Record details

Luis Manuel Rodriguez

"El Feo"

Middleweight

Male

Cuba, based in USA, Miami, Florida
Born: June 17, 1937, Camaguey, Cuba
Died: July 8, 1996, Miami, Florida. USA
Height: 5ft 8in, mt 1,72
Weight: 147, 150, 154, 160 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record


1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 2	Lazaro Hernandez Kessell	Havana, Cuba	KO 3
+ July 21	Vicente Reyes	Havana, Cuba	W 4
+ Oct. 20	Julian Yanez	Havana, Cuba	W 4
+ Nov. 28	Pablo Cardenas	Havana, Cuba	KO 2
* Dec. 15	Jose Hernandez	Havana, Cuba	NC 2

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 12	Jose Hernandez	Havana, Cuba	KO 5
+ Feb. 16	Guillermo Diaz	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ Mar. 23	Vicente Reyes	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ May 18	Vicente Reyes	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ June 22	Antonio Salas	Havana, Cuba	W 8
+ July 20	Guillermo Diaz	Havana, Cuba	WDQ 6
+ Sept. 28	Gomeo Brennan	Havana, Cuba	W 8
+ Nov. 15	Rolando Rodriguez	Havana, Cuba	W 8

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 8	Benny Paret	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Mar. 29	Rolando Rodriguez	Havana, Cuba	KO 4
+ Apr. 19	Tony Armenteros	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ July 25	Charley Scott	Havana, Cuba	KO 9
+ Aug. 9	Benny Paret	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Sept. 20	Kid Fichique	Havana, Cuba	W 12
Cuban Welterweight Title
+ Nov. 22	Juan Padilla	Havana, Cuba	W 10

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 21	Joe Miceli	Havana, Cuba	TKO 5
+ May 9	Cecil Shorts	Havana, Cuba	KO 9
+ June 17	Virgil Akins	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 26	Rudell Stitch	Louisville, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 3	Larry Baker	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Oct. 21	Isaac Logart	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 23	Garnet Hart	Miami Beach, USA	W 10

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 10	Carl Hubbard	Miami Beach, USA	KO 4
+ Mar. 2	Chico Vejar	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 7	Alvaro Gutierrez	Los Angeles, USA	TKO 4
+ May 26	Alfredo Cota	Los Angeles, USA	KO 2
+ July 6	Virgil Akins	Louisville, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 17	Basil Campbell	Havana, Cuba	KO 5
+ Oct. 24	Mel Collins	Tampa, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 16	Yama Bahama	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 28	Johnny Gonsalves	San Francisco, USA	W 10
- Dec. 17	Emile Griffith	New York, USA	L 10

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 21	Lyle Mackin	Oakland, USA	TKO 5
+ Mar. 22	Johnny Gonsalves	Oakland, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 15	Alvaro Gutierrez	Mexico City, Mexico	TKO 5
+ May 13	Alfredo Cota	Guadalajara, Mexico	KO 4
- Aug. 3	Curtis Cokes	Dallas, USA	L 10
+ Sept. 13	Guy Sumlin	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 5
+ Oct. 24	Jose Monon Gonzalez	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 7
+ Dec. 2	Curtis Cokes	Miami Beach, USA	W 10

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 27	Luis Federico Thompson	New York, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 17	Ricardo Falech	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 3
+ May 5	Yama Bahama	New York, USA	TKO 3
+ June 30	Gene Armstrong	New York, USA	TKO 8
+ Aug. 29	Ernest Burford	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 7
+ Nov. 6	Santiago Gutierrez	San Antonio, USA	TKO 3
+ Dec. 12	Mel Collins	Miami Beach, USA	W 10

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Joey Giambra	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 21	Emile Griffith	Los Angeles, USA	W 15
World Welterweight Title
- June 8	Emile Griffith	New York, USA	L 15
World Welterweight Title
+ Aug. 17	Denny Moyer	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 9
+ Oct. 18	Wilbert McClure	New York, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 27	Wilbert McClure	Miami Beach, USA	W 10

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 20	Holly Mims	New York, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 3	Jesse Smith	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
- June 12	Emile Griffith	Las Vegas, USA	L 15
World Welterweight Title
+ Nov. 14	LC Morgan	Mexico City, Mexico	KO 2

1965
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 12	Rubin Carter	New York, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 26	John Henry Smith	Los Angeles, USA	KO 10
+ Apr. 21	Garland Randall	Tampa, USA	W 10
+ July 16	Memo Ayon	Los Angeles, USA	TKO 3
+ July 26	Jose Walcott Assumpcao	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 3	Charley Austin	Phoenix, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 26	Rubin Carter	Los Angeles, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 5	Johnny Morris	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 2
+ Nov. 16	Cecil Mott	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 4
+ Dec. 2	Eddie Pace	Los Angeles, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 20	Joe Louis Murphy	Albuquerque, USA	KO 4

1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Fred McWilliams	Phoenix, USA	TKO 9
+ Jan. 25	Joey Limas	Albuquerque, USA	TKO 4
+ Mar. 7	George Benton	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 9
- Apr. 11	Percy Manning	Philadelphia, USA	L 10
+ May 7	Tommy Caldwell	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 2
- July 6	Curtis Cokes	New Orleans, USA	TKO by 15
WBA Welterweight Elimination Tournament
+ Sept. 9	Juarez De Lima	Rosario, Argentina	KO 3
+ Sept. 24	Ruben Orrico	Rosario, Argentina	TKO 4

1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 21	Manuel Alvarez	Mar del Plata, Argentina	KO 8
+ Feb. 7	Esteban Alfredo Osuna	Rosario, Argentina	W 10
+ Mar. 20	Bennie Briscoe	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ June 4	Juan Carlos Rivero	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 10
+ June 28	Jimmy Lester	Oakland, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 7	Ferd Hernandez	Oakland, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 29	Phil Robinson	Caracas, Venezuela	KO 3
+ Nov. 6	Percy Manning	Caracas, Venezuela	TKO 1
+ Nov. 16	Candy McFarland	Maracaibo, Venezuela	W 10
+ Dec. 15	Bennie Briscoe	New York, USA	W 10

1968
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 6	Charley Austin	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 6
+ Mar. 26	Carl Moore	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ May 7	Ted Wright	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
- June 3	Vicente Rondon	San Juan, Puerto Rico	L 10
+ July 18	Vicente Rondon	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 10
+ Sept. 4	Rudy Rodriguez	Key West, USA	TKO 4
+ Nov. 15	Joe Shaw	New York, USA	W 10

1969
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 21	Doug Huntley	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Feb. 20	Bobby Williams	Tampa, USA	TKO 7
+ Mar. 31	Rafael Gutierrez	San Diego, USA	TKO 6
+ July 8	Eddie Owens	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 7
+ Aug. 12	David Beckles	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 2
+ Sept. 23	Tom Bethea	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
- Nov. 22	Nino Benvenuti	Roma, Italy	KO by 11
World Middleweight Title

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 10	Porter Rolle	Miami Beach, USA	KO 4
+ Mar. 17	Joe Cokes	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 4
+ Apr. 14	Willie Warren	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ June 27	Baby Boy Rolle	Miami, USA	KO 5
- July 31	Jose Monon Gonzalez	San Juan, Puerto Rico	L 10
+ Aug. 20	Fraser Scott	Seattle, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 24	Jose Monon Gonzalez	Miami Beach, USA	W 12
+ Dec. 1	J C Ponder	Miami Beach, USA	KO 5

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 26	Bobby Cassidy	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 7	Tony Mundine	Melbourne, Australia	KO 1
- May 25	Bunny Sterling	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10
- Aug. 3	Rafael Gutierrez	San Francisco, USA	TKO by 6
+ Nov. 1	Mike Padgett	Greenwood, USA	KO 2
+ Nov. 30	Dave Hilton	Miami Beach, USA	W 10

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 16	Mike Lankaster	Seattle, USA	L 10
- Apr. 12	Donato Paduano	Montreal, Canada	L 10