José Adílson Rodrigues dos Santos (born 12 June 1958), is a Brazilian former
professional boxer. He scored 61 knockouts with 43 of those coming under 5 rounds. Rodrigues currently resides in
São Paulo
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,
São Paulo
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, where he is being treated for
Alzheimer's disease
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originating from
dementia pugilistica. His nickname in Brazil, Maguila, comes from the cartoon ''
Magilla Gorilla
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Character description
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''.
Rodrigues is a former
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...
world champion, a former
World Boxing Council
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(WBC) Continental Americas Heavyweight title winner, and held the
South America
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n title for 14 straight years, from 1986 to 2000.
Professional boxing record
References
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1958 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Aracaju
Brazilian male boxers
Heavyweight boxers
Boxers with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
20th-century Brazilian people
21st-century Brazilian people
Boxers from São Paulo