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José Luis Valbuena

Venezuelan boxer

Born
19 March 1971, Turmero
Citizenship
Venezuela
Sport
boxing
Discipline
bantamweight
Occupation
boxer

José Luis Valbuena (born March 19, 1971) is a former bantamweight boxer from Venezuela, who had a total number of 30 professional fights during his career. He is best known for knocking down Carlos Barreto on October 9, 1999. Three days after the bout Barreto died due to brain injuries sustained in the match. As an amateur Valbuena represented his native country at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

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Facts from Wikidata Q6292868 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.