Eduardo Hernández (boxer)
Eduardo Hernández | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eduardo Alejandro Pérez Hernández November 21, 1997 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Other names | Rocky |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Reach | 173 cm (68 in) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 38 |
| Wins | 36 |
| Wins by KO | 32 |
| Losses | 2 |
Eduardo Alejandro Pérez Hernández also known as Rocky Hernández (born November 27, 1997) is a Mexican professional boxer who challenged for the WBC super featherweight title.
Professional career
[edit]Debut
[edit]On February 8, 2014, at only 16 years old, Hernández made his debut against Geovanni Zamora, 3–1, 1KO in Caballerizas de Huixquilucan at Huixquilucan Municipality, Mexico, Hernández won via unanimous decision.[1][2]
Rise up the ranks
[edit]Hernández vs. Terrazas
[edit]After composing a perfect record of 19–0, 16KOs, Hernández fought former WBC super bantamweight world champion Victor Terrazas for the vacant WBC Latino interim super featherweight title, Hernández blasts out Terrazas in two rounds.[2][3]
Hernández fought against South American title-challenger Argentian Hugo Santillán for the vacant WBC Youth super featherweight title, Hernández won via 3rd round TKO. Hernández would make his first defence of the title against former WBO Oriental interim bantamweight titlist and WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title-challenger Filipino Rolando Magbanua, Hernández won via first-round knockout.[1][2]
Hernández vs. Francisco
[edit]After successfully defending his title twice more after his victory against Magbanua, Hernández fought former WBA interim super flyweight champion "Gintong Kamao" Drian Francisco in Teatro Moliere, Mexico City at a non-titled bout, Hernández won via second-round stoppage.[1]
On July 14, 2018, Hernández continued his unbeaten streak, defending his WBC Youth strap against 24–2, Dominican Marlyn Cabrera in Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Hernández won via stoppage in the first round.[2] On March 30, 2019, Hernández made his United States debut against Tanzanian former minor title Global Boxing Council (GBC) super featherweight and lightweight champion Ibrahim Class Mgender in Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S., Hernández prevailed with second-round KO victory.[4]
Hernández vs. Gutiérrez
[edit]On July 13, 2019, Hernández fought eventual WBA "Regular" super featherweight champion Roger Gutiérrez in Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, Hernández suffers his first defeat, losing via first-round knockout.[5]
Hernández vs. Castaneda
[edit]After winning three bouts prior to his loss against Gutiérrez, Hernández fought American Jorge Castaneda for the WBC International Silver super featherweight title in Domo Alcade at Guadalajara, Hernández won via stoppage in the first round, the bout only lasting 1 minute and 35 seconds.[6]
Hernández vs. Foster
[edit]During the annual WBC convention, held on November 9, 2022, the sanctioning body ordered the winner of the vacant championship bout between O'Shaquie Foster and Rey Vargas to make two mandatory title defenses: first against the once-defeated Hernández and the second against the winner of the Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov and Robson Conceição title eliminator.[7] As Foster failed to reach an agreement with Hernández, a purse bid was called for August 8, 2023.[8] The promotional rights were secured by Matchroom Boxing, who put in a winning bid of $466,666.[9] The fight took place on October 28, 2023, in Hernández's home country of Mexico.[10] Though the fight seemed competitive through the first 10 rounds, Foster was behind on two of the three judges scorecards. The eleventh round was a round of the year contender, Foster rocked Hernández early but Hernández battled back and hurt Foster in turn. In the twelfth and final round Foster finally took over, dropping Hernández twice and succesfully defending his title via TKO.[11][12]
Road back to contention
[edit]Hernández vs. Lugo
[edit]Hernández was scheduled to fight Daniel Lugo for the vacant WBA Continental Americas suepr featherweight championship on May 11, 2024 at Palenque de la Feria located in Aguascalientes.[13] Hernández won via seventh-round TKO.[14][15]
Hernández vs. Mattice
[edit]On September 13 in Arena Sonora, Hermosillo, Hernánde, succesfully defended his WBA Continental Americas super featherweight title whilst maintaining his top spot in the WBC rankings against Thomas Mattice as their fight ended controversially, acter the sixth round, Hernández's corner men struggled to plug the second cut, referee Mark Calo-oy waved off the fight ruling a technical decision, ruling that both cuts were from headbutt, which video evidence shows otherwise. Hernández won with the announced scores of 59–55, 58–55 and 58–56, with one of the judges's scorecards represented wrong as David Diamante incorrectly announced it as 58–55 instead of 58–56, this is also Hernández's first bout that went to the scorecards since his August 9, 2014th battle against Felipe Zúñiga.[16][17]
Personal life
[edit]Eduardo Alejandro Hernández Peréz was born on November 21, 1997 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico and fought across Mexico, he started professionally boxing at the age of 16 years old.[18]
Professional boxing record
[edit]| 38 fights | 36 wins | 2 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 32 | 2 |
| By decision | 4 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Win | 36–2 | Thomas Mattice | TD | 6 (12), 3:00 | 13 Sep 2024 | Arena Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico | Retained WBA Continental Americas super featherweight title; Unanimous TD: Hernández could not continue from a cut in the left eye, referee ruled it was caused by a headbutt |
| 37 | Win | 35–2 | Daniel Lugo | TKO | 7 (12) | 11 May 2024 | Palenque de la Feria, Aguascalientes, Mexico | Won vacant WBA Continental Americas super featherweight title |
| 36 | Loss | 34–2 | O'Shaquie Foster | TKO | 12 (12), 2:38 | 28 Oct 2023 | Polifórum Benito Juárez, Cancún, Mexico | For WBC super featherweight title |
| 35 | Win | 34–1 | Héctor García Montes | KO | 3 (10), 0:25 | 7 Jul 2023 | Cintermex, Monterrey, Mexico | |
| 34 | Win | 33–1 | Jorge Mata Cuéllar | TKO | 5 (10), 1:15 | 3 Sep 2022 | Centro de Usos Múltiples, Hermosillo, Mexico | Retained WBC International Silver super featherweight title |
| 33 | Win | 32–1 | Jorge Castaneda | TKO | 1 (10), 1:35 | 10 Jun 2022 | Domo Alcade, Guadalajara, Mexico | Won WBC International Silver super featherweight title |
| 32 | Win | 31–1 | Eleazar Valenzuela Carillo | TKO | 2 (10), 0:50 | 16 Dec 2021 | Arena La Paz, La Paz, Mexico | |
| 31 | Win | 30–1 | Eduardo Garza | KO | 3 (8), 2:37 | 19 Nov 2020 | Wild Card Gym, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 30 | Win | 29–1 | Sergio Puente | RTD | 5 (10), 3:00 | 30 Nov 2019 | Centro de Espectáculos Victoria, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico | |
| 29 | Loss | 28–1 | Roger Gutiérrez | KO | 1 (10), 2:39 | 13 Jul 2019 | Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, U.S. | |
| 28 | Win | 28–0 | Ibrahim Class Mgender | KO | 2 (10), 1:58 | 30 Mar 2019 | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S. | |
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Luis Díaz Pestana | TKO | 2 (12), 2:45 | 13 Oct 2018 | Sala de Armas Agustín Melgar, Mexico City, Mexico | Retained WBC Youth super featherweight title |
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Marlyn Cabrera | TKO | 1 (12), 2:16 | 14 Jul 2018 | Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico | Retained WBC Youth super featherweight title |
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Drian Francisco | RTD | 2 (10), 3:00 | 26 May 2018 | Teatro Moliere, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Rafael Hernández | KO | 4 (10) | 9 Dec 2017 | Palenque de la Feria del Caballo, Texcoco, Mexico | Retained WBC Youth super featherweight title |
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Raúl Horacio Centeno | KO | 3 (10), 1:41 | 2 Sep 2017 | Centro de Espectáculos de la Feria de León, León, Mexico | Retained WBC Youth super featherweight title |
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Rolando Magbanua | KO | 1 (10), 2:24 | 24 Jun 2017 | Gimnasio Municipal "José Neri Santos", Ciudad Juárez, Mexico | Retained WBC Youth super featherweight title |
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Hugo Alfredo Santillán | TKO | 3 (10), 1:47 | 1 Apr 2017 | Zócalo, Mexico City, Mexico | Won vacant WBC Youth super featherweight title |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Victor Terrazas | KO | 2 (12), 2:59 | 22 Oct 2016 | Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico | Won vacant WBC Latino interim super featherweight title |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Rey Juntilla | TKO | 2 (8), 3:07 | 27 Aug 2016 | Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Warren Manbuanag | KO | 2 (10), 1:51 | 11 Jun 2016 | Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Devis Pérez | KO | 3 (8), 0:50 | 9 Apr 2016 | Auditorio Benito Juárez, Veracruz, Mexico | |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Julio David Roque Ler | RTD | 3 (8), 3:00 | 5 Mar 2016 | Centro Regional de Deporte de Las Américas, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico | |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Óscar Gutiérrez | RTD | 1 (4), 3:00 | 12 Dec 2015 | Auditorio Blackberry, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Luis Guiza Tejeda | TKO | 1 (8) | 31 Oct 2015 | Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Héctor Esnar Bobadilla | KO | 1 (6), 2:50 | 5 Sep 2015 | Centro de Espectáculos Recinto Ferial, Metepec, Mexico | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Sebastián Díaz Maldonado | TKO | 2 (6), 2:15 | 27 Jun 2015 | Centro Civico de Ecatepec, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Wilberth Venancio | KO | 2 (6), 2:40 | 30 May 2015 | Estadio Carlos Serdan, Veracruz, Mexico | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Rogelio López | TKO | ? (?) | 25 Apr 2015 | Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Germán Pérez | KO | 1 (6), 1:46 | 4 Apr 2015 | Unidad Deportiva Martín Alarcón, Metepec, Mexico | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | José Javier Regalado | TKO | 1 (6), 2:53 | 14 Mar 2015 | Auditorio Municipal, Naucalpan, Mexico | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Omar Herrera | KO | 4 (6) | 21 Nov 2014 | José Cuervo Salón, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Felipe Zúñiga | UD | 6 | 9 Aug 2014 | Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Bryan Alexis Ramírez Santiago | TKO | 1 (6) | 21 Jun 2014 | Foro Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Cristan Rodríguez | UD | 6 | 7 Jun 2014 | Auditorio Municipal, Tetla, Mexico | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Julio César Meléndez Navarette | TKO | 1 (4), 2:32 | 23 May 2014 | Auditorio Ferrocerrilero, Monterrey, Mexico | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Édgar Tovar Guerrero | KO | 2 (4), 2:55 | 22 Mar 2014 | Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Geovanni Zamora | UD | 4 | 8 Feb 2024 | Caballerizas de Huixquilucan, Huixquilucan, Mexico |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "BoxRec: Eduardo Hernandez (box-pro)". boxrec.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Coster, Robert (August 15, 2018). "Mexico's Next Superstar?". fightnews.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Rodriguez, Pepe (October 23, 2016). "Eduardo Hernandez Blasts Out Victor Terrazas in Two Rounds". boxingscene.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ "Eduardo Hernandez vs. Ibrahim Class Mgender, Garcia vs. Lopez". tapology.com. March 30, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Rodríguez, Salvador (July 23, 2019). "Rocky Hernández consideró el retiro trás revés ante Roger Gutiérrez". espndeportes.espn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Donovan, Jake (June 10, 2022). "Eduardo 'Rocky' Hernandez Stops Jorge Castaneda In First Round, Calls For Gutierrez Rematch". boxingscene.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Donovan, Jake (February 12, 2023). "O'Shaquie Foster Title Win Likely To Come With Back-To-Back Mandatory Defenses". boxingscene.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Donovan, Jake (August 7, 2023). "O'Shaquie Foster-Rocky Hernandez WBC Title Fight Heads To August 8 Purse Bid". boxingscene.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Donovan, Jake (August 8, 2023). "Foster-Hernandez: Matchroom Boxing ($466,666) Wins Purse Bid For WBC 130-Pound Title Fight". boxingscene.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Stumberg, Patrick L. (September 7, 2023). "O'Shaquie Foster vs Eduardo Hernandez set for October 28th on DAZN". Bad Left Hook. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Donovan, Jake (October 28, 2023). "O'Shaquie Foster Drops Rocky Hernandez Twice, Stops Him in Twelfth of Wild Action Fight". boxingscene.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Boxing Photos (October 29, 2023). "Photos: O'Shaquie Foster Rallies To Knock Rocky Hernandez Out in Thriller - HUGE Gallery". boxingscene.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Stumberg, Patrick (March 27, 2024). "Eduardo Hernandez vs Daniel Lugo set for May 11th on DAZN". badlefthook.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Astbury, Mart (May 12, 2024). "Who won the boxing last night? Eduardo Hernandez vs. Daniel Lugo fight card results". dazn.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Lewis, Owen (May 12, 2024). "Rocky Hernandez Swarms Daniel Lugo for Seventh-Round TKO". boxingscene.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Stumber, Patrick (September 13, 2024). "Eduardo Hernandez beats Thomas Mattics by technical decision in DAZN main event". badlefthook.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ Neequaye, Bernard (September 14, 2024). "Eduardo Hernandez takes decision win after Thomas Mattice cut". boxingscene.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- ^ "Eduardo Hernandez - News, Record & Stats, Next Fight & Tickets". box.live. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Eduardo Hernández from BoxRec (registration required)