Rick Folstad is a retired 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...

 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...

 from Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

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Professional career

Folstad made his professional debut on January 29, 1975 with a decision win against Robert Bo Moody. He won his first seventeen professional fights, highlighted by back-to-back wins against Bobby Rodriguez

Bobby Rodriguez

-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, son of John, who is an active professional boxer at this writing...

 and a 10-round points win against Al Ford

Al Ford

Al Ford is a former lightweight professional boxer from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Professional Boxing Career:Ford made his debut as a professional boxer on October 20, 1967 , a 3rd round knockout win over Joe Hogue, who was also making his professional debut...

, whose record was 49-6 at the time. Folstad's first loss was a surprising points loss to Johnny Copeland, who was winless in his last six fights. After the loss to Copeland Folstad only fought four more times, going 3-1, and then retired with a final record of 20-2 with 7 wins by knockout

Knockout

A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

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