Rolando Navarrete facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rolando Navarrete |
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| Nickname(s) | Bad Boy from Dadiangas |
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| Height | 5 ft 5 in |
| Reach | 65+1/2 in |
| Nationality |  Filipino |
| Born | February 14, 1957 General Santos, Philippines |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 74 |
| Wins | 56 |
| Wins by KO | 33 |
| Losses | 15 |
| Draws | 3 |
Rolando Navarrete (born February 14, 1957) is a Filipino former professional boxer. He competed in boxing from 1973 to 1991. He was a world champion, holding the WBC super featherweight title. He held this title from August 1981 until May 1982.
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Rolando Navarrete was a very skilled boxer. He was famous for hitting very hard. People knew him as a "slugger." He was one of the best Filipino boxers who could knock out opponents.
Rolando first fought for a world title in 1980. He faced the famous boxer Alexis Argüello. Rolando lost this fight.
On August 29, 1981, he won the WBC Super featherweight title. He knocked out Cornelius Boza-Edwards in the 5th round. This big fight happened in Italy.
He defended his title against Choi Chung-Il from Korea. Rolando stopped Choi in the 11th round. This fight took place in Manila in January 1982.
In his second title defense, he fought Rafael "Bazooka" Limón. This match was in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rolando was ahead on points. However, Limón knocked him out in the 12th round. After this loss, Rolando's boxing career changed. He did not have many big fights after that.
After some time away from boxing, Rolando went back to the Philippines. He had several comeback fights. In one of these fights, he won against his old opponent, Limón. He won by decision in a 10-round match.
During his comeback, he was in a boxing film. It was called Kambal Na Kamao: Madugong Engkwentro. He was in the movie with another boxer, Rolando Bohol. The film was released in mid-1988. After some losses, he decided to stop boxing for good.
Rolando Navarrete lives in General Santos today. He has seven children. One of his sons, Rolando Jr., is a professional mixed martial artist. He fights using his mother's last name, Rolando Dy.
Rolando still trains sometimes. He uses a heavy bag at his home. He also sells fish to earn money.
The World Boxing Council ranks Rolando as the 9th best super featherweight champion ever. In 2007, Rolando was part of "Kamao." This was an episode of the award-winning program Sine Totoo. "Kamao" was about the sport of boxing. It also told the story of the former world featherweight champion.
| 74 fights | 56 wins | 15 losses |
| By knockout | 33 | 8 |
| By decision | 22 | 7 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 3 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 74 | Loss | 56-15-3 | William Magahin | TKO | 6 (10) | Jul 31, 1991 | Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines | |
| 73 | Loss | 56-14-3 | Bernabe Aliping | UD | 10 | Jun 8, 1991 | Baguio City, Philippines | |
| 72 | Loss | 56-13-3 | Tae Jin Moon | TKO | 9 (10), 1:45 | Jul 20, 1990 | Ninoy Aquino Stadium, District of Malate, Manila, Philippines | |
| 71 | Win | 56-12-3 | Ayuthaya Sithphakamron | KO | 7 (10) | May 18, 1990 | Ninoy Aquino Stadium, District of Malate, Manila, Philippines | |
| 70 | Loss | 55-12-3 | Ramon Marchena Jr. | TD | 5 (12) | Feb 17, 1990 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico | For WBC International lightweight title |
| 69 | Loss | 55-11-3 | Tae Jin Moon | KO | 6 (10) | Oct 13, 1989 | Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines | |
| 68 | Win | 55-10-3 | Thongberm Lukmatulee | KO | 3 (10) | Jul 11, 1989 | Ninoy Aquino Stadium, District of Malate, Manila, Philippines | |
| 67 | Win | 54-10-3 | Ken Carter | TKO | 1 (10), 1:03 | Apr 22, 1989 | Ninoy Aquino Stadium, District of Malate, Manila, Philippines | |
| 66 | Win | 53-10-3 | Dawthong Chuvatana | TKO | 1 (10), 2:11 | Feb 18, 1989 | Ninoy Aquino Stadium, District of Malate, Manila, Philippines | |
| 65 | Win | 52-10-3 | Rafael Limón | UD | 10 | Dec 23, 1988 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, Philippines | |
| 64 | Win | 51-10-3 | Jin-Shik Choi | TKO | 6 (10), 2:39 | Nov 5, 1988 | Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines | |
| 63 | Win | 50-10-3 | Bisenti Santoso | TKO | 2 (10) | Sep 16, 1988 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, Philippines | |
| 62 | Win | 49-10-3 | Muhammed Juhari | UD | 10 | Jul 22, 1988 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, Philippines | |
| 61 | Win | 48-10-3 | Elmer Leonardo | TKO | 2 (10) | May 6, 1988 | Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines | |
| 60 | Loss | 47-10-3 | Mario Martinez | TKO | 5 (10), 2:59 | Jun 23, 1984 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 59 | Win | 47-9-3 | Dennis Talbot | KO | 2 (10) | Aug 12, 1983 | Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines | |
| 58 | Win | 46-9-3 | Ignacio Jimenez | TKO | 6 (10), 3:00 | Jun 28, 1983 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 57 | Win | 45-9-3 | Saul Mayren | TKO | 6 (10), 2:26 | Jan 28, 1983 | Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines | |
| 56 | Win | 44-9-3 | Young-Se Oh | TKO | 8 (10) | Sep 10, 1982 | Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines | |
| 55 | Loss | 43-9-3 | Rafael Limón | KO | 12 (15), 3:08 | May 29, 1982 | The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Lost WBC super-featherweight title |
| 54 | Win | 43-8-3 | Choi Chung-il | KO | 11 (15), 1:35 | Jan 16, 1982 | Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, Philippines | Retained WBC super-featherweight title |
| 53 | Win | 42-8-3 | Cornelius Boza-Edwards | KO | 5 (15), 1:41 | Aug 29, 1981 | Stadio de Pini, Viareggio, Italy | Won WBC super-featherweight title |
| 52 | Win | 41-8-3 | Blaine Dickson | UD | 10 | Jul 21, 1981 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 51 | Win | 40-8-3 | Johnny Sato | UD | 12 | May 19, 1981 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | Won NABF super-featherweight title |
| 50 | Win | 39-8-3 | Arturo Leon | UD | 10 | Apr 18, 1981 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 49 | Win | 38-8-3 | Refugio Rojas | UD | 10 | Apr 7, 1981 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 48 | Loss | 37-8-3 | Hector Cortez | UD | 10 | Mar 10, 1981 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 47 | Win | 37-7-3 | Rocky Ramon | TKO | 8 (10), 0:47 | Jan 20, 1981 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 46 | Loss | 36-7-3 | Alexis Argüello | RTD | 4 (15), 3:00 | Apr 27, 1980 | Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico | For WBC super-featherweight title |
| 45 | Win | 36-6-3 | Jerome Artis | TKO | 7 (10), 2:33 | Apr 1, 1980 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 44 | Win | 35-6-3 | Frank Ahumada | UD | 10 | Jan 18, 1980 | Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines | |
| 43 | Win | 34-6-3 | Abdul Bey | TKO | 7 (10), 1:31 | Dec 18, 1979 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 42 | Win | 33-6-3 | Blazer Okubo | TKO | 3 (10), 0:51 | Oct 9, 1979 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 41 | Win | 32-6-3 | Miguel Meza | TKO | 7 (10), 0:44 | Aug 28, 1979 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 40 | Win | 31-6-3 | Jose Torres | UD | 10 | Jul 24, 1979 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
| 39 | Win | 30-6-3 | Frankie Duarte | UD | 10 | Jun 19, 1979 | Blaisdell Center Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii U.S. | |
| 38 | Draw | 29-6-3 | Thanomchit Sukhothai | PTS | 10 | Mar 18, 1979 | Cebu City, Philippines | |
| 37 | Win | 29-6-2 | Rey Tam | KO | 4 (10) | Feb 16, 1979 | Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines | |
| 36 | Win | 28-6-2 | Pete Alferez | TKO | 2 (10) | Jan 7, 1979 | Cebu Coliseum, Cebu City, Philippines | |
| 35 | Win | 27-6-2 | Nene Jun | UD | 12 | Sep 30, 1978 | Davao City, Philippines | |
| 34 | Win | 26-6-2 | Fernando Cabanela | UD | 12 | Aug 19, 1978 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 33 | Win | 25-6-2 | Nene Jun | MD | 10 | Jul 15, 1978 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 32 | Win | 24-6-2 | Tony Jumao-As | TKO | 4 (10) | May 27, 1978 | Cebu City, Philippines | |
| 31 | Loss | 23-6-2 | Johnny Sato | TKO | 8 (10) | Dec 31, 1977 | Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines | |
| 30 | Loss | 23-5-2 | Thanomchit Sukhothai | TKO | 9 (10) | Sep 2, 1977 | Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines | |
| 29 | Win | 23-4-2 | Ric Quijano | PTS | 10 | Aug 12, 1977 | Davao City, Philippines | |
| 28 | Loss | 22-4-2 | Yung-Shik Kim | SD | 12 | Jun 16, 1977 | Seoul, South Korea | For vacant OPBF bantamweight title |
| 27 | Win | 22-3-2 | Mario Odias | UD | 10 | Jan 29, 1977 | Cebu City, Philippines | |
| 26 | Win | 21-3-2 | Yung-Shik Kim | TKO | 7 (10) | Nov 13, 1976 | Cebu City, Philippines | |
| 25 | Win | 20-3-2 | Renato Paulino | KO | 4 (10) | Sep 25, 1976 | Cebu City, Philippines | |
| 23 | Win | 19-3-2 | Pol Ladeza | TKO | 1 (10) | Aug 21, 1976 | Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines | |
| 23 | Win | 18-3-2 | San Sacristan | TKO | 7 (10) | Jul 31, 1976 | Cebu City, Philippines | |
| 22 | Loss | 17-3-2 | Paul Ferreri | PTS | 10 | Jun 26, 1976 | Cebu Coliseum, Cebu City, Philippines | |
| 21 | Win | 17-2-2 | Dommy Marolena | UD | 10 | May 15, 1976 | Cebu City, Philippines | |
| 20 | Win | 16-2-2 | Bernabe Villacampo | TKO | 2 (10) | Jan 31, 1976 | Cebu City, Philippines | |
| 19 | Loss | 15-2-2 | Fernando Cabanela | UD | 12 | Oct 1, 1975 | Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines | Lost Philippines GAB bantamweight title |
| 18 | Win | 15-1-2 | Danny Reyes | TKO | 6 (10) | Aug 31, 1975 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 17 | Win | 14-1-2 | Go Mifune | TKO | 2 (10) | Aug 1, 1975 | Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines | |
| 16 | Win | 13-1-2 | Rey Naduma Jr. | TKO | 3 (10) | Jun 14, 1975 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 15 | Win | 12-1-2 | San Sacristan | KO | 4 (10) | Mar 14, 1975 | Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines | |
| 14 | Win | 11-1-2 | Conrado Vasquez | UD | 12 | Feb 15, 1975 | General Santos, Philippines | Won Philippines GAB bantamweight title |
| 13 | Win | 10-1-2 | Rene Cruz Jr. | TKO | 7 (10) | Jan 24, 1975 | Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines | |
| 12 | Win | 9-1-2 | Dodo Quilario | MD | 10 | Nov 29, 1974 | Davao City, Philippines | |
| 11 | Win | 8-1-2 | Willie Abenir | UD | 10 | Oct 18, 1974 | Santa Ana Park (PRC), Manila, Philippines | |
| 10 | Loss | 7-1-2 | Roberto Cinco | MD | 10 | Jul 20, 1974 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 9 | Draw | 7-0-2 | Julius Gonzaga | PTS | 10 | Jun 12, 1974 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 8 | Win | 7-0-1 | Mar Belimac | TKO | 6 (6) | Dec 22, 1973 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 7 | Win | 6-0-1 | Ernie Sun | TKO | 2 (8) | Nov 24, 1973 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 6 | Draw | 5-0-1 | Jimmie Verongue | PTS | 8 | Nov 10, 1973 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 5 | Win | 5-0 | Cris Espinosa | UD | 8 | Oct 13, 1973 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 4 | Win | 4-0 | Abdul Maratan | UD | 6 | Jun 23, 1973 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 3 | Win | 3-0 | Cris Espinosa | DQ | ? (6) | Apr 14, 1973 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 2 | Win | 2-0 | Quirino Peligro | UD | 6 | Mar 24, 1973 | General Santos, Philippines | |
| 1 | Win | 1-0 | Eddie Clementos | UD | 4 | Feb 17, 1973 | General Santos, Philippines |
See also
- List of super-featherweight boxing champions
