Jesús Gabriel "Jessie" Magdaleno (born November 8, 1991) is an American professional boxer who held the WBO junior featherweight title from 2016 to 2018. He is the younger brother of boxer Diego Magdaleno.
Amateur career Magdaleno was one of the best amateur fighters in America, finishing his amateur career with a 120–16 record. In 2009 Magdaleno won both the United States National Championship by beating Rau'shee Warren and won the National Golden Gloves Championship by beating Antonio Nieves (among others) in the Bantamweight division.
Professional career Magdaleno is signed to Bob Arum's Top Rank.
On June 6, 2012, Magdaleno knocked out Puerto Rican veteran Carlos Valcárcel in the first round. The bout was televised on ESPN's Friday Night Fights.
On 5 November 2016, Magdaleno faced Nonito Donaire in his first ever bid to win a world title. The fight was very close, but the judges gave Magdaleno the win with controversial scores of 118–110, 116-112 and 116–112 in favor of the challenger.
In his first title defense, Magdaleno managed to make easy work out of challenger Adeilson Dos Santos. Midway through the second round, Magdaleno managed to drop Dos Santos. Dos Santos beat the count, but Magdaleno threw a flurry of shots to drop him again. This was enough for the referee to stop the fight at 2:51.
In his next fight, he faced the young talented fighter from Ghana, Isaac Dogboe. Magdaleno started off strong, dropping Dogboe in the opening round. Dogboe managed to recover and the fight went on. In the fifth round, Dogboe returned the favor and dropped Magdaleno with a heavy right hand. The champion was visibly hurt, and even though he managed to continue the fight, Dogboe was clearly winning the fight. In the 11th round, Dogboe would drop Magdaleno two more times, forcing the referee to stop the fight.
After his first professional loss, Magdaleno fought and defeated former world titlist Rico Ramos.
On 17 August 2019, Magdaleno faced Rafael Riviera. In an entertaining fight, Magdaleno managed to first drop Riviera at the beginning of the ninth round. In the same round, an accidental elbow by Riviera caused a bad cut over Magdaleno's right eye. The ringside physician ruled that the cut was too severe for the fight to continue. Magdaleno was awarded a technical decision win.
On June 11, 2020, Magdaleno fought Dominican fighter Yenifel Vicente. Magdaleno had his way with his opponent, dropping him twice, once in the first, and once in the fifth round. Vicente also lost four points for his low blows on Magdaleno. When Vicente went for another low blow in the tenth round, the referee had seen enough of it, and stopped the fight, awarding Magdaleno a DQ win.
Magdaleno vs. Figueroa On May 4, 2024 in Las Vegas, Magdaleno was scheduled to challenge Brandon Figueroa for his interim WBC featherweight title. He lost the fight by knockout in the ninth round with body shot.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes32Loss29–3Brandon FigueroaKO9 (12), May 4, 202431Loss29–2Raymond FordUD12Apr 8, 202330Win29–1Edy Valencia MercadoUD8May 21, 202229Win28–1Yenifel Vicente10 (10), Jun 11, 202028Win27–1Rafael Rivera9 (10), Aug 17, 201927Win26–1Rico RamosUD10Mar 23, 201926Loss25–1Isaac DogboeTKO11 (12), Apr 28, 201825Win25–0Adeilson Dos SantosKO2 (12), Apr 22, 201724Win24–0Nonito DonaireUD12Nov 5, 2016 23Win 23–0 Rey PerezKO7 (10), Feb 21, 201622Win22–0Vergel NebranKO1 (10), Oct 17, 201521Win21–0Raul HiralesUD8May 1, 201520Win20–0Erik RuizUD8Jan 10, 201519Win19–0Carlos RodriguezTKO7 (8), Aug 2, 201418Win18–0Roberto CastanedaTKO5 (8), Feb 15, 201417Win17–0Raul HidalgoTKO3 (8), Oct 11, 2013 16Win16–0Luis MaldonadoKO3 (8), Aug 24, 201315Win15–0Henry MaldonadoTKO 4 (8), Jun 8, 201314Win14–0Carlos FulgencioKO3 (8), Mar 16, 201313Win13–0Jonathan ArrellanoUD8 Dec 6, 2012 12Win12–0Jose SilveiraKO 1 (8), Nov 10, 201211Win11–0 Aldimar SilvaTKO2 (8), Aug 3, 2012 10Win10–0 Carlos ValcárcelTKO1 (8), Jul 8, 20129Win9–0Nick Fast1 (6), Apr 28, 2012 8Win8–0Shawn NicholUD6Jan 13, 20127Win7–0Gil GarciaTKO1 (6), Nov 11, 20116Win6–0Isaac Hidalgo1 (6), Oct 1, 20115Win5–0 Esteban NicholUD6 Jul 15, 20114Win4–0 Jonathan Alcantara6May 6, 2011 3Win3–0 Jamie GutierrezTKO1 (4), Feb 26, 20112Win 2–0 Cain GarciaTKO3 (4), Jan 22, 2011 1Win 1–0Matthew Salazar 1 (4), Nov 6, 2010
See also List of southpaw stance boxers Notable boxing families List of Mexican boxing world champions List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions
References
External links
Jessie Magdaleno - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live