José Uzcátegui (born 24 December 1990) is a Venezuelan professional boxer who held the IBF super middleweight title from 2018 to 2019.
Professional career
On 16 February 2013 he beat "Porky" Rogelio Medina via unanimous decision over ten rounds.
In the same year he won by a technical knockout in the fourth round against Michel Rosales and also defeated Francisco Villanueva by a technical knockout in the first round.
On 20 May 2017, Uzcátegui faced Andre Dirrell for the vacant IBF interim super middleweight title. Uzcátegui started off strong, controlling the opening rounds. Dirrell saw his success come at the start of the fourth round, countering Uzcátegui and scoring well during the round. In the following rounds, the fight was action-packed with both fighters trading from close range. At the end of the eighth round, Uzcátegui delivered a three-punch combination on Dirrell, of which the third punch was after the bell rang. Uzcátegui was disqualified by the referee and Dirrell was proclaimed the winner. After the fight was over, Dirrell's trainer and uncle Leon Lewson punched Uzcátegui while he was in his corner, which led to other altercations in the ring, which had to be sorted out by security and the local police.
Later the IBF's president, Daryl Peoples, said, although the Maryland commission agreed with the referees (Bill Clancy) ruling, that he made several errors in his handling of the match and thus the IBF ordered an immediate rematch. Peoples said at the time, in part, "The referee made it clear that he had ruled the blow to Dirrell after the bell was 'illegal'. However, the referee did not determine whether the 'illegal' punch was intentional or accidental pursuant to [IBF] guidelines. Had the referee determined that the 'illegal' punch was accidental, the bout would have resulted in a technical decision awarded to Jose Uzcategui, who was ahead on the judges' scorecards after eight rounds had been scored."
In his next fight, Uzcátegui fought Dirrell in a rematch for the IBF interim supermiddleweight title. Uzcátegui was hurting Dirrell throughout the fight, as Dirrell was bleeding early on in the fight. Jacob 'Stitch' Duran, Dirrell's cutman decided to instruct the referee to stop the fight in the eighth round, leading to an eighth-round technical knockout win for Uzcátegui.
On 13 January 2019, Uzcátegui faced undefeated Caleb Plant in his first defense of the full version of the IBF super middleweight title. He lost via unanimous decision via scores of 116–110, 115–111 and 116–110 all in favor of Plant, after being knocked down in the second and fourth rounds.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes40Loss34–6Sharabutdin AtaevUD1211 Jul 202639Win34–5Jailer BerrioKO1 (8), 15 Mar 202538Win33–5Fernando BritoKO1 (10), 19 Jul 202437Loss32–5Vladimir ShishkinUD1217 Dec 202236Win32–4Felipe RomeroKO2 (10), 20 May 202235Win31–4Jaime HernandezKO2 (10), 12 Jun 202134Win30–4Josue ObandoTKO8 (10), 26 Mar 202133Loss29–4Lionell ThompsonUD1028 Dec 201932Win29–3Roberto ValdezKO1 (10), 21 Sep 201931Loss28–3Caleb PlantUD1213 Jan 201930Win28–2Ezequiel MadernaUD1028 Sep 201829Win27–2Andre DirrellRTD8 (12), 3 Mar 201828Loss26–2Andre DirrellDQ8 (12), 20 May 2017 27Win26–1Fabiano PenaKO2 (10), 20 Aug 201626Win25–1Derrick FindleyRTD3 (10), 18 Jun 201625Win24–1Julius JacksonTKO2 (12), 6 Oct 201524Win23–1Daniel Eduardo YocupicioKO1 (6)28 Feb 201523Loss22–1Matt KorobovUD1028 Jun 201422Win22–0David Alonso LópezKO6 (10), 8 Mar 201421Win21–0Francisco VillanuevaTKO1 (6), 21 Dec 201320Win20–0Michel RosalesTKO4 (8)16 Nov 201319Win19–0Jesus Angel NerioTKO6 (8), 5 Oct 201318Win18–0Francisco Felipe Molina JrKO2 (6), 11 Sep 201317Win17–0Rogelio MedinaUD10 16 Feb 201316Win16–0Gilberto Flores HernandezTKO1 (4), 19 Dec 2012 15Win15–0Octavio CastroTKO3 (8)29 Sep 201214Win14–0Jose Luis VazquezTKO1 (6)18 Aug 201213Win13–0Edgar QuirozKO2 (6), 21 July 2012 12Win12–0Josele NapolesTKO4 (6), 5 May 201211Win11–0Daniel Eduardo YocupicioUD4 17 Mar 201210Win10–0Rolando ParedesTKO1 (6), 18 Feb 20129Win9–0Francisco VillanuevaUD6 14 Jan 20128Win8–0Guillermo GarciaTKO2 (6), 5 Nov 20117Win7–0Edgar GalvanKO1 (4), 21 Oct 20116Win6–0Rafael RiosTKO1 (6), 8 Oct 20115Win5–0Jesus Arras PereaPTS63 Sep 20114Win4–0Rafael DuarteTKO1 (4)2 Jul 20113Win3–0Marino MercadoKO1 (4), 11 Jun 20112Win2–0Alejandro AlonsoTKO1 (6), 6 May 20111Win1–0Ramiro RosalesKO1 (4), 25 Mar 2011
See also List of world super-middleweight boxing champions
References
External links
José Uzcátegui - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live