# José Luis Valbuena

José Luis Valbuena (born March 19, 1971) is a former bantamweight boxer from Venezuela, who had a total number of 30 professional fights during his career. He is best known for knocking down Carlos Barreto on October 9, 1999. Three days after the bout Barreto died due to brain injuries sustained in the match. As an amateur Valbuena represented his native country at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

## Professional boxing record

| 30 fights | 24 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 14 | 2 |
| By decision | 10 | 2 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| No contests | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 30 | Loss | 24–4–1 (1) | Celestino Caballero | TKO | 5 (12), 3:08 | 5 May 2005 | Desert Diamod Casino, Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | |
| 29 | Loss | 24–3–1 (1) | Israel Vázquez | TKO | 12 (12), 0:34 | 25 Mar 2004 | Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | For vacant IBF super bantamweight title |
| 28 | Win | 24–2–1 (1) | David Donis | TKO | 9 (12), 1:31 | 23 Oct 2003 | Reliant Arena, Houston, Texas, U.S. | |
| 27 | Win | 23–2–1 (1) | Julio Gamboa | UD | 12 | 26 Mar 2003 | Convention Center, Miami, Florida, U.S. | Retained IBF Latino super bantamweight title |
| 26 | Win | 22–2–1 (1) | Jorge Soto | KO | 1 | 26 Oct 2002 | Centro Recreacional Yesterday, Turmero, Venezuela | |
| 25 | Win | 21–2–1 (1) | Ernesto Grey | KO | 12 (12) | 19 Jan 2002 | Cartagena, Meta Department, Colombia | Won vacant IBF Latino super bantamweight title |
| 24 | Win | 20–2–1 (1) | Julián Rodríguez | UD | 8 | 23 Jun 2001 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 23 | Win | 19–2–1 (1) | José Pablo Estrella | RTD | 8 (10), 0:01 | 17 Feb 2001 | Nueve de Julio, Dustrito Federal, Argentina | |
| 22 | Loss | 18–2–1 (1) | Marco Antonio Barrera | UD | 12 | 9 Sep 2000 | New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | For WBO super bantamweight title |
| 21 | Win | 18–1–1 (1) | John Alex González | TKO | 3 | 28 Jun 2000 | San Juan de los Morros, Guárico, Venezuela | |
| 20 | Win | 17–1–1 (1) | Nelson Ramón Medina | KO | 5 | 18 Mar 2000 | Turmero, Aragua, Venezuela | |
| 19 | Win | 16–1–1 (1) | Carlos Barreto | TKO | 10 | 9 Oct 1999 | Parque Nacional Unidas, Caracas, Venezuela | |
| 18 | Win | 15–1–1 (1) | Elvis Montoya | TKO | 5 | 19 Jun 1999 | Caracas, Venezuela | |
| 17 | Win | 14–1–1 (1) | Elvis Montoya | UD | 10 | 27 Feb 1999 | Caracas, Venezuela | |
| 16 | Win | 13–1–1 (1) | David Sevilla | KO | 1 | 19 Dec 1998 | Palo Verde, Miranda, Venezuela | |
| 15 | Win | 12–1–1 (1) | Emiliano Ferrer | KO | 1 | 17 Aug 1998 | Willemstad, Curaçao | |
| 14 | Draw | 11–1–1 (1) | Carlos Barreto | PTS | 10 | 30 Apr 1998 | Caracas, Venezuela | |
| 13 | Win | 11–1 (1) | David Serradas | UD | 10 | 28 Feb 1998 | Parque Miranda, Sebucán, Venezuela | |
| 12 | Win | 10–1 (1) | Vicente Rivera | TKO | 3 | 20 Dec 1997 | Caracas, Venezuela | |
| 11 | Win | 9–1 (1) | Elvis Montoya | UD | 10 | 9 Dec 1997 | Caracas, Venezuela | |
| 10 | Win | 8–1 (1) | Fernando Blanco | UD | 10 | 18 Oct 1997 | Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela | |
| 9 | Loss | 7–1 (1) | Yober Ortega | UD | 12 | 5 May 1997 | Turmero, Aragua, Venezuela | Lost Venezuelan super bantamweight title |
| 8 | Win | 7–0 (1) | Antonio Osorio | UD | 12 | 7 Mar 1997 | Calabozo, Guárico, Venezuela | Won vacant Venezuelan super bantamweight title |
| 7 | Win | 6–0 (1) | José Zerpa | UD | 10 | 14 Dec 1996 | Venezuela | |
| 6 | NC | 5–0 (1) | Andres Antonio Adames | NC | 3 | 31 Aug 1996 | Willemstad, Curaçao | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Aldrin Sosa | UD | 10 | 15 Jun 1996 | Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Simón Hernández | TKO | 1 (6) | 29 Apr 1996 | Turmero, Aragua, Venezuela | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Richard Cerezo | UD | 6 | 22 Apr 1996 | Venezuela | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Richard Barreto | KO | 1 (4) | 17 Feb 1996 | Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Juan Manuel Rojas | TKO | 3 (4) | 11 Nov 1995 | Caracas, Venezuela | |