Jesús Felipe Rodríguez is a Mexican American

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...

 professional 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...

 in the Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 division and is the former GBU Intercontinental Light Welterweight

Light welterweight

-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...

 Champion.

GBU Intercontinential Championship

In February 2007, Jesús Felipe tookout José Alfredo Barrera

José Alfredo Barrera

José Alfredo Barrera is a Mexican American professional boxer in the Welterweight division.-Pro Career:...

 to win the GBU Intercontinental Championship, then he went onto defeat Hector Alatorre

Hector Alatorre

Hector Alatorre is a Mexican American professional boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former World Boxing Empire Lightweight champion.-Pro Career:...

 and Dairo José Esalas

Dairo José Esalas

Dairo José Esalas is a Colombian professional boxer in the Welterweight division.-Pro Career:...

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On October 19, 2007 Rodríguez upset the undefeated Omri Lowther

Omri Lowther

Omri Lowther is a professional Canadian-American boxer in the Light Welterweight division and is the current WBA Fedecaribe lightweight champion.-Professional career:...

, the bout was held at the Raley Field in West Sacramento, California

West Sacramento, California

West Sacramento is a city in Yolo County, California. It is contiguous with Sacramento, but is separated by the Sacramento River which is also the county line, so West Sacramento is in a different county than Sacramento...

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Jesús lost close fights to undefeated Mexican American Mike Alvarado

Mike Alvarado

Mike Alvarado , is an undefeated Mexican-American boxer in the Light Welterweight and Welterweight divisions. Alvarado is the IBF Latino Light Welterweight Champion. He is signed with Delgado Promotions and Top Rank. Alvarado is ranked #6 in the world in the Light welterweight division.-Early...

, then to former WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 and IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 Light Welterweight

Light welterweight

-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...

 champion Devon Alexander

Devon Alexander

Devon Alexander is a professional American boxer. Nicknamed "Alexander the Great," he is the former WBC and IBF Light Welterweight champion.-Biography:...

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