Record details

Total bouts: 60

Won: 51

(47 inside the limit)

Lost: 5

(2 inside the limit)

Draw: 4

No Contest: 0

No Decision: 0

See below for details

Rafael Santos Merentino

"Rompehuesos"

Middleweight

Male

(aka Rafael Merentino)
Argentina, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Born: 17 November 1929, Azul, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 2 February 1992, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Italian-Argentinian

No amateur results

Professional record


1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 24	Santana Reyes	Mar del Plata, Argentina	TKO 3
= Sept. 11	Juan Lopresti	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Draw 10
+ Sept. 23	Juan Montalvo	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 1
+ Oct. 2	Fulgencio Stiglich	Moron, Argentina	TKO 4
+ Nov. 6	Angel Cassano	Lanus, Argentina	TKO 5
+ Nov. 25	Alberto Torres	Bahia Blanca, Argentina	KO 4
+ Dec. 3	Humberto Buccione	Bahia Blanca, Argentina	KO 3
+ Dec. 18	Alberto Torres	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 2

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 28	Ernesto Benavidez	Resistencia, Argentina	KO 3
+ Feb. 11	Domingo D'Elia	Resistencia, Argentina	KO 2
+ Mar. 26	Agustin Cerroni	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 12
+ Apr. 2	Alfonso Carinci	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 3
+ June 4	Agustin Cerroni	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 12
- Dec. 3	Rafael Miranda	Mar del Plata, Argentina	L 10
= Dec. 21	Enrique Jover	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Draw 12

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 24	Teofilo Paez	Resistencia, Argentina	W 10
+ Mar. 3	Alberto Amatti	Resistencia, Argentina	TKO 5
+ Mar. 11	Manuel Fernandez	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 9
+ Mar. 25	Angel Euclides	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 3
+ June 3	Ricardo Calicchio	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 4
+ Sept. 9	Kid Cachetada	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 2
+ Oct. 7	Juan Oviedo	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 3
+ Nov. 18	Mario Diaz	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 10
+ Dec. 5	Alfredo Giglio	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 2

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 17	Juan Carreno	Mendoza, Argentina	TKO 6
+ Feb. 21	Smilton Soler	San Luis, Argentina	KO 3
+ Mar. 7	Julio Melone	Cordoba, Argentina	TKO 6
+ May 5	Juan Oviedo	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 4
- June 6	Mario Diaz	Buenos Aires, Argentina	L 12
+ July 21	Jose Alamo Medina	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 8
+ Aug. 4	Aldo Minelli	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 12
+ Oct. 13	Ricardo Calicchio	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 7

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 14	Francisco Negrone	Mar del Plata, Argentina	TKO 4
+ Apr. 12	Andres Villalba	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	TKO 3
+ Apr. 18	Walter Suarez	Moron, Argentina	KO 3
+ May 24	Ernesto Jackson	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 3
+ July 5	Mario Diaz	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 1
- Sept. 6	Kid Gavilan	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO by 9

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 18	Ivano Fontana	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 4
+ Apr. 25	Antonio Monnez	Rosario, Argentina	KO 3
- May 23	Mario Diaz	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO by 7

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 30	Rogelio Jacob	Parana, Argentina	TKO 4
+ Feb. 6	Aurelio Travo	Bahia Blanca, Argentina	KO 3
+ Feb. 12	Eduardo Landoni	Bahia Blanca, Argentina	KO 3
= Mar. 5	Dante Pereyra	Mendoza, Argentina	Draw 10
+ Apr. 3	Juan Oviedo	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 3
+ Apr. 10	Oscar Ponce	San Juan, Argentina	KO 3
+ May 8	Dante Nolasco	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 3
+ May 22	Antonio Cuevas	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 5
+ June 12	Miguel Rodriguez	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 3
+ July 11	Ramon Rios	Montevideo, Uruguay	TKO 10
= Sept. 5	Antonio Cuevas	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Draw 10
+ Dec. 26	Manuel Vargas	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 5

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 21	Rinzy Nocero	New York, United States	TKO 8
- Mar. 21	Jackie LaBua	New York, United States	L 10
+ May 9	Tommy Smith	Brockton, United States	TKO 6
+ June 6	Hardy Smallwood	New York, United States	KO 2
+ July 16	Andres Antonio Selpa	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 7
+ Oct. 28	Aurelio Diaz	La Plata, Argentina	TKO 3
+ Nov. 4	Rufino Farias	Lomas de Zamora, Argentina	KO 5