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Luis Manuel Rodriguez
Born	Luis Manuel Rodriguez (1937-06-17)June 17, 1937 Camaguey, Cuba
Died	July 8, 1996(1996-07-08) (aged 59) Miami, Florida
Nationality	Cuban
Other names	El Feo
Statistics
Weight(s)	Welterweight
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	121
Wins	107
Wins by KO	49
Losses	13

Luis Manuel Rodríguez (March 14, 1937 Camaguey, Cuba – July 8, 1996 Miami, Florida) was a professional boxing champion. Known as "El Feo," Rodriguez began his career in pre-Castro Havana. In Cuba, Rodriguez twice defeated the ill-fated future welterweight champion Benny Kid Paret.

After the Cuban Revolution, Rodríguez campaigned in the United States. Fighting out of Miami, Rodriguez decisioned top welterweights Virgil Akins, Isaac Logart, Rudell Stitch and Garnet "Sugar" Hart.

He was unbeaten in 36 fights before losing a split decision to Emile Griffith in a 1960 non-title fight. In 1963, Rodriguez and Griffith fought twice for the World Welterweight Championship. Rodriguez defeated Griffith by a unanimous decision to win the title, but Griffith regained it three months later with a split decision. Their fourth and final meeting came in 1964, with Griffith retaining the welterweight title with a split decision.

In November 1969, Rodriguez challenged Nino Benvenuti in Rome, Italy, for the World Middleweight Championship. Rodriguez was outslicking Benvenuti over the course of the fight but was suddenly knocked out by way of an outstanding left hook in the eleventh round, laying down on the floor for 5 minutes.

Rodriguez retired in 1972.

External links

• Boxing record for Luis Manuel Rodríguez from BoxRec (registration required)

• 1937 births
• 1996 deaths
• Cuban boxers
• Welterweights