| José Uzcátegui | |
| Realname: | José Olavides Uzcátegui Duran |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1990 |
| Birth Place: | El Vigia, Mérida, Venezuela |
| Nickname: | Bolivita |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in |
| Reach: | 76+1/2 in |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 38 |
| Wins: | 35 |
| Ko: | 28 |
| Losses: | 3 |
José Uzcátegui (born 24 December 1990) is a Venezuelan professional boxer who held the IBF super middleweight title from 2018 to 2019.[1]
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."[2]
In his next fight, Uzcátegui fought Dirrell in a rematch for the IBF interim supermiddleweight title. Uzcátegui was hurting Direll 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.[3]
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.[4]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Win | 33–5 | Fernando Brito | KO | 1 (10), | 19 Jul 2024 | |||
| 37 | Loss | 32–5 | Vladimir Shishkin | UD | 12 | 17 Dec 2022 | |||
| 36 | Win | 32–4 | Felipe Romero | KO | 2 (10), | 20 May 2022 | |||
| 35 | Win | 31–4 | Jaime Hernandez | KO | 2 (10), | 12 Jun 2021 | |||
| 34 | Win | 30–4 | Josue Obando | TKO | 8 (10), | 26 Mar 2021 | |||
| 33 | Loss | 29–4 | Lionell Thompson | UD | 10 | 28 Dec 2019 | |||
| 32 | Win | 29–3 | Roberto Valdez | KO | 1 (10), | 21 Sep 2019 | |||
| 31 | Loss | 28–3 | Caleb Plant | UD | 12 | 13 Jan 2019 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–2 | Ezequiel Maderna | UD | 10 | 28 Sep 2018 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–2 | Andre Dirrell | RTD | 8 (12), | 3 Mar 2018 | |||
| 28 | Loss | 26–2 | Andre Dirrell | DQ | 8 (12), | 20 May 2017 | |||
| 27 | Win | 26–1 | Fabiano Pena | KO | 2 (10), | 20 Aug 2016 | |||
| 26 | Win | 25–1 | Derrick Findley | RTD | 3 (10), | 18 Jun 2016 | |||
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Julius Jackson | TKO | 2 (12), | 6 Oct 2015 | |||
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Daniel Eduardo Yocupicio | KO | 1 (6) | 28 Feb 2015 | |||
| 23 | Loss | 22–1 | Matt Korobov | UD | 10 | 28 Jun 2014 | |||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | David Alonso López | KO | 6 (10), | 8 Mar 2014 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Francisco Villanueva | TKO | 1 (6), | 21 Dec 2013 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Michel Rosales | TKO | 4 (8) | 16 Nov 2013 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Jesus Angel Nerio | TKO | 6 (8), | 5 Oct 2013 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Francisco Felipe Molina Jr | KO | 2 (6), | 11 Sep 2013 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | UD | 10 | 16 Feb 2013 | ||||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Gilberto Flores Hernandez | TKO | 1 (4), | 19 Dec 2012 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Octavio Castro | TKO | 3 (8) | 29 Sep 2012 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Jose Luis Vazquez | TKO | 1 (6) | 18 Aug 2012 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Edgar Quiroz | KO | 2 (6), | 21 July 2012 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Josele Napoles | TKO | 4 (6), | 5 May 2012 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Daniel Eduardo Yocupicio | UD | 4 | 17 Mar 2012 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Rolando Paredes | TKO | 1 (6), | 18 Feb 2012 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Francisco Villanueva | UD | 6 | 14 Jan 2012 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Guillermo Garcia | TKO | 2 (6), | 5 Nov 2011 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Edgar Galvan | KO | 1 (4), | 21 Oct 2011 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Rafael Rios | TKO | 1 (6), | 8 Oct 2011 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Jesus Arras Perea | PTS | 6 | 3 Sep 2011 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Rafael Duarte | TKO | 1 (4) | 2 Jul 2011 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Marino Mercado | KO | 1 (4), | 11 Jun 2011 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Alejandro Alonso | TKO | 1 (6), | 6 May 2011 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ramiro Rosales | KO | 1 (4), | 25 Mar 2011 |
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