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Rolando Navarrete
(the "Bad Boy from Dadianagas")

BORN   February 14 1957; General Santos City, Philippines
HEIGHT 5-6
WEIGHT 118-136 lbs
MANAGER Paul Sakomoto
TRAINER Marcellus Dudoit

Navarrete was a fine boxer who had good talent; He lost but 15 of 72 bouts and scored 31 knockouts; During his career, he won the WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World, the NABF Super Featherweight Championship and the Bantamweight Championship of the Philippines

The "Bad Boy" defeated such men as Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Rafael "Bazooka" Limon, Chung Il Choi, Frankie Duarte, Johnny Sato, Jin-Shik Choi, Dawthong Chuvatana, Rey Tam, Ric Quijano,

1973
Feb 17 Eddie C Lementos           General Santos City, Philippines   W  4
Mar 24 Quirino Peligro            General Santos City, Philippines   W  6
Apr 14 Cris Espinosa              General Santos City, Philippines   W  4
Jun 23 Abdul Maratan              General Santos City, Philippines   W  8
Oct 13 Cris Espinosa              General Santos City, Philippines   W  8
Nov 10 Jimmie Verongue            General Santos City, Philippines   D  8
Nov 21 Fime Sun                   General Santos City, Philippines  KO  2
Dec 22 Mar Belimar                Cotabato City, Philippines        KO  6

1974
Jun 12 Julius Gonzaga             Koronadal City, Philippines        D 10
Jul 10 Roberto Cinco              General Santos City, Philippines   L 10
Oct 18 Willie Abenir              Manila, Philippines                W 10
Nov 29 Dobo Quilario              in the Philippines                 W 10

1975
Jan 25 Rene Cruz Jr.              Malate, Philippines               TK  7
Feb 15 Conrado Vasquez            General Santos City, Philippines   W 12
          -Bantamweight Championship of the Philippines
Aug  1 Go Mifune                  Manila, Philippines               KO  2
Aug 31 Dan Reyes                  General Santos City, Philippines  KO  8
Oct  1 Fernando Cabanella         Quezon City, Philippines           L 12
          -Bantamweight Championship of the Philippines

1976
Jan 20 Bernabe Villacampo         in the Philippines                KO  2
May 15 Dommy Marolena             in the Philippines                 W 10
Jun 26 Paul Ferreri               in the Philippines                 L 10
Jul 31 San Sacristan              in the Philippines                TK  7
Aug 21 Pol Ladeza                 Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines  TK  1
Sep 25 Rey Paulino                in the Philippines                TK  4
Nov 13 Yung Shik Kim              in the Philippines                KO  7

1977
Jan 29 Mario Odias                in the Philippines                 W 10
Jun 17 Yung Shik Kim              Seoul, South Korea                 L 12
          -OPBF Bantamweight Championship
Aug 12 Ric Quijano                in the Philippines                 W 10
Sep 12 Thanomchit Sukhothai       Manila, Philippines               LT  9
Dec 31 Johnny Sato                Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines  LT  8

1978
May 28 Tony Jumao-As              in the Philippines                TK  4
Jul 15 Nene Jun                   General Santos City, Philippines   W 12
Aug 19 Fernando Cabanella         General Santos City, Philippines   W 12
Sep 30 Nene Jun                   in the Philippines                 W 12

1979
Jan  7 Pete Alferez               in the Philippines                TK  2
Feb 16 Rey Tam                    Manila, Philippines               KO  4
Mar 18 Thanomchit Sukhothai       in the Philippines                 D 10
Jun 19 Frankie Duarte             Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 W 10
Jul 24 Jose Torres                Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 W 10
Aug 28 Miguel Meza                Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                TK  7
Oct  9 Blazer Okubo               Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                TK  3
Dec 18 Abdul Bey                  Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                TK  7

1980
Jan 18 Frank Ahumada              Manila, Philippines                W 10
Mar 29 Jerome Artis               Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                TK  7
Apr 27 Alexis Arguello            San Juan, Puerto Rico             LT  5
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1981
Jan 20 Rocky Ramon                Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                TK  8 
Mar 10 Hector Cortez              Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 L 10 
Apr  7 Refugio Rojas              Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 W 10 
Apr 18 Arturo Leon                Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 W 10 
May 19 Johnny Sato                Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 W 12 
          -NABF Super Featherweight Championship
Jun 21 Blaine Dickson             Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 W 10 
Aug 29 Cornelius Boza-Edwards     Viareggio, Italy                  KO  5 
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1982
Jan 16 Chung Il Choi              Malate, Philippines               KO 11
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
May 29 Rafael "Bazooka" Limon     Las Vegas, Nv                     LT 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Sep 10 Young-Sae Oh               Quezon City, Philippines          TK  8

1983
Jan 28 Saul Mayren                Quezon City, Philippines          TK  6
Jun 29 Ignacio Jimenez            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                TK  6
Aug 12 Dennis Talbot              Manila, Philippines               KO  2

1984
Jun 23 Mario Martinez             Inglewood, Ca                     LT  5

1988
May  6 Elmer Leonardo             Quezon City, Philippines          TK  2
Jul 22 Muhammed Juhari            Malate, Philippines                W 10
Sep 16 Bisenti Santoso            Malate, Philippines               KO  2
Nov  5 Jin-Shik Choi              Manila, Philippines               KO  6
Dec 23 Rafael "Bazooka" Limon     Manila, Philippines                W 10

1989
Feb 18 Dawthong Chuvatana         Manila, Philippines               KO  1
Apr 22 Ken Carter                 Manila, Philippines               KO  1
Jul 12 Thongberm Lukmatulee       Manila, Philippines               KO  3
Oct 13 Tae-Jin Moon               Quezon City, Philippines          LK  6

1990
Feb 17 Ramon Marchena             Mexico City, Mexico               TL  5
          -WBC International Lightweight Championship
May 18 Ayuthaya Sithphakamron     Malate, Philippines               KO  7
Jul 20 Tae-Jin Moon               Manila, Philippines               LK  9

1991
Jun  8 Bernabe Aliping            Baguio City, Philippines           L 10
Jul 31 William Magahin            Quezon City, Philippines          LK   6


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

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