Rodolfo Martínez | |
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Statistics | |
Real name | Rodolfo Martínez Estrada |
Nickname(s) | Tepito Monster |
Rated at |
Super Featherweight Featherweight Super Bantamweight Bantamweight |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
Reach | 72 in (183 cm) |
Nationality | Mexican |
Born |
Tepito, Mexico City |
August 24, 1946
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 52 |
Wins | 44 |
Wins by KO | 35 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
No contests | 0 |
Rodolfo Martínez Estrada (born August 24, 1946 in Tepito, Mexico City) was a Mexican boxer in the Super Featherweight division. He is a former NABF Super Bantamweight, Bantamweight and the WBC Bantamweight Champion.
Martínez was born on August 28, 1946 and raised in Tepito, a borough of Mexico City, Mexico. He is the eldest of six children of Alfonso Martínez and Angelina Estrada.
In June 1972, Rodolfo Martínez won his first NABF Championship by Knocking out Octavio Gomez.
His first shot at a WBC Bantamweight Championship was on against Rafael Herrera but he would lose by T.K.O. in the twelfth round On December 7, 1974 Martínez got his revenge and the WBC Bantamweight Championship by Knocking out Rafael Herrera in the fourth round. Rodolfo would go on to make four title defences until he lost to an undefeated Hall of Famer, the Mexican Carlos Zárate.