SPORT & NOTE
Lionel ROSE

Male

(Lionel Edmund Rose)
Bantamweight, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria
Born: June 21, 1948, Warragul, Victoria, Australia
(some sources report: in Drouin, Victoria)
Died: May 8 2011, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height: 5ft 6 1/2in, mt 1,68

The first Aborigine to win a world title




No amateur results

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1964
+ Sept. 9Mario MagrissWarragul, AustraliaW 8
+ Oct. 9Mario MagrissMelbourne, AustraliaW 8
+ Nov. 6Joe OliveriMelbourne, AustraliaTKO 2
1965
+ Apr. 2Jackie BruceMelbourne, AustraliaTKO 1
+ June 25Singtong Por TorMelbourne, AustraliaW 12
- July 23Singtong Por TorMelbourne, AustraliaL 6
+ July 27Teddy RainbowSydney, AustraliaW 12
+ Aug. 20Bobby WellsMelbourne, AustraliaTKO 8
+ Oct. 1Billy BrownMelbourne, AustraliaTKO 10
+ Oct. 14Laurie NyCanterbury, New ZealandW 10
+ Nov. 5Billy BrownMelbourne, AustraliaW 12
+ Dec. 2Arthur ClarkeSydney, AustraliaW 8
1966
+ Feb. 18Ray PerezMelbourne, AustraliaW 12
- Apr. 4Ray PerezSydney, AustraliaL 10
+ May 13Jerry StokesMelbourne, AustraliaW 12
+ June 17Flash DumdumMelbourne, AustraliaW 12
+ July 8Ray PerezMelbourne, AustraliaW 12
+ Aug. 26Noel KundeMelbourne, AustraliaW 12
+ Oct. 14 Jackie BurkeMelbourne, AustraliaTKO 6
+ Oct. 28Noel KundeMelbourne, AustraliaW 15
Australian Bantamweight Title
+ Nov. 18Felipe GonzalezMelbourne, AustraliaW 10
1967
+ Mar. 17Nevio CarbiMelbourne, AustraliaW 10
+ May 11Akihide TamaokaMelbourne, AustraliaKO 6
+ June 9Rudy CoronaMelbourne, AustraliaW 10
+ July 28Tiny PalacioMelbourne, AustraliaW 10
+ Sept. 1Ronnie JonesMelbourne, AustraliaW 10
+ Oct. 13Kamara DiopMelbourne, AustraliaTKO 3
+ Nov. 20Gary GarberSydney, AustraliaW 10
+ Dec. 11Rocky GattellariSydney, AustraliaKO 13
Australian Bantamweight Title
1968
+ Feb. 27Fighting HaradaTokyo, JapanW 15
World Bantamweight Title
+ Apr. 26Tommaso GalliMelbourne, AustraliaW 10
+ July 2Takao SakuraiTokyo, JapanW 15
World Bantamweight Title
+ Aug. 28Joe MedelInglewood, USAW 10
+ Dec. 6Chucho CastilloInglewood, USAW 15
World Bantamweight Title
1969
+ Mar. 8Alan RudkinMelbourne, AustraliaW 15
World and Commonwealth Bantamweight Titles
+ June 10Ernie CruzHonolulu, USAW 10
- Aug. 22 Ruben OlivaresInglewood, USAKO by 5
World Bantamweight Title
+ Nov. 1Vicente GarciaMelbourne, AustraliaKO 5
- Dec. 7Fernando SoteloSydney, AustraliaKO by 7
1970
+ Mar. 7Don JohnsonMelbourne, AustraliaW 10
- May 16Raul CruzInglewood, USAKO by 4
+ July 14Freddie WicksSydney, AustraliaW 10
+ Aug. 4Richard Kid BoriasMelbourne, AustraliaKO 3
+ Oct. 10Guts IshimatsuMelbourne, AustraliaW 10
1971
- Feb. 12Jeff WhiteBrisbane, AustraliaL 15
Australian Lightweight Title
+ May 4Tanny CuaresmaMelbourne, AustraliaKO 1
- May 30Yoshiaki NumataHiroshima, JapanL 15
WBC Super-Featherweight Title
1972-1974
Inactive
1975
+ June 30Bomber UchidaKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaW 10
- Aug. 29Blakeney Kid MatthewsMelbourne, AustraliaL 10
- Oct. 8Billy MoellerSydney, AustraliaL 10
+ Nov. 13Giuseppe AgateMelbourne, AustraliaTKO 3
1976
- Aug. 28Rafael LimonInglewood, USATKO by 3
- Dec. 18Maurice ApeangNoumea, New CaledoniaKO by 2

 

Summary

Total bouts: 53, Won: 42 (12 inside the limit), Lost: 11 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0