Jesse Magdaleno - Fighters – Top Rank Boxing

Back to List Jessie Magdaleno

Weightclass:: Featherweight
Age:: 21
Birthplace:: Las Vegas, NV
Record:: 15-0, 11 KOs

Height:: 5'4"
Reach:
Managers:: Pat Barry
Trainers:: Pat Barry, Augie Sanchez

biography

Twitter: @jessiejmag
Ranked USBA #9 at 122 pounds…
2009 U.S. National Championships (amateur), 119 pounds – Gold Medalist…
2009 National Golden Gloves Championships (amateur), 119 pounds – Gold Medalist…

Just 21 years old, Jessie is a two-year pro. A prospect at 122 pounds, he is a former amateur standout.
He is the younger brother, by five years, of undefeated junior lightweight contender Diego Magdaleno.
Top Rank’s Hall of Fame matchmaker Bruce Trampler said, “Jessie has a chance to be a special fighter in years to come. He was one of America’s best amateurs, and we believe he can become one of our best professionals.”
Jessie is coming off a third-round knockout win against Carlos Fulgencio in his last fight on March 16.
After the fight, Dan Rafael wrote on ESPN.com [excerpts]: Magdaleno is one of boxing's best prospects. Jessie was a standout amateur, but rather than continuing down the path that could have made him a 2012 U.S. Olympian, he elected to turn pro and has looked great through his first 14 fights. Taking on one of his more experienced opponents, Magdaleno cut through Fulgencio with ease.
Magdaleno dropped him with a beautiful double right hand in the opening round, first to the body and then to the head. In the second round, a right hand knocked Fulgencio off balance, forcing him to touch his left hand to the canvas, which referee Tony Crebs properly ruled a knockdown. And in the third round, Magdaleno landed a pinpoint right uppercut during a flurry of punches to drop Fulgencio for the third time in the fight, prompting Crebs to wave off the fight 45 seconds into the third round of a scheduled eight-rounder. It was target practice for Magdaleno, who looks like a sure-fire future world titleholder. [End Rafael...

fight history

Fight by Fight – 2013 - in his last fight on 3-16-13 in Carson, CA, he won by knockout (3rd round) against against Carlos Fulgencio (19-9-1): the bout was on the undercard of the Timothy Bradley Jr.-Ruslan Provodnikov main event, and Jessie quickly overpowered him; he scored a knockdown with a right hook to body-right hook to head combinatioin in the 1st round, then scored another knockdown with a right hook when Fulgencio’s glove touched the canvas in the 2nd; Jessie scored another knockdown with a right uppercut in the 3rd round, and the referee stopped the fight at 0:45…

2012 - on 12-6-12 in Las Vegas, NV, he won an 8 round unanimous decision against Jonathan Arellano (13-1-1): the bout was co-featured with the Ray Beltran-Ji-Hoon Kim main event, and Jessie dominated - he consistently outworked Arellano and landed the harder punches; Jessie scored a knockdown with a left hand in the 2nd round; he scored another knockdown with a series of punches in the 6th, and won by scores of 80-70, 80-70, 80-69; after the fight, Jessie said, He caught me with a left hook because I got a little carried away - he surprised me, but I knew what I had to do. I recovered and went right back to what I was supposed to do. I knew he could take some big shots and I was actually happy to go the distance for the experience."...
On 11-10-12 in Las Vegas he won by knockout (1st round) against Jose Silveira (14-8): the fight was on the undercard of the Vanes Martirosyan-Erislandy Lara main event, and Jessie quickly overpowered him; he staggered Silveira with a series of punches in the 1st round, then scored a knockdown with left hand that also bloodied Silveira’s nose, and he was counted out at 2:59…
On 8-3-12 in Las Vegas he won by TKO (2nd round) against Aldimar Santos (17-2): the fight...

background

AMATEUR, PERSONAL BACKGROUND: Jessie said, “I was born in Pomona, California. I don’t remember exactly, but we were in Pomona for a couple of years, then we moved back to L.A., where my mom is originally from, and from there we moved to Las Vegas. There’s six of us – I have three older sisters, my older brother Diego, and my younger brother, Marco. Marco boxes as an amateur. My dad played soccer professionally.
“When I was younger, I loved playing soccer – soccer was my passion. But as I started progressing in boxing, I left soccer behind and just stayed with the boxing.
“I was about seven years old when I started boxing. Diego’s about five years older than me. Seeing him training every day, being in the gym, that’s what got me involved in it. I always followed him when I was younger, I wanted to be the same as him.
“Altogether, I had about 138 amateur fights. I remember I had 15 losses.
“I’m naturally righthanded, but I can write with both hands. I broke my right hand when I was in fourth grade and I learned how to write with my left hand.
“I’m a fulltime fighter – 24/7. I’m single, no kids.”…
AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS:
2009 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Denver, Colorado, 119 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: on 6-8-09 he won a 26-10 decision against Ramon Morales of San Ardo, Calif.; in the quarterfinals on 6-10-09 he stopped Isaac Torres of Mission, Tex., in the 3rd round; in the semifinals on 6-11-09 he had a 19-19 draw, but won the tiebreaker against Rau’shee Warren of Cincinnati, Oh.; in the finals on 6-13-09 he won a 17-4 decision against Luis Rosa of East Haven, Conn.…
2009 NATIONAL GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPIONSHIPS - Salt Lake City, Utah, 119 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: on 5-5-09 he won a decision against Brian Paiz of New Jersey;...

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