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Raul Rojas

3422 KOs

73 KOs

2Draws

Last six: D-W-L-L-L-L

Career

division

Featherweight

status

inactive

bouts

43

rounds

302

KO %

64.7%

KO wins

22

KO losses

3

career

1963–1970

debut

1963-01-15

last fight

1970-12-10

Profile

sex

M

stance

orthodox

height

5′ 4″ / 163cm

nationality

United States

origin

San Pedro, CA

city / state / zip

Los Angeles, California

dob

1941-11-05

age

84

Latest news

Raul Rojas dies at 70; LA gang member turned boxing champion

2012-05-25 · Los Angeles Times

Raul Rojas was a gang member in Los Angeles before turning to boxing and becoming a world featherweight champion. Raul Rojas, shown in 1964, told The Times: ?If it were not for boxing, I'd probably either be in San Quentin or would already have made…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

25 4 0

L-KO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

6 of 10 · 135 / 135 lbs · 0:48

Referee: John Thomas

Yoshiaki Numata

38 5 3

L-KO

Nihon University Auditorium, Tokyo, Japan

WBC Super Featherweight Title

5 of 15 · 130 / 130 lbs · 2:47

17 2 2

L-UD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA

10 of 10 · 134 / 134 lbs

Judges: John Thomas 6-3 | Larry Rozadilla 8-2

Referee: Dick Young (8-3)

40 4 2

L-MD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

10 of 10 · 133 / 135 lbs

Leonardo Aguero

0 1 0

W-UD

Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, United States

10 of 10 · 134 / 133 lbs

35 8 8

D-PTS

Sacramento, California, USA

10 of 10

2 0 1

W-KO

Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, United States

10 of 10 · 135 / 138 lbs

16 5 2

L-UD

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, USA

WBA World featherweight title

15 of 15 · 126 / 125 lbs

Judges: Dick Young 13-3 | Rudy Jordan 10-5

Referee: John Thomas (11-5)

3 7 2

W-PTS

Ventura, California, United States

10 of 10

15 5 2

L-MD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA

10 of 10 · 130 / 128 lbs

Judges: Joey Olmos 5-4 | Dick Young 5-5

Referee: George Latka (8-2)

Enrique Higgins

8 1 1

W-UD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

vacant WBA World featherweight title

15 of 15

Antonio Herrera

37 6 4

W-UD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

Vacant California World Featherweight Title

15 of 15 · 126 / 125 lbs

32 7 0

W-UD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

California World Super Featherweight Title

15 of 15 · 130 / 130 lbs

14 23 4

W-TKO

Oakland Arena, Oakland, California, United States

7 of 10 · 133 / 132 lbs · 1:24

Referee: Elmer Costa

9 6 1

W-KO

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

2

12 6 2

W-PTS

San Jose, California, USA

10 of 10

Arturo Vingochea

8 8 0

W-KO

Sacramento, California, United States

6 of 10 · 130 / 128 lbs

54 8 1

W-KO

Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, United States

2 of 12 · 129 / 127 lbs · 2:40

Referee: John Thomas

54 7 1

W-TKO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

3 of 10 · 128 / 127 lbs · 3:00

Referee: Joey Olmos

6 2 0

W-UD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

10 of 10 · 130 / 128 lbs

Vicente Saldivar

24 1 0

L-TKO

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, United States

WBC Featherweight Title

15 of 15 · 126 / 125 lbs · 2:50

20 3 2

W-KO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA

6 of 10 · 130 / 131 lbs

3 3 1

W-TKO

San Jose, California, United States

2 of 10 · 125 / 125 lbs

30 17 1

W-UD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

10 of 10 · 127 / 128 lbs

30 15 1

W-SD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

10 of 10 · 127 / 127 lbs

10 2 0

W-TKO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

6 of 10 · 130 / 131 lbs · 1:18

Referee: George Latka

7 10 1

W-KO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

1 of 10 · 129 / 126 lbs

7 13 3

W-TKO

Valley Garden Arena, North Hollywood, California, United States

5 of 10 · 129 / 128 lbs · 1:21

Referee: George Latka

12 14 4

W-TKO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

7 of 10 · 133 / 134 lbs · 3:00

Referee: Lee Grossman

7 5 2

W-KO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

5 of 10 · 132 / 135 lbs

Referee: John Thomas

24 13 3

W-PTS

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

10 of 10 · 131 / 134 lbs

1 9 2

W-KO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

1 of 8 · 132 / 136 lbs

0 2 0

W-RTD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

4 of 8 · 131 / 130 lbs

0 0 0

W-TKO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

7 of 8 · 131 / 131 lbs

Referee: Dick Young

Charley Robinson

13 14 6

W-KO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

2 of 8 · 130 / 130 lbs

1 1 1

W-TKO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

5 of 6 · 133 / 134 lbs

9 16 1

W-KO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

3 of 6 · 133 / 133 lbs

0 0 0

W-KO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

2 of 6 · 131 / 130 lbs

5 4 2

W-PTS

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

6 of 6 · 134 / 134 lbs

5 3 0

D-TDRAW

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

3 of 4 · 134 / 135 lbs

3 3 1

W-KO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

6 of 6 · 132 / 132 lbs

9 2 1

W-PTS

San Diego, California, United States

4 of 4

1 7 0

W-KO

San Diego, California, United States

1