19 Facts About Prudencio Cardona

Prudencio Cardona was a Colombian professional boxer who was world flyweight champion.

Prudencio Cardona represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Prudencio Cardona was the older brother of former super bantamweight world champion, Ricardo Cardona.

Prudencio Cardona made his professional boxing debut on November 2,1973, defeating Luis Ramos by a four-round decision in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Twenty two days later, Cardona earned his first knockout win, knocking out Humberto Ortega in four rounds at Barranquilla.

On September 29,1974, Prudencio Cardona fought away from Barranquilla for the first time, losing his tag as an undefeated fighter when he dropped an eight-round decision to Henry Diaz in Cartagena.

Prudencio Cardona then won one fight and lost another before having his first bout abroad, on August 9,1975, when he fought Luis Reyes Arnal in Caracas, Venezuela, defeating Reyes Arnal by a fifth-round knockout.

Prudencio Cardona won seven more fights before returning to Venezuela, where he boxed Betulio Gonzalez on March 12,1977, being knocked out in the third round.

Ibarra and Prudencio Cardona had an immediate rematch, on February 17,1979, in Colon, Panama, with Ibarra avenging his loss to Prudencio Cardona by a ten-round decision.

Prudencio Cardona won nine of his next ten fights by knockout, including victories over Hector Patri, Steve Whitstone and Olympic bronze medalist Orlando Maldonado of Puerto Rico.

Prudencio Cardona became world champion by knocking Avelar out in the first round.

Prudencio Cardona won four of his next five bouts, the exception being a ten-round draw, against Soon-Jung Kang on April 2,1983, in South Korea.

On September 15,1984, Prudencio Cardona had a chance to become world Flyweight champion for the second time, when he faced WBA world champion Santos Laciar in Argentina.

Prudencio Cardona did win the national, Colombian Flyweight title by knocking out Toribio Velasco in three rounds on December 14,1985.

Prudencio Cardona had previously lost to Agapito Gomez by a second round disqualification, in Madrid, Spain.

Prudencio Cardona had a professional boxing record of 40 wins, 23 losses and one draw, with 27 wins by knockout.

Prudencio Cardona's brother, Ricardo Cardona, was a well-known world champion boxer, making the Cardona brothers one of the small numbers of sibling couples to have reached world championship status in the sport.

Prudencio Cardona is the father of AEW wrestler Red Velvet.

Prudencio Cardona died on August 4,2019, at the age of 67.