Heavyweight · Spain
Paulino Uzcudun 49-17-3 33 KO · 1923–1935
Photo: Indalecio Ojanguren, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Updated Oct 12, 2026 · Sources: Wikidata, English Wikipedia, Wikipedia (ru), +1
Paulino Uzcudun was a heavyweight boxer from Spain, born May 3, 1899. Record 49-17-3 with 33 knockouts over 1923–1935. Paulino Uzcudun last fought Joe Louis on Dec 13, 1935 and lost by TKO in round 4 of 15.
Also: باولينو أوزكودون · باولينو اوزكودون · Paolino Uzcudun +3 more Paulino Uzcudun Eizmendi · Paulino Uzkudun · Uzcudun
Born May 3, 1899
Died Jul 5, 1985
Country 🇪🇸 Spain
Stance Orthodox
Height 178 cm
Nickname Basque Woodchopper
Debut Sep 16, 1923
Career 1923–1935
Rounds boxed 513
KO share 67%
Born in Errezil, Guipuzcoa, Basque Country, Spain
Confirmed bouts 17 of 69
Career record Record
49-17-3, 33 KOs · 1923–1935
Last result L
TKO 4/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
The record 69 bouts, 1923–1935, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 69, Wikipedia (ru) · 1, Wikipedia (es) · 1
L
TKO 4/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 49-16-3 · Louis 22-0-0
L
PTS 12/12 · Poststadion, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Uzcudun 49-15-3 · Schmeling 47-7-4
D
MD 12/12 · Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 49-15-2 · Schmeling 45-7-3
L
For Ring heavyweight title UD 15/15 · Piazza di Siena, Rome, 🇮🇹
Uzcudun 49-14-2 · Carnera 76-6-0
W
PTS 10/10 · La Monumental, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 48-14-2 · McCorkindale —
W
SD 15/15 · Las Ventas, Madrid, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 47-14-2 · Charles —
W
PTS 10/10 · Frontón Betis, Seville, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 46-14-2 · Schönrath —
W
Ernst Guehring
KO 2/10 · Plaza de Toros de Valencia, Valencia, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 45-14-2 · Guehring —
W
Salvatore Ruggirello
PTS 10/10 · Frontón Jai-Alai, Madrid, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 44-14-2 · Ruggirello —
W
Giacomo Bergomas
KO 1/10 · Teatro Circo Olympia, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 43-14-2 · Bergomas —
L
PTS 15/15 · Madison Square Garden Bowl, Queens, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 43-13-2 · Schaaf 54-12-2
L
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 43-12-2 · Walker 117-18-3
W
Jack Gagnon
KO 7/10 · St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 42-12-2 · Gagnon —
L
MD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 42-11-2 · Levinsky 40-15-4
L
SD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 42-10-2 · Loughran 104-19-7
W
PTS 20/20 · Race Track Arena, Reno, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 41-10-2 · Baer 26-6-0
W
Les Kennedy
TKO 4/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 40-10-2 · Kennedy —
L
SD 10/10 · Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 40-9-2 · Carnera 39-3-0
W
TKO 5/10 · Vélodrome d'Hiver, Paris, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 39-9-2 · Griselle —
L
PTS 10/10 · Navin Field, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 39-8-2 · Risko —
Show all 69 bouts W
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 38-8-2 · Porat —
L
Tully Griffiths
MD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 38-7-2 · Griffiths —
L
PTS 15/15 · Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 38-6-2 · Schmeling 41-4-3
W
Francisco Cruz Coelho
KO 1/10 · San Juan Stadium, San Juan, 🇵🇷
Uzcudun 37-6-2 · Coelho —
W
KO Christner
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 36-6-2 · Christner —
W
UD 10/10 · Estadio Versailles, Cali, 🇨🇴
Uzcudun 35-6-2 · Dumoulin —
W
Bill Hartwell
PTS 10/10 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 34-6-2 · Hartwell —
W
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 33-6-2 · Porat —
L
Big Boy Peterson
DQ 2/10 · Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 33-5-2 · Peterson —
W
Ludwig Haymann
KO 11/12 · Plaza de Toros del Chofre, San Sebastián, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 32-5-2 · Haymann —
L
PTS 10/10 · Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 32-4-2 · Godfrey 48-11-1
W
KO 3/15 · Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Uzcudun 31-4-2 · Romero 29-32-5
W
Ed Keeley
TKO 2/10 · Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 30-4-2 · Keeley —
W
Pat Lester
TKO 7/10 · Armory, Newark, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 29-4-2 · Lester —
L
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 29-3-2 · Risko —
D
PTS 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 29-3-1 · Heeney 28-8-3
L
DQ 7/10 · Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 29-2-1 · Delaney 65-8-2
W
KO 4/15 · Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 28-2-1 · Wills 85-8-7
W
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 27-2-1 · Heeney 26-7-3
W
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 26-2-1 · Hansen —
W
Homer Smith
TKO 7/10 · Benjamin Field Arena, Tampa, 🇺🇸
Uzcudun 25-2-1 · Smith —
W
Antolín Fierro
KO 1/10 · Nuevo Frontón, Havana, 🇨🇺
Uzcudun 24-2-1 · Fierro —
W
Martin O'Grady
KO 1/12 · Almendares Park, Havana, 🇨🇺
Uzcudun 23-2-1 · O'Grady —
W
PTS 12/12 · La Monumental, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 22-2-1 · Spalla —
W
Harry Drake
KO 1/10 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 21-2-1 · Drake —
D
PTS 10/10 · Kaiserdamm Arena, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Uzcudun 21-2-0 · Diener —
W
Soldier Jones
KO 1/12 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 20-2-0 · Jones —
W
Constant Barrick
TKO 4/10 · Circo Olympia, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 19-2-0 · Barrick —
W
Hans Breitenstraeter
KO 9/10 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Uzcudun 18-2-0 · Breitenstraeter —
W
KO 3/10 · Vélodrome d'Hiver, Paris, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 17-2-0 · Nilles —
W
Constant Barrick
TKO 6/12 · Circo Price, Madrid, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 16-2-0 · Barrick —
W
TKO 1/10 · Plaza de toros de las Arenas, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 15-2-0 · Delarge —
W
KO 6/12 · Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre, Bilbao, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 14-2-0 · Scott —
W
PTS 12/12 · Plaza de Toros de Goya, Madrid, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 13-2-0 · Humbeeck —
W
PTS 12/12 · Arènes d'Eckmühl, Oran
Uzcudun 12-2-0 · Delarge —
W
TKO 4/10 · Vélodrome d'Hiver, Paris, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 11-2-0 · Humbeeck —
W
KO 2/10 · Stade Municipal, Algiers
Uzcudun 10-2-0 · Piochelle —
W
TKO 6/10 · Arènes de Bayonne, Bayonne, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 9-2-0 · Goddard —
L
PTS 15/15 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 9-1-0 · Cook —
L
PTS 10/10 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Uzcudun 9-0-0 · Cook —
W
Jose Teixidor
KO 3/10 · Cirque d'hiver, Paris, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 8-0-0 · Teixidor —
W
Arthur Townley
KO 1/10 · Stade Buffalo, Montrouge, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 7-0-0 · Townley —
W
KO 5/12 · Plaza de toros de las Arenas, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 6-0-0 · Nilles —
W
KO 1/10 · Estadio Municipal de Atocha, San Sebastián, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 5-0-0 · Journée —
W
Laurent Mahieu
KO 1/10 · Frontón Euskalduna, Bilbao, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 4-0-0 · Mahieu —
W
Alex Touroff
KO 2/10 · Circo Americano, Madrid, 🇪🇸
Uzcudun 3-0-0 · Touroff —
W
Herman Sjouwerman
TKO 5/10 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 2-0-0 · Sjouwerman —
W
PTS 10/10 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 1-0-0 · Journée —
W
Alex Touroff
KO 3/10 · Stade Anastasie, Paris, 🇫🇷
Uzcudun 0-0-0 · Touroff —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Paulino Uzcudun's record? Paulino Uzcudun's professional record is 49-17-3 with 33 knockouts.
Who did Paulino Uzcudun fight last? Paulino Uzcudun last fought Joe Louis on Dec 13, 1935 and lost by TKO in round 4 of 15. Sources Boxerbook ID 4376 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/4376 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
