Personal life

Bobby Rodriguez is a member of Minnesota's illustrious Rodriguez family of boxers: Rafael, Kenny, Rudy, all of whom fought professionals; brother John, who fought only as an amateur, and Cory

Corey Rodriguez

Corey Rodriguez is a professional welterweight, light middleweight boxer from Saint Anthony, Minnesota.-Amateur career:Rodriguez had a long and successful amateur career, compiling a total record of 70-16...

, son of John, who is an active professional boxer at this writing. Bobby now spends his retirement training young golden glove boxers in the Leech Lake area.

Professional career

Rodriguez made his professional debut on May 10, 1967, with a 4-round points defeat of Archie Bailey in Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...

. Rodriguez won his first 20 professional fights, losing for the first time by TKO on January 16 of 1969, when he was stopped due to cuts in the sixth round of a fight with Pete Gonzalez at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. Rodriguez's record after that loss was a mediocre 4-10, and included several extended periods of inactivity. His career concluded following back-to-back losses to Rick Folstad

Rick Folstad

Rick Folstad is a retired light welterweight professional boxer from Minneapolis, Minnesota.-Professional career:Folstad made his professional debut on January 29, 1975 with a decision win against Robert Bo Moody...

, the first of which was for Minnesota's State Junior Welterweight title.

At his retirement Rodriguez had compiled a professional record of 24-11 with 11 wins. In the course of compiling this record Rodriguez battled such talented boxers as Ricky Sawa, Baby Luis, José Moreno, Beto Maldonado, Maurice Watkins

Maurice Watkins

Maurice Watkins is a former boxer from Houston, Texas. Nicknamed Termite, he was born into a family that was in the insect killing business, and he is a professional fumigator.-Professional Boxing Career:...

, and the aforementioned Rick Folstad.