Rolando Navarrete was born on February 14,1957 and is a Filipino former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1991.
10 Facts About Rolando Navarrete
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Rolando Navarrete held the WBC super featherweight title from August 1981 and May 1982.
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Rolando Navarrete first fought for a world title in 1980 against Alexis Arguello but lost by TKO to the legendary champion.
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Rolando Navarrete later defended the title against unknown Choi Chung-Il of Korea, stopping the gritty challenger in the 11th round of a controversial bout held in Manila in January 1982.
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Thereafter, Rolando Navarrete's career went downhill and he would never again figure in big-money fights.
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Rolando Navarrete was recently involved in various police complaints for wife battery and drugs.
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On February 14,2008, Rolando Navarrete, was pronounced out of danger, after being stabbed in the neck by Racman Saliling, a tenant at the boarding house he owns in Bula, General Santos, using an ice pick.
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Rolando Navarrete was involved in two previous attacks: in 2005, he was hit with a steel pipe by a female neighbor and in 2006, a security guard clubbed his leg with a shotgun at a fishing port.
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Rolando Navarrete is ranked the 9th best super featherweight champion in history, by the World Boxing Council.
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In 2007, Rolando Navarrete was included in "Kamao", an episode of award winning program Sine Totoo, which received the RP's first and only George Foster Peabody Award, the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.