Juan de la Rosa

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Infobox boxer Juan Pedro de la Rosa (born August 7, 1986) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the brother of welterweight boxer James de la Rosa.

Personal life

De la Rosa's father is Mexican and his mother is an African-American. His paternal grandfather played a pivotal role in his formative years and, as a tribute, De la Rosa wears his portrait in a lanyard around his neck just before and after every fight.

Professional career

De la Rosa turned professional at the age of 15.

The Contender

He was the youngest contestant on reality TV show The Contender at the age of 18. On the show, he was placed on the "East Coast" team and fought Tarick Salmaci in the second to last First Round fight. This bout of Youth versus Experience and was won by the young Mexican. Juan later drew criticism for allowing himself to be withdrawn from the competition with apparently minor injuries. His withdrawal left room for Ahmed Khaddour to strut his way back into the show.

Since starring on The Contender, De la Rosa's promise has somewhat diminished. Although he has continued to fight, his two losses to Mikel Williams have led some to question whether he has been a protected fighter. De la Rosa lost to Mexican veteran Fernando Vela via split decision at the Casa de Amistad in Harlingen, Texas in March 2008, returned a year later to defeat a solid journeyman Guadalupe Martínez. He was also scheduled to fight Glen Tapia on October 27, 2012 but pulled out 2 weeks before the fight citing an injury.

On November 2, 2013 De la Rosa finally made his return to the ring, after more than 4 1/2 years away from competition, in the co-main event at State Farm Arena, Hildalgo Texas. De la Rosa fought toe-to-toe with undefeated Anatoli Muratov until Muratov folded under De la Rosa's brutal body attack in the 5th round.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
26	Template:No2Loss	21–4–1	Template:Flagicon Jas Phipps	TKO	1 (6), Template:Small	2014-11-08	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	21–3–1	Template:Flagicon Anatoli Muratov	KO	5 (6), Template:Small	2013-11-02	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	20–3–1	Template:Flagicon Guadalupe Martinez	UD	8	2009-03-28	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
23	Template:No2Loss	19–3–1	Template:Flagicon Fernando Vela	SD	8	2008-03-28	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	19–2–1	Template:Flagicon Jose Humberto Corral	TKO	6 (12), Template:Small	2007-10-26	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	18–2–1	Template:Flagicon Nurhan Suleymanoglu	TKO	6 (10), Template:Small	2007-07-20	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
20	Template:No2Loss	17–2–1	Template:Flagicon Mikel Williams	UD	10	2007-05-12	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	17–1–1	Template:Flagicon Victor Lares	TKO	5 (8), Template:Small	2007-02-23	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
18	Template:No2Loss	16–1–1	Template:Flagicon Mikel Williams	TKO	8 (8), Template:Small	2006-10-21	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	16–0–1	Template:Flagicon Taronze Washington	UD	8	2006-08-04	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	15–0–1	Template:Flagicon Tremayne Hines	KO	1 (6), Template:Small	2006-02-03	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	14–0–1	Template:Flagicon Jesse Orta	UD	5	2005-10-15	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	13–0–1	Template:Flagicon Tarick Salmaci	UD	5	2004-09-05	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	12–0–1	Template:Flagicon Gamaliel Mendoza	TKO	1 (6)	2004-06-04	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	11–0–1	Template:Flagicon Ramiro Gonzalez	TKO	1 (6)	2004-03-19	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	10–0–1	Template:Flagicon Thomas Cabrales	KO	1 (4)	2004-02-27	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	9–0–1	Template:Flagicon Noe Pena Jr.	TKO	2 (6), Template:Small	2004-02-19	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	8–0–1	Template:Flagicon David Cid	TKO	1 (6)	2003-11-28	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	7–0–1	Template:Flagicon Bernardo Arellano	KO	2 (6)	2003-10-24	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	6–0–1	Template:Flagicon Walter Herrera	UD	4	2003-06-06	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	5–0–1	Template:Flagicon Mario Carillo	KO	2 (4)	2003-03-28	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	4–0–1	Template:Flagicon Ernesto Montoya	KO	2 (4)	2002-12-07	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
4	Draw	3–0–1	Template:Flagicon Jorge Deciga	PTS	4	2002-11-15	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Template:Flagicon Martin Trevino	TKO	2 (4)	2002-09-28	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Template:Flagicon Omar Chavez	KO	1 (4)	2002-08-30	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Template:Flagicon Rogelio Montalvo	TKO	1 (4)	2002-08-02	Template:Flagicon Template:Small

See also

• Afro-Mexicans

External links

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