Luis Manuel Rodríguez
Cuban boxer
ルイス・マヌエル・ロドリゲス · 루이스 마누엘 로드리게스
- Born
- 17 June 1937, Camagüey
- Died
- 8 July 1996, Miami
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- welterweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
- Recorded fight record
- 107 wins, 13 losses
Luis Manuel Rodríguez (17 June 1937 – 8 July 1996) was a Cuban professional boxer. Known as "El Feo", he began his career in pre-Castro Havana. In Cuba, he twice defeated the ill-fated future welterweight champion Benny Paret. He held the Undisputed Welterweight Championship in 1963, and challenged once for the WBA, and WBC middleweight titles in 1969.
After the Cuban Revolution, Rodríguez campaigned in the United States. Fighting out of Miami, Rodriguez decisioned top welterweights such as Virgil Akins and Rudell Stitch.
Awards and honours
- International Boxing Hall of Fame 1997
- The Ring World Welterweight Champion
- WBA World Welterweight Champion
- WBC World Welterweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q326667 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.