Rodolfo Martínez

{{Infobox boxer|name= Rodolfo Martínez

|image=

|realname = Rodolfo Martínez Estrada

|nickname = Tepito Monster

|weight = Super featherweight
Featherweight
Super bantamweight
Bantamweight

|height = 1.73 m

|reach = 183 cm

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|8|24}}

|birth_place = Tepito, Mexico City

|style = Orthodox

|total = 52

|wins = 44

|KO = 35

|losses = 7

|draws = 1

|no contests = 0

}}

Rodolfo Martínez Estrada (born 24 August 1948) is a Mexican former professional boxer. He is a former NABF super bantamweight, bantamweight and the WBC bantamweight champion.

Early life

Martínez was born on August 28, 1946, and raised in Tepito, a borough of Mexico City. He is the eldest of six children of Alfonso Martínez and Angelina Estrada.

Professional career

In June 1972, Rodolfo Martínez won his first NABF Championship by Knocking out Octavio Gomez.{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=194251 |title=BoxRec Boxing Records |publisher=Boxrec.com |date=1972-06-30 |accessdate=2012-10-15}}

=WBC Bantamweight Championship=

His first shot at a WBC Bantamweight Championship was on against Rafael Herrera but he would lose by T.K.O. in the twelfth round{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=25500 |title=BoxRec Boxing Records |publisher=Boxrec.com |date=1958-04-01 |accessdate=2012-10-15}} On December 7, 1974, Martínez got his revenge and the WBC Bantamweight Championship by Knocking out Rafael Herrera in the fourth round.

Rodolfo would go on to make four title defences until he lost to an undefeated Hall of Famer, the Mexican Carlos Zárate.{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=15941 |title=BoxRec Boxing Records |publisher=Boxrec.com |date=1976-05-08 |accessdate=2012-10-15}}

{{Succession box|

before=Rafael Herrera|

title=WBC Bantamweight Champion|

after=Carlos Zárate|

years=7 December 1974– 8 May 1976

}}