Juan Francisco Rodríguez

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
Medal record Representing  Spain European Amateur Boxing Championships 1971 Madrid -51 kg Mediterranean Games 1971 Izmir -54 kg

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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