Juan Francisco Rodríguez
Spanish boxer (1949–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juan Francisco Rodríguez Márquez (12 November 1949 – 16 April 2019) was a Spanish boxer. As an amateur he won the 1971 European flyweight title and reached the quarterfinals at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Games he was stopped in the second bout by the eventual silver medalist Charles Mooney.[3]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Márquez.
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Born | 12 November 1949[1] Almería, Spain | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 April 2019(2019-04-16) (aged 69)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 34 | |||||||||||||||||
Wins | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Losses | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Draws | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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After the 1976 Olympics Rodríguez turned professional and fought until 1982. He challenged Carlos Zárate Serna for the Mexican's WBC world bantamweight title in a 1977 fight held at Madrid, but lost by technical knockout. Next year he won the European title.[4]