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Rodolfo Martínez

Rodolfo Martínez
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 Mexico Mexican
Born (1946-08-24) August 24, 1946 (age 70)
Tepito, Mexico City
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.



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