venado Tuerto, Argentina
Win	66-8-4	Avenamar Peralta	PTS	12	7 October 1972	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina	South America Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	66-7-4	Avenamar Peralta	PTS	12	2 September 1972	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina	FAB Argentina Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	24-8-2	Adolfo Jorge Cardozo	TKO	4	19 August 1972	Rosario Teatro Real, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	27-11-9	Juan "Mendoza" Aguilar	PTS	12	22 July 1972	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina	FAB Argentina Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	24-10-1	Eddie "Bossman" Jones	PTS	10	6 May 1972	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	9-8-1	Carlos Santagada	TKO	8	22 January 1972	Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Loss	60-7-4	Avenamar Peralta	PTS	10	18 December 1971	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	27-9-9	Juan "Mendoza" Aguilar	PTS	10	20 November 1971	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	27-3	Jorge Ahumada	KO	6	30 October 1971	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	58-7-4	Avenamar Peralta	TKO	9	11 September 1971	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	26-2	Jorge Ahumada	KO	9	31 July 1971	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Draw	6-1-3	Pedro Rimovsky	PTS	10	12 June 1971	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	25-2	Jorge Ahumada	PTS	10	24 May 1971	Mendoza, Argentina
No Contest	6-1-2	Pedro Rimovsky	NC	1	7 April 1971	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	57-4-4	Avenamar Peralta	PTS	10	9 January 1971	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	56-4-4	Avenamar Peralta	PTS	12	28 November 1970	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina	FAB Argentina Light Heavyweight Title.
Loss	21-6-8	Juan "Mendoza" Aguilar	PTS	10	18 September 1970	Mendoza, Argentina
No Contest	21-6-8	Juan "Mendoza" Aguilar	NC	1	14 August 1970	Mendoza, Argentina
Win	22-1	Jorge Ahumada	KO	5	22 July 1970	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Draw	21-6-7	Juan "Mendoza" Aguilar	PTS	10	24 June 1970	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	2-2	Alfredo Segura	KO	3	20 May 1970	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	--	Ramon Reinaldo Cerrezuela	TKO	9	9 May 1970	Lujan, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Loss	20-5-7	Juan "Mendoza" Aguilar	PTS	10	8 April 1970	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	7-19-4	Ramon Rocha	KO	9	13 March 1970	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	18-1	Adolfo Jorge Cardozo	KO	5	17 January 1970	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Draw	9-0-1	Adolfo Cejas	PTS	10	16 August 1969	Azul, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Win	0–2	Ruperto Robledo	KO	3	28 June 1969	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	0-0-1	Ramon Ruiz	KO	4	10 May 1969	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Víctor Galíndez from BoxRec