David Rodriguez (heavyweight boxer)
Encyclopedia
David "Nino" Rodriguezhe is a Mexican American
heavyweight boxer
with a 34-0 (32 KOs, most in the first round) Currently ranked #18 in the world in the WBC and # 5 in the world in the IBA after a very impressive win over Owen Beck in El Paso over a sellout crowd to win the WBC FECOMBOX Mexican Heavyweight Championship.
Rodriguez has an outstanding record of 35-0 (33 KO's) . Rodriguez held the Texas Heavyweight title, New Mexico Heavyweight title as well as the WBC Fecarbox latin title. This was his most prestigious win against a very tough and durable contender in Manuel Pucheta for the N.A.B.A Heavyweight title. This was until he stepped up in class and had the most impressive win of his career.Now the biggest win up to date is against former #1 contender and challenger for the heavyweight championship Owen Beck. Owen was knocked out by a double short hook for over 15 minutes. Another great win was his 3 rd stoppage against a veteran Robert Davis. Rodriguez has been handled slowly by most critics, but his accomplishments can't be dismissed. He now has top contender recognition and is awaiting a world title shot.
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
heavyweight boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
with a 34-0 (32 KOs, most in the first round) Currently ranked #18 in the world in the WBC and # 5 in the world in the IBA after a very impressive win over Owen Beck in El Paso over a sellout crowd to win the WBC FECOMBOX Mexican Heavyweight Championship.
Rodriguez has an outstanding record of 35-0 (33 KO's) . Rodriguez held the Texas Heavyweight title, New Mexico Heavyweight title as well as the WBC Fecarbox latin title. This was his most prestigious win against a very tough and durable contender in Manuel Pucheta for the N.A.B.A Heavyweight title. This was until he stepped up in class and had the most impressive win of his career.Now the biggest win up to date is against former #1 contender and challenger for the heavyweight championship Owen Beck. Owen was knocked out by a double short hook for over 15 minutes. Another great win was his 3 rd stoppage against a veteran Robert Davis. Rodriguez has been handled slowly by most critics, but his accomplishments can't be dismissed. He now has top contender recognition and is awaiting a world title shot.
Bio
Rodriguez is from El Paso Texas, he went to Coronado High School and is currently managed by Zeferino Entertainment. Rodriguez also owns his own promotion company Ninobravo Promotions that hopes to bring better quality Boxing and MMA events to the city of El Paso Texas.Pro
On November 7, 2003, David "Nino" Rodriguez won the Texas State Heavyweight Title with a first round knockout victory over Tommy Connelly in El Paso, Texas. On April 17, 2004, Rodriguez won the New Mexico State Heavyweight Title with a first round TKO victory over Jeff Lally in Las Cruces, New Mexico. On the undercard of Holyfield-Savarese in 2007 he stopped the 6'9" 276 lbs Rick Dyer, who was undefeated at 13-0 (13 KOs) coming into the bout. Rodriguez beat Manuel Alberto Pucheta by an impressive TKO in seventh to win the NABA heavyweight title in 2009.Won the WBC FECOMBOX Mexican title as of June 24, 2011 against Owen Beck.External links
- Photo Gallery & Fight Videos
- Doghouse article 2006
- http://www.ninoboxing.com
- David Rodriguez Interview Convicted Artist Magazine