Orlando Maldonado (born May 21, 1959, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1984, challenging for the WBC super flyweight title in 1983. As an amateur, he won the bronze medal in the men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was the second medal ever for Puerto Rico, after boxer Juan Evangelista Venegas captured the bronze medal in 1948.
Amateur career Maldonado was the 1977 National Golden Gloves Flyweight champion, while boxing out of Miami, Florida.
Olympic Results Defeated Lucky Mutale (Zambia) walk-over Defeated Brendan Dunne (Ireland) KO 1 Defeated Héctor Patri (Argentina) 5-0 Lost to Jorge Hernández (Cuba) 0-5
Professional career Maldonado turned professional in 1977 and in 1983 challenged Rafael Orono for the WBC super flyweight title but lost via TKO. Maldonado also lost once to International Boxing Hall of Fame member Miguel Canto and to Ramon Nery. Maldonado retired in 1984 with a record of 26-5-2 with 13 KO's.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes34Loss27–5–2Valerio NatiTKO5 (10)May 26, 198433Loss27–4–2Rafael OronoTKO5 (12), Oct 29, 198332Win27–3–2Víctor BultronUD10May 27, 198331Win26–3–2Juan BrunoKO1 (10)Mar 21, 198330Win25–3–2Jesse SierraTKO6 (10)Dec 4, 198229Win24–3–2Pascual PolancoSD10Oct 2, 198228Win23–3–2Wilfredo PadrónUD10Aug 27, 198227Win22–3–2Jaime MirandaPTS10Jul 23, 198226Win21–3–2Justo JorgeKO1Nov 7, 198125Loss20–3–2Ramon NeryTKO8 (10)May 2, 198124Win20–2–2Luis TapiaTKO9 (10)Apr 2, 198123Loss19–2–2Prudencio CardonaKO5 (10)Dec 13, 198022Loss19–1–2Miguel CantoDQ6 (10), Oct 18, 198021Win19–0–2Enrique GuadamuzKO1 (12)Aug 23, 198020Win18–0–2Pascual PolancoUD10Jul 10, 198019Win17–0–2Maximo RodríguezTKO3 (10)Jun 12, 198018Win16–0–2Tito RoqueUD10Apr 27, 198017Win15–0–2Arturo TebaquiKO10 (10), Feb 3, 198016Win14–0–2Darryl JonesUD10Oct 26, 197915Win13–0–2José OrtízKO3 (12)Sep 22, 197914Win12–0–2Renzo PeñaTKO3 (10)Aug 11, 197913Win11–0–2Luis BurgosTKO3 (12)Jun 16, 197912Win10–0–2Elpidio de PaulaUD8Apr 28, 197911Win9–0–2Julio GuerreroUD8Jan 14, 197910Draw8–0–2Julio GuerreroPTS8Oct 16, 19789Win8–0–1José LatimerKO5 (6)Sep 28, 19788Win7–0–1José LatimerPTS6Aug 14, 19787Win6–0–1Ramón Luis PérezPTS6Jul 16, 19786Win5–0–1José LatimerKO4Apr 18, 19785Draw4–0–1Peterson MarinPTS4Oct 8, 19774Win4–0Peterson MarinKO4Aug 21, 19773Win3–0Ramón Luis PérezUD4Jul 11, 19772Win2–0Tim AlexanderKO3Jun 9, 19771Win1–0Roberto PinaKO2May 6, 1977
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