Juan Francisco Rodríguez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Márquez.
Statistics
Rated at Bantamweight
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Born 12 September 1950 (1950-09-12) (age 66)
Almería, Spain
Boxing record
Total fights 34
Wins 20
Wins by KO 9
Losses 9
Draws 4

Juan Francisco Rodríguez Márquez (born 12 September 1950) is a retired Spanish boxer. As an amateur he won the 1971 European flyweight title and reached the quarterfinals at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Games he was stopped in the second bout by the eventual silver medalist Charles Mooney.[1]

After the 1976 Olympics Rodríguez turned professional and fought until 1982. He challenged Carlos Zarate Serna for the Mexican's WBC world bantamweight title in a 1977 fight held at Madrid, but lost by technical knockout. Next year he won the European title.[2]

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