# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rodrigo-valdez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:15:29.534Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rodrigo-valdez"
name: "Rodrigo Valdez"
slug: "rodrigo-valdez"
description: "Rodrigo Valdez was a Colombian professional boxer who competed from 1963 to 1980. He was a two time middleweight champion, having held the WBC title from 1974 to 1976 and the undisputed WBA, WBC, and The Ring titles from 1977 to 1978. His rivalry with Carlos Monzón has long been considered among the most legendary boxing rivalries. Valdez was trained by hall of famer coach Gil Clancy. Many people consider him, Antonio Cervantes and Miguel \"Happy\" Lora to be the three greatest boxers ever to come from that country. He is 29th on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Valdez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame batch 2025."
tagline: "Colombian boxer (1946–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monzon_golpeado_valdez.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1946-12-22"
deathDate: "2017-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.049284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Родріго Вальдес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "رودريغو فالديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Valdez"
    title: "Rodrigo Valdez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Valdez"
    title: "Rodrigo Valdez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Valdez"
    title: "Rodrigo Valdez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Vald%C3%A9z"
    title: "Rodrigo Valdéz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B3"
    title: "رودریگو والدس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Vald%C3%A9s"
    title: "Rodrigo Valdés"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Valdez"
    title: "Rodrigo Valdez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Vald%C3%A9z"
    title: "Rodrigo Valdéz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ロドリゴ・バルデス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Valdez"
    title: "Rodrigo Valdez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE"
    title: "Вальдес, Родриго"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Vald%C3%A9z"
    title: "Rodrigo Valdéz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q423236"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump