Rolando Navarrete

Rolando Navarrete (born February 14, 1957) is a Filipino former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1991. He held the WBC super featherweight title from August 1981 and May 1982.

Fighting style

A fine boxer, Navarrete had a good talent and was known for his hard-hitting punches. Known to be a slugger and one of the greatest Filipino knockout artists.

Professional career

He first fought for a world title in 1980 against Alexis Argüello but lost by TKO to the legendary champion. On August 29, 1981, he would win the WBC Super featherweight title by knocking out popular fellow southpaw Cornelius Boza-Edwards in the 5th round of a title match held in Italy. He later defended the title against unknown Choi Chung-Il of Korea, stopping the gritty challenger in the 11th round of a controversial bout held in Manila in January 1982. In his second title defense four months later in Las Vegas, Nevada, Navarrete took on Rafael "Bazooka" Limón. The champion led on all scorecards before getting knocked out by Limón in the 12th round. Thereafter, Navarrete's career went downhill and he would never again figure in big-money fights. In 1984, he was convicted of sexual assault and served three years in a Hawaiian prison.<ref name="AP">Template:Cite news</ref>

After his release in March 1988,<ref name="AP"/> Navarrete went back to the Philippines and embarked on several comeback fights. In one of those fights, he would exact revenge on his old tormentor Limón, winning by decision in a 10-round bout. During his comeback, he was cast alongside fellow boxer Rolando Bohol by comic book writer Carlo J. Caparas in his boxing film Kambal Na Kamao: Madugong Engkwentro, which was released in mid-1988.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A series of losses against local fighters and unranked contenders later forced him to retire for good.

Personal life

Navarrete currently lives in General Santos. A series of failed relationships with different women gave him a total of seven children. One of his sons, Rolando Jr., who fights under his mother's name Rolando Dy, is a professional mixed martial artist.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>[1] Template:Webarchive</ref>

Troubles outside the ring left Navarrete with no money and the former world champion now sells fish that, according to him, earn him 800 pesos (about 16 dollars) a day.<ref name="afterboxing">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He still trains nowadays with a heavy bag in his home.

He spent three years in a United States prison for rape. Navarrete was also recently involved in various police complaints for wife battery and drugs.<ref name="afterboxing" />

On February 14, 2008, Navarrete, was pronounced out of danger, after being stabbed in the neck by Racman Saliling, a tenant at the boarding house he owns in Bula, General Santos, using an ice pick. Navarrete was also involved in two previous attacks: in 2005, he was hit with a steel pipe by a female neighbor and in 2006, a security guard clubbed his leg with a shotgun at a fishing port.

Legacy

He is ranked the 9th best super featherweight champion in history, by the World Boxing Council. In 2007, Navarrete was included in "Kamao", an episode of award winning program Sine Totoo, which received the RP's first and only George Foster Peabody Award, the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

"Kamao", presented the sports of boxing and featured the story of the former world featherweight champion.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
74	Template:No2Loss	56-15-3	William Magahin	TKO	6 (10)	Jul 31, 1991	Template:Small
73	Template:No2Loss	56-14-3	Bernabe Aliping	UD	10	Jun 8, 1991	Template:Small
72	Template:No2Loss	56-13-3	Tae Jin Moon	TKO	9 (10), Template:Small	Jul 20, 1990	Template:Small
71	Template:Yes2Win	56-12-3	Ayuthaya Sithphakamron	KO	7 (10)	May 18, 1990	Template:Small
70	Template:No2Loss	55-12-3	Ramon Marchena Jr.	TD	5 (12)	Feb 17, 1990	Template:Small	Template:Small
69	Template:No2Loss	55-11-3	Tae Jin Moon	KO	6 (10)	Oct 13, 1989	Template:Small
68	Template:Yes2Win	55-10-3	Thongberm Lukmatulee	KO	3 (10)	Jul 11, 1989	Template:Small
67	Template:Yes2Win	54-10-3	Ken Carter	TKO	1 (10), Template:Small	Apr 22, 1989	Template:Small
66	Template:Yes2Win	53-10-3	Dawthong Chuvatana	TKO	1 (10), Template:Small	Feb 18, 1989	Template:Small
65	Template:Yes2Win	52-10-3	Rafael Limón	UD	10	Dec 23, 1988	Template:Small
64	Template:Yes2Win	51-10-3	Jin-Shik Choi	TKO	6 (10), Template:Small	Nov 5, 1988	Template:Small
63	Template:Yes2Win	50-10-3	Bisenti Santoso	TKO	2 (10)	Sep 16, 1988	Template:Small
62	Template:Yes2Win	49-10-3	Muhammed Juhari	UD	10	Jul 22, 1988	Template:Small
61	Template:Yes2Win	48-10-3	Elmer Leonardo	TKO	2 (10)	May 6, 1988	Template:Small
60	Template:No2Loss	47-10-3	Mario Martinez	TKO	5 (10), Template:Small	Jun 23, 1984	Template:Small
59	Template:Yes2Win	47-9-3	Dennis Talbot	KO	2 (10)	Aug 12, 1983	Template:Small
58	Template:Yes2Win	46-9-3	Ignacio Jimenez	TKO	6 (10), Template:Small	Jun 28, 1983	Template:Small
57	Template:Yes2Win	45-9-3	Saul Mayren	TKO	6 (10), Template:Small	Jan 28, 1983	Template:Small
56	Template:Yes2Win	44-9-3	Young-Se Oh	TKO	8 (10)	Sep 10, 1982	Template:Small
55	Template:No2Loss	43-9-3	Rafael Limón	KO	12 (15), Template:Small	May 29, 1982	Template:Small	Template:Small
54	Template:Yes2Win	43-8-3	Choi Chung-il	KO	11 (15), Template:Small	Jan 16, 1982	Template:Small	Template:Small
53	Template:Yes2Win	42-8-3	Cornelius Boza-Edwards	KO	5 (15), Template:Small	Aug 29, 1981	Template:Small	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	41-8-3	Blaine Dickson	UD	10	Jul 21, 1981	Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	40-8-3	Johnny Sato	UD	12	May 19, 1981	Template:Small	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	39-8-3	Arturo Leon	UD	10	Apr 18, 1981	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	38-8-3	Refugio Rojas	UD	10	Apr 7, 1981	Template:Small
48	Template:No2Loss	37-8-3	Hector Cortez	UD	10	Mar 10, 1981	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	37-7-3	Rocky Ramon	TKO	8 (10), Template:Small	Jan 20, 1981	Template:Small
46	Template:No2Loss	36-7-3	Alexis Argüello	RTD	4 (15), Template:Small	Apr 27, 1980	Template:Small	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	36-6-3	Jerome Artis	TKO	7 (10), Template:Small	Apr 1, 1980	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	35-6-3	Frank Ahumada	UD	10	Jan 18, 1980	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	34-6-3	Abdul Bey	TKO	7 (10), Template:Small	Dec 18, 1979	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	33-6-3	Blazer Okubo	TKO	3 (10), Template:Small	Oct 9, 1979	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	32-6-3	Miguel Meza	TKO	7 (10), Template:Small	Aug 28, 1979	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	31-6-3	Jose Torres	UD	10	Jul 24, 1979	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	30-6-3	Frankie Duarte	UD	10	Jun 19, 1979	Template:Small
38	Template:DrawDraw	29-6-3	Thanomchit Sukhothai	PTS	10	Mar 18, 1979	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	29-6-2	Rey Tam	KO	4 (10)	Feb 16, 1979	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	28-6-2	Pete Alferez	TKO	2 (10)	Jan 7, 1979	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	27-6-2	Nene Jun	UD	12	Sep 30, 1978	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	26-6-2	Fernando Cabanela	UD	12	Aug 19, 1978	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	25-6-2	Nene Jun	MD	10	Jul 15, 1978	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	24-6-2	Tony Jumao-As	TKO	4 (10)	May 27, 1978	Template:Small
31	Template:No2Loss	23-6-2	Johnny Sato	TKO	8 (10)	Dec 31, 1977	Template:Small
30	Template:No2Loss	23-5-2	Thanomchit Sukhothai	TKO	9 (10)	Sep 2, 1977	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	23-4-2	Ric Quijano	PTS	10	Aug 12, 1977	Template:Small
28	Template:No2Loss	22-4-2	Yung-Shik Kim	SD	12	Jun 16, 1977	Template:Small	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	22-3-2	Mario Odias	UD	10	Jan 29, 1977	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	21-3-2	Yung-Shik Kim	TKO	7 (10)	Nov 13, 1976	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	20-3-2	Renato Paulino	KO	4 (10)	Sep 25, 1976	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	19-3-2	Pol Ladeza	TKO	1 (10)	Aug 21, 1976	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	18-3-2	San Sacristan	TKO	7 (10)	Jul 31, 1976	Template:Small
22	Template:No2Loss	17-3-2	Paul Ferreri	PTS	10	Jun 26, 1976	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	17-2-2	Dommy Marolena	UD	10	May 15, 1976	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	16-2-2	Bernabe Villacampo	TKO	2 (10)	Jan 31, 1976	Template:Small
19	Template:No2Loss	15-2-2	Fernando Cabanela	UD	12	Oct 1, 1975	Template:Small	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	15-1-2	Danny Reyes	TKO	6 (10)	Aug 31, 1975	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	14-1-2	Go Mifune	TKO	2 (10)	Aug 1, 1975	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	13-1-2	Rey Naduma Jr.	TKO	3 (10)	Jun 14, 1975	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	12-1-2	San Sacristan	KO	4 (10)	Mar 14, 1975	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	11-1-2	Conrado Vasquez	UD	12	Feb 15, 1975	Template:Small	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	10-1-2	Rene Cruz Jr.	TKO	7 (10)	Jan 24, 1975	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	9-1-2	Dodo Quilario	MD	10	Nov 29, 1974	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	8-1-2	Willie Abenir	UD	10	Oct 18, 1974	Template:Small
10	Template:No2Loss	7-1-2	Roberto Cinco	MD	10	Jul 20, 1974	Template:Small
9	Template:DrawDraw	7-0-2	Julius Gonzaga	PTS	10	Jun 12, 1974	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	7-0-1	Mar Belimac	TKO	6 (6)	Dec 22, 1973	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	6-0-1	Ernie Sun	TKO	2 (8)	Nov 24, 1973	Template:Small
6	Template:DrawDraw	5-0-1	Jimmie Verongue	PTS	8	Nov 10, 1973	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5-0	Cris Espinosa	UD	8	Oct 13, 1973	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4-0	Abdul Maratan	UD	6	Jun 23, 1973	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3-0	Cris Espinosa	DQ	? (6)	Apr 14, 1973	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2-0	Quirino Peligro	UD	6	Mar 24, 1973	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1-0	Eddie Clementos	UD	4	Feb 17, 1973	Template:Small

See also

• List of super-featherweight boxing champions

External links

• Template:Boxrec
• Sunstar.com.ph, Navarette's life in 'Maalaala Mo Kaya'