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Making his debut on February 2005 aged 17 Velardez has a so far mixed record of 6-2-0. Although he has been beaten previously, the future looks positive. Between February 2005 and February 2008, Velardez had his longest winning streak of 6 fights. In his 8 fights, his longest KO streak is 4 fights long.
Starting as he means to go on, Velardez got off to an explosive start in his debut, defeating Jacobo Mejia in 1 rounds and becoming the only person to have stopped Mejia to date. Velardez's rise through the ranks continued with 4 wins against fighters such as Dionicio Alvarez, Ricardo Avila and Jacobo Mejia. This took his record to 4 wins.
On May 5th, 2006 Velardez fought and beat Dionicio Alvarez (1-1-0) to continue his unbeaten streak. Alvarez was a worthy challenger but Velardez was too much and became the first person to stop Alvarez via TKO during round 3. Taking his record to 4 wins, 0 losses and 0 draws, Velardez then went on to win a further 2 fights.
Next was Jose manuel Garcia on August 30th, 2007 where Velardez took the win continuing his unbeaten streak. In 2007 Velardez fought his next opponent Jose manuel Garcia and defeated him via UD. Velardez was the 3rd person to go the distance with Garcia. Velardez then went on to win again against Daniel Quevedo setting him up well for his next pro fight.
Velardez went into his next fight against Rico Ramos on July 16th, 2008 with a career record of 6 wins. Velardez's first defeat came over the full distance against Rico Ramos on July 16th, 2008. The fight went to the judges in a UD loss for Velardez.
The next defeat of Velardez's career came against Leo Santa cruz on July 10th, 2009. This took his career record to 6-2-0. Opponent Santa cruz fought well and proved he was technically superior to Velardez over the full 6 round fight. The fight came to a close after the final bell, Santa cruz the victor on the judges decision (UD), with Velardez left wondering where his career will go next.