Juan Roldán

Juan Roldán
Statistics
Real name	Juan Domingo Roldán
Nickname(s)	Martillo
Rated at	Middleweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	Argentine
Born	(1957-03-06) March 6, 1957 Freyre, Córdoba, Argentina
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	75
Wins	67
Wins by KO	47
Losses	5
Draws	2

Juan Domingo Roldán (born March 6, 1957) is an Argentine former boxer whose nickname was Martillo (Hammer). Roldán was very famous across Latin America during the 1980s, many articles about him appearing on Ring En Español magazine.

Roldán, born in Freyre, Córdoba Province, Argentina province, made his professional debut December 8, 1978 in San Francisco, Argentina, against Jorge Servin, winning by knockout in round one. His first four wins all came by first round knockouts.

On May 11, 1979, Roldán fought the full distance in one of his bouts for the first time, when rival Hugo Obregon went ten rounds with him. Roldán won the fight on points. On September 21, 1979, Juan Carlos Borgado became the first boxer to defeat Roldán, winning a ten round decision over Roldán.

Out of his next eighteen bouts, he won seventeen and drew (tied) once. Then, he challenged Jacinto Fernandez on March 13, 1981, for the Argentine Middleweight title. He won the national title with a twelve round decision over Fernandez. In his next fight, he beat José María Flores Burlón, a boxer who would later challenge Carlos De León for the world's Cruiserweight title. Roldán won six more fights and drew one before challenging José Maria's brother, Carlos Flores Burlón for the South American Middleweight title, on February 12, 1982. He won the title with a second round knockout.

Before 1982 was over, he would see more action, retaining his Argentine Middleweight title with a first round knockout of Marcos Perez, but losing on a disqualification in three rounds to Ricardo Arce. In an immediate rematch, Roldán put his Argentine title on the line and this time, he avenged his defeat to Arce with a two round knockout win. After five more wins in a row, he fought Juan Carlos Peralta, with the fight resulting in a three round no contest.

On May 27, 1983, Roldán made his international debut, with a 10 round decision over Teddy Mann in Rhode Island, United States. After retaining his Argentine title twice more, he was faced, on November 10, 1983, with one of the top rated Middleweights of the time, Frank 'The Animal' Fletcher, at the undercard of the high-profile, Marvelous Marvin Hagler-Roberto Durán world title fight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Roldán dropped Fletcher twice on his way to a sixth round knockout victory.

After this win, Roldán was ranked number 1 by the major boxing organizations, and many fans began to speculate as to what would happen if he and Hagler met. The contracts for the fight were signed, and the fight finally came off on March 30, 1984. Roldán in this fight had the moment that probably defines his career better. Seconds into round one, as Hagler was bending to duck a Roldán punch, Roldán struck him in the back of the head, and Hagler went to the floor. Referee Tony Perez officially ruled it a knockdown, making Roldán the first man to drop Hagler. This was a controversial knockdown, however, many fans, magazines and websites have tirelessly claimed that the knockdown was actually a slip and not a knockdown. Hagler got up and proceeded to beat Roldán by a ten round technical knockout, and Roldán announced his retirement from boxing in October of that year. Roldán remained the only guy to officially score a knockdown against Hagler.

In 1986, he reconsidered his decision and made a comeback. He won twelve bouts in a row, including one over James Kinchen, before he challenged for a world title again. On October 29, 1987, at Las Vegas, Thomas Hearns became the first boxer to win world titles in four different divisions when he beat Roldán in four rounds by knockout, but not before Roldán had Hearns in trouble in round three.

On September 16, 1988, Roldán beat former world Middleweight champion Hugo Corro by a knockout in round one in Mar del Plata, securing a third world title shot, against Michael Nunn, on November 4 of that year. Roldán lost what turned out to be his last fight, by a knockout in round eight.

Roldán retired with a record of 67 wins, 5 losses, 2 draws and one no contest, 47 of his wins being by knockout.

Professional boxing record

67 Wins (47 knockouts, 20 decisions), 5 Losses (4 knockouts, 1 decision), 2 Draws, 1 No Contest [1]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	31-0	Michael Nunn	KO	8	04/11/1988	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	IBF World Middleweight Title. Roldan knocked out at 2:28 of the eighth round.
Win	50-5-1	Hugo Pastor Corro	KO	1	16/09/1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	20-11-5	Miguel Angel Maldonado	KO	6	19/08/1988	San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
Loss	44-2	Thomas Hearns	KO	4	29/10/1987	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	WBC World Middleweight Title. Roldan knocked out at 2:01 of the fourth round.
Win	13-8-1	Clarismundo Aparecido Silva	KO	2	15/05/1987	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
Win	37-2-2	James "The Heat" Kinchen	TKO	9	06/04/1987	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:06 of the ninth round.
Win	16-7-1	Tomas Polo Ruiz	KO	4	06/02/1987	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	55-9	Carlos Maria del Valle Herrera	KO	2	13/12/1986	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	22-2	JB Williamson	PTS	10	18/10/1986	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	24-2-1	Juan Carlos Gimenez	PTS	10	13/09/1986	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	17-9-5	Miguel Angel Maldonado	KO	2	29/08/1986	Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	26-33-2	Darryl Penn	KO	3	01/08/1986	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	30-25-18	Eduardo Domingo Contreras	PTS	10	19/06/1986	Cordoba, Argentina
Win	33-14-4	Jorge Juan Salgado	PTS	10	10/05/1986	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	29-8-4	Angel Antonio Caro	KO	6	29/03/1986	Villa Angela, Argentina
Win	19-13-9	Juan Carlos "The King" Fernandez	KO	2	14/02/1986	Ceres, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	18-9-5	Andre Mongelema	PTS	8	14/07/1984	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Loss	58-2-2	Marvelous Marvin Hagler	TKO	10	30/03/1984	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	IBF/WBC/WBA World Middleweight Titles. Referee stopped the bout at 0:39 of the tenth round.
Win	17-3-1	Frank "The Animal" Fletcher	KO	6	10/11/1983	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Fletcher knocked out at 2:58 of the sixth round.
Win	20-14-13	Eduardo Domingo Contreras	PTS	10	16/09/1983	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	26-1-1	Roberto Justino Ruiz	KO	8	06/08/1983	Buenos Aires, Argentina	FAB Argentina Middleweight Title.
Win	26-11	Teddy Mann	UD	10	27/05/1983	Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Win	12-3-2	Wilbur Henderson	KO	7	11/02/1983	Worcester, Massachusetts, Argentina
No Contest	75-18-12	Juan Carlos Peralta	NC	3	14/01/1983	Trebol, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	24-8-6	Jose Alberto Vega	KO	2	10/12/1982	Cordoba, Argentina
Win	10-8-1	Reggie Ford	KO	1	30/10/1982	Sanremo, Italy	Ford knocked out at 1:48 of the first round.
Win	75-16-12	Juan Carlos Peralta	PTS	10	08/10/1982	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	52-6-4	Jacinto Horacio Fernandez	KO	2	11/09/1982	Buenos Aires, Argentina	FAB Argentina Middleweight Title.
Win	29-42-8	Obdulio Rogelio Zarza	RTD	6	13/08/1982	Corrientes, Argentina
Win	25-5-6	Ricardo Arce	KO	2	10/07/1982	Buenos Aires, Argentina	FAB Argentina Middleweight Title.
Loss	24-5-6	Ricardo Arce	DQ	3	08/05/1982	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	1-10-1	Marcos Perez	KO	1	16/04/1982	Corrientes, Argentina	FAB Argentina Middleweight Title.
Win	15-8	"Sugar" Ray Phillips	KO	1	06/03/1982	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	24-9-10	Carlos Flores Burlon	KO	2	12/02/1982	Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina	South American Middleweight Title.
Win	73-14-12	Juan Carlos Peralta	PTS	10	22/01/1982	Morteros, Argentina
Draw	46-6-2	Jacinto Horacio Fernandez	PTS	10	10/10/1981	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	13-6-7	Julio Cesar Arancibia	KO	2	11/09/1981	San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
Win	13-16-3	Ricardo Molina Ortiz	KO	5	24/07/1981	San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
Win	23-5-6	Jose Alberto Vega	KO	1	10/07/1981	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	29-38-7	Obdulio Rogelio Zarza	PTS	10	26/06/1981	San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
Win	47-5-5	Jose Maria Flores Burlon	TKO	3	13/06/1981	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	43-5-2	Jacinto Horacio Fernandez	PTS	12	13/03/1981	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina	FAB Argentina Middleweight Title.
Win	0-1	Manuel Navarro	KO	6	13/02/1981	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Win	1-7-1	Marcos Perez	PTS	10	16/01/1981	Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
Draw	70-14-11	Juan Carlos Peralta	PTS	12	19/12/1980	Cordoba, Argentina	Cordoba Middleweight Title.
Win	22-9-2	Jose Luis Duran	KO	6	05/12/1980	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	12-6-3	Enrique Coronel	KO	7	21/11/1980	Salta, Argentina
Win	5-15-1	Ramon Perez	PTS	12	07/11/1980	Cordoba, Argentina
Win	13-14-3	Ricardo Molina Ortiz	PTS	10	03/10/1980	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	6-10-5	Roberto Antonio Marziali	KO	1	22/08/1980	Las Varillas, Cordoba, Argentina	Cordoba Middleweight Title.
Win	24-0-1	Obdulio Rogelio Zarza	PTS	10	08/07/1980	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	23-0-1	Aldo Carmona	KO	3	27/06/1980	Salta, Argentina
Win	22-0-1	Jorge Juan Salgado	KO	7	06/06/1980	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	21-0-1	Ricardo Molina Ortiz	PTS	10	16/05/1980	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	20-0-1	Ramon Perez	KO	8	11/04/1980	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	19-0-1	Alfredo B Cruz	KO	7	15/03/1980	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	18-0-1	Marcos Perez	KO	6	22/02/1980	Cordoba, Argentina
Win	17-0-1	Juan Carlos Bogado	PTS	10	08/02/1980	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	16-0-1	Roberto Troilo Ortiz	KO	2	18/01/1980	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	15-0-1	Alfredo B Cruz	RTD	8	22/12/1979	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	14-0-1	Juan Carlos Bogado	RTD	8	21/09/1979	Cordoba, Argentina
Win	14-0-0	Natalio O Ibarra	TKO	4	07/09/1979	Freyre, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	13-0-0	Alberto R Cardozo	KO	3	24/08/1979	Morteros, Argentina
Win	12-0-0	Ramon Perez	PTS	12	10/08/1979	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	11-0-0	Alberto Juan Almiron	RTD	5	20/07/1979	Cordoba, Argentina
Win	10-0-0	Oscar "The Grouch" Perez	KO	2	29/06/1979	Rafaela, Argentina
Win	9-0-0	Hugo D Estefano Obregon	RTD	11	08/06/1979	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina	Cordoba Middleweight Title.
Win	8-0-0	Natalio O Ibarra	PTS	10	24/05/1979	Brickman, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	7-0-0	Hugo D Estefano Obregon	PTS	10	11/05/1979	Cordoba, Argentina
Win	6-0-0	Oscar Francisco Lopez	KO	4	20/04/1979	Sunchales, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	5-0-0	Luis Carcacha	RTD	3	06/04/1979	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	4-0-0	Irineo Claudio Cabrera	KO	1	23/03/1979	Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
Win	3-0-0	Luis "Oh Boy" Alberto Gutierrez	KO	1	09/02/1979	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	2-0	Juan Carlos Hauscarriaga	KO	1	26/01/1979	Las Varillas, Cordoba, Argentina
Win	1-0	Jorge Servin	KO	1	08/12/1978	San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina

External links

• Professional boxing record for Juan Roldán from BoxRec