Lou Del Valle

Louis Del Valle (born July 13, 1968 in Long Island City, New York) is an American boxer and the former WBA light heavyweight title holder. He received some of his training at the Morris Park Boxing Club in the Van Nest section of the Bronx.[1]

Lou Del Valle
Statistics
Real nameLouis Del Valle
Nickname(s)Honey Boy
Weight(s)Light heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nationality American
Born (1968-07-13) July 13, 1968
Long Island City, New York, United States
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights44
Wins36
Wins by KO22
Losses6
Draws2

Professional career

Known as "Honey Boy", Del Valle turned pro in 1992 and won his first 22 bouts, setting up a shot at long-time WBA light heavyweight champion Virgil Hill in 1996. Hill won a close unanimous decision. In 1997 he took on Eddy Smulders for the vacant WBA light heavyweight title and won via 8th-round TKO. He lost the belt in his next fight, a clear decision loss to Roy Jones Jr in a WBC/WBA unification bout, but became the first fighter ever to knock Jones down.

In 2001 he took on Bruno Girard for vacant WBA light heavyweight title, but came up short of the title in a draw. In 2002 he rematched Girard for the same belt, but lost a split decision.

De Leon Tinsley (9-3-1), on July 18, 2008 won a unanimous decision over Del Valle (36-6-1), 40, in the 8-round bout at Mahi Temple Auditorium. Judges Stu Winston and Fred Flutie scored the bout for Tinsley as did Bill Ray (77-75). Tinsley weighed 189 pounds while Del Valle came in at 198.[2]

Professional boxing record
36 Wins (22 knockouts, 14 decisions), 6 Losses (0 knockouts, 6 decision), 2 Draws[3]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Draw 25-1-1 Joe "K.O. Kid" Spina MD 10 31/10/2009 Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States 97-93, 95-95, 95-95.
Loss 8-3-1 DeLeon Tinsley UD 8 18/07/2008 Miami, Florida, United States 74-78, 75-77, 75-77.
Win 6-6-1 Newton "Butcher" Kidd SD 8 31/01/2008 Bronx, New York, United States 78-74, 77-75, 74-78.
Loss 21-0-2 Johny Jensen UD 12 14/09/2007 Horsens, Denmark WBA Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. 113-116, 110-117, 110-117.
Loss 11-8-1 Zack Page UD 10 20/10/2006 Youngstown, Ohio, United States 92-98, 93-97, 93-97.
Win 10-31 Danny Sheehan UD 8 02/04/2005 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States 79-73, 78-74, 78-74.
Win 2-3-1 Raymond McLamore SD 8 02/12/2004 North Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Win 16-11-2 James "Gentleman" Johnson UD 6 16/10/2004 Boynton Beach, Florida, United States 60-54, 60-54, 60-54.
Win 24-11-1 Tiwon Taylor TKO 5 17/04/2004 New York City, United States 79-73, 78-74, 78-74.
Loss 41-3-2 Bruno Girard SD 12 13/07/2002 Palavas-les-Flots, Herault, France WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. 113-116, 111-116, 115-113.
Draw 39-3-1 Bruno Girard PTS 12 04/08/2001 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. 113-116, 115-114, 115-115.
Win 11-20-1 Dennis "The Menace" McKinney UD 8 17/05/2001 New York City, United States
Win 20-12-2 Earl Butler KO 3 17/01/2001 Yonkers, New York, United States
Win 8-21-1 Charles "Head Hunter" Daughtry TKO 6 29/07/1999 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Win 10-6-2 Tyrone Armstead UD 8 22/09/1998 New York City, United States 79-72, 79-72, 77-74.
Loss 36-1 Roy Jones, Jr. UD 12 18/07/1998 New York City, United States WBC/WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. 109-118, 109-119, 109-118.
Win 34-1 "Fast" Eddy Smulders TKO 8 20/09/1997 Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:22 of the eighth round.
Win 12-12-2 Fermin Chirino TKO 2 13/06/1997 Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Referee stopped the bout at 1:40 of the second round.
Win 10-11-3 Kenny "House of" Payne TKO 3 01/05/1997 Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the third round.
Win 17-6 "Doubting" Thomas Reid UD 10 29/10/1996 Tunica, Mississippi, United States
Win 7-6-1 Ken McCurdy TKO 2 16/08/1996 Yonkers, New York, United States
Loss 41-1 Virgil "Quicksilver" Hill UD 12 20/04/1996 Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States WBA World Light Heavyweight Title. 113-114, 112-116, 114-116.
Win 6-5-1 Ken Wallace TKO 5 01/12/1995 Staten Island, New York, United States Referee stopped the bout at 2:01 of the fifth round.
Win 11-3-3 Ali Saidi UD 8 27/05/1995 Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Win 3-3 Michael "Putting" Green KO 5 03/05/1995 New York City, United States Green knocked out at 2:34 of the fifth round.
Win 8-10-1 Charles Daughtry KO 1 18/03/1995 Pensacola, Florida, United States Daughtry knocked out at 2:44 of the first round.
Win 0-3 John Lampre TKO 2 20/01/1995 Boston, Massachusetts, United States Referee stopped the bout at 0:56 of the second round.
Win 5-2 Anthony Brown KO 1 13/10/1994 Melville, New York, United States Brown knocked out at 2:31 of the first round.
Win 7-10 Earl Talley KO 2 07/10/1994 New York City, United States Talley knocked out at 1:17 of the second round.
Win 11-16 Tim "Ice Man" St Clair TKO 4 29/04/1994 White Plains, New York, United States Referee stopped the bout at 2:30 of the fourth round.
Win 8-12 Tim "Ice Man" St Clair UD 10 12/11/1993 New York City, United States New York Light Heavyweight Title.
Win 5-22-1 "King" James Mullins TKO 5 04/09/1993 Forest City, North Carolina, United States
Win 4-1 Richard Carter TKO 3 17/06/1993 White Plains, New York, United States Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the third round.
Win 10-0-2 Darren Zenner UD 6 06/03/1993 New York City, United States 58-55, 58-55, 58-55.
Win 8-9-3 Jamal Arbubakar UD 6 27/01/1993 New York City, United States
Win 1-2 James "The Soup" Campbell KO 1 23/12/1992 New York City, United States Campbell knocked out at 0:33 of the first round.
Win 3-4-1 Patrick Frazier UD 6 20/11/1992 New York City, United States
Win 4-4-1 Exum Speight TKO 1 15/10/1992 New York City, United States Referee stopped the bout at 2:34 of the first round.
Win 1-2 Anthony "The Don" Sutton TKO 2 15/09/1992 White Plains, New York, United States
Win 3-3 Amahl Bacon TKO 1 25/08/1992 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:10 of the first round.
Win -- Lihahde Patrick TKO 2 21/05/1992 New York City, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:17 of the second round.
Win 2-0 Norman "Conquest" Bell UD 4 23/03/1992 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win -- Fred Rivero TKO 1 07/02/1992 New York City, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:18 of the first round.
Win 0-2-1 Worthy "Galactus Wiz" Hendricks UD 4 12/01/1992 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
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See also

References
  1. Beekman, Daniel (December 22, 2010). "Fire-ravaged gym gets off deck, welcomes fighters back". The New York Daily News. p. 36. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  2. "Tinsley beats Del Valle by unanimous decision - USATODAY.com". usatoday.com.
  3. "Lou Del Valle - Boxer". boxrec.com.
Preceded by
Dariusz Michalczewski
Vacated		 WBA Light Heavyweight Champion
20 Sep 1997–18 Jul 1998		 Succeeded by
Roy Jones, Jr.
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