Professional Career
After eight years and 126 amateurs fights Orlandito made his professional debut on April 11, 2008 defeating Rey Rivera by the way of third round knock out. His second professional fight was an impressive first round knock out victory over United States' Emanuel Rose. On September 27, 2008 fighting as a promotional free agent, Del Valle dominated Francisco Palacios to get a unanimous decision after six rounds of action. Less than one month later (October 24, 2008) Del Valle moved to 4-0 3 kos fighting for the first time as a pro in his native Puerto Rico. After dropping fellow Puerto Rican Jean Carlos Padilla (7-3 4 kos)in the third, fourth and fifth rounds Del Valle went for the kill prompting a technical knock out at the 52 seconds mark of round number five. After signing with Lou Dibella of Dibella entertainment on August 26, 2010 Orlandito made his debut under the DBE banner stopping Robert Guillen impressively in five rounds. On October 24, 2009 he was back in Puerto Rico facing crafty southpaw Christoher Rivera. After an interesting first round where Rivera attempted to keep Del Valle in the center of the ring, Luis imposed his crowd pleasing style dominating with a relentless attack to Rivera's body. The end came at the third round where a solid hook to the liver sent Rivera down for the count. On December 16, 2009 he scored a second round stoppage of Mexico's Noe Lopez Jr. who had decision losses against the likes of Dat Nguyen and Gary Russell (boxer)in his previous fights. Lopez claimed a hand injury as the reason of the stoppage. On March 27, 2010 Del Valle scored an impressive first round ko over 4-2 (4 kos) Puerto Rican Jorge Cordero. On Saturday July 10, 2010 "Orlandito" stepped his career up a notch when he faced rugged veteran Pasqual Rouse for the New York State Featherweight Title. Del Valle utilized his resources to deal with Rouse's experience and rough style finally putting him down for the count in the fourth round. With the win Del Valle clinches his first profesional boxing title having knocked out 80% of his opponents to date. As part of the Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez II undercard Del Valle had the chance to set the record straight against Noe Lopez Jr. Putting on a nearly flawless performance Orlandito dropped Lopez three times on his way to a third round TKO victory. On February 18, 2011 fighting in Ponce Puerto Rico Del Valle moved to 12-0, 10 KOs by stopping fellow Puerto Rican Irvin Hernandez at 2:49 of round six. June 11, 2011 Showtime's ShoBox: The New Generation main event against fellow prospect Dat Nguyen in New York on the eve of the Puerto Rican day parade. Del Valle dominated by scores of 99-91 on all three official score cards.
In September of 2012 Del Valle's unbeaten streak came to an end as he was dominated by veteran and former champion Vic Darchinyan.
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