Rolando Navarrete
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| Rolando Navarrete | |
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| Real name | Rolando Navarrete |
| Nickname(s) | Bad Boy from Dadiangas |
| Rated at | Super featherweight |
| Height | 5 ft. 6 in. (167 cm.) |
| Nationality |  Filipino |
| Birth date | February 14, 1957 |
| Birth place | General Santos City, Philippines |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 72 |
| Wins | 54 (75%) |
| Wins by KO | 31 (57%) |
| Losses | 15 |
| Draws | 3 |
| No contests | 0 |
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Rolando Navarrete is a Filipino ex-boxer who won the WBC Super featherweight title from Cornelius Boza Edwards in Italy in 1981. He later defended it against Choi Chung-Il of Korea, but eventually lost the title to Rafael Bazooka Limon.
On February 14, 2008, Rolando Navarette, "The Bad Boy from Dadiangas" was out of danger, after being stabbed in the neck by Racman Saliling, tenant at the boarding house he owns in Bula, General Santos City, using ice pick. Navarette was also involved in 2 previous attacks: in 2005, he was hit with a steel pipe by a female neighbor; in 2006, a security guard clubbed his leg with a shotgun at a fishport.[1]
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| Preceded by Cornelius Boza-Edwards |
WBC Super Featherweight boxing champion 29 Aug 1981– 29 May 1982 |
Succeeded by Rafael Limon |
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