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Lionel Rose

BORN   June 21 1948; Drouin, Vic, Australia (Some sources report Warragul,Vic, Australia)
DIED May 8 2011; Melbourne, Vic, Australia
HEIGHT 5-6 1/2
WEIGHT 116-135 1/2 lbs

Rose was a scrappy competitor with fast punches but only fair power; He won the WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World, the WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World, the Bantamweight Championship of the British Empire and the Bantamweight Championship of Australia during his career

Lionel defeated such men as Fighting Harada, Jesus "Chucho" Castillo, Alan Rudkin, Takao Sakurai, Jose Medel, Kamara Diop, Rocky Gattelari, "Guts" Ishimatsu [Suzuki], Tommaso Galli, Vicente Garcia, Don Johnson, Richard "Kid" Borias, Shoji "Bomber" Uchida, Nevio Carbi and Rudy Corona

1964
Sep  9 Mario Magriss              Warragul, Vic, Australia           W  8
Oct  9 Mario Magriss              Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W  8
Nov  6 Joe Oliveri                Melbourne, Vic, Australia         TK  2

1965
Apr  2 Jackie Bruce               Melbourne, Vic, Australia         TK  1
Jun 25 Singtong Por Tor           Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 12
Jul 23 Singtong Por Tor           Melbourne, Vic, Australia          L  6
Jul 27 Teddy Rainbow              Kogarah, NSW, Australia            W 12
Aug 20 Bobby Wells                Melbourne, Vic, Australia         TK  8
Oct  1 Virgilo "Billy" Brown      Melbourne, Vic, Australia         TK 10
Oct 14 Laurie Ny                  Christchurch, NZ                   W 10
Nov  5 Virgilo "Billy" Brown      Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 12
Dec  2 Arthur Clark               Sydney, NSW, Australia             W  8

1966
Feb 18 Ray Perez                  Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 12
Apr  4 Ray Perez                  Sydney, NSW, Australia             L 10
May 13 Jerry Stokes               Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 12
Jun 17 Flash Dum Dum              Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 12
Jul  8 Ray Perez                  Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 12
Aug 26 Noel Kunde                 Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 12
Oct 14 Jackie Burke               Melbourne, Vic, Australia         TK  6
Oct 28 Noel Kunde                 Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of Australia
Nov 18 Felipe Gonzalez            Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 10

1967
Mar 17 Nevio Carbi                Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 10
May 11 Akihide Tamoaka            Melbourne, Vic, Australia         KO  6
Jun  8 Rudy Corona                Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 10
Jul 28 Tiny Palacios              Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 10
Sep  1 Ronnie Jones               Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 10
Oct 13 Kamara Diop                Melbourne, Vic, Australia         TK  3
Nov 20 Garry Garber               Sydney, NSW, Australia             W 10
Dec 11 Rocky Gattelari            Sydney, NSW, Australia            KO 13
          -Bantamweight Championship of Australia

1968
Feb 26 Fighting Harada            Tokyo, Japan                       W 15
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report 2/27/68
Apr 26 Tommaso Galli              Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 10
Jul  2 Takao Sakurai              Tokyo, Japan                       W 15
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Aug 28 Jose Medel                 Inglewood, Ca                      W 10
Dec  6 Jesus "Chucho" Castillo    Inglewood, Ca                      W 15
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1969
Mar  8 Alan Rudkin                Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 15
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          Bantamweight Championship of the British Empire
Jun 10 Ernie Cruz                 Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 W 10
Aug 22 Ruben Olivares             Inglewood, Ca                     LK  5
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Nov  1 Vicente Garcia             Melbourne, Vic, Australia         KO  5
Dec  7 Fernando Sotelo            Sydney, NSW, Australia            LK  7

1970
Mar  7 Don Johnson                Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 10
May 16 Raul Cruz                  Inglewood, Ca                     LK  4
Jul 14 Freddie Wicks              Sydney, NSW, Australia             W 10
Aug  4 Richard "Kid" Borias       Melbourne, Vic, Australia         KO  3
Oct 10 "Guts" Ishimatsu [Suzuki]  Melbourne, Vic, Australia          W 10

1971
Feb 12 Jeff White                 Brisbane, Que, Australia           L 15
          -Lightweight Championship of Australia
May  4 Tanny Cuaresma             near Melbourne, Vic, Australia    KO  1
May 30 Yoshiaki Numata            Hiroshima, Japan                   L 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1975
Jun 30 Shoji "Bomber" Uchida      Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia             W 10
          -Some sources report 7/01/75
Aug 29 Blakeney "Kid" Matthews    Melbourne, Vic, Australia          L 10
Oct  8 Billy Moeller              Marrickville, NSW, Australia       L 10
Nov 13 Giuseppe Agate             Melbourne, Vic, Australia         TK  3

1976
Aug 28 Rafael "Bazooka" Limon     Inglewood, Ca                     LT  3
Dec 18 Maurice Apeang             Noumea, New Caledonia             LK  2


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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