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Mario Rodríguez (born 6 October 1988) is a Mexican former
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who has held the IBF
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title from September 2012 until March 2013. He is also the first world boxing champion from the city of
Guasave Guasave () is a city and the seat of the homonymous municipality known as the Agricultural Heart of Mexico (El Corazon Agricola de Mexico) in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located in the northwestern part of Mexico, 62km (38 miles) southeas ...
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Professional career

In July 2011, Rodríguez won a ten round unanimous decision over undefeated Mexican, Manuel Jiménez to win the interim NABF Strawweight Championship.


IBF Strawweight Championship

On 1 September 2012 Rodríguez upset the undefeated Nkosinathi Joyi to capture the IBF strawweight title. This bout was held at the Auditorio Benito Juárez, in
Guadalajara Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...
, Mexico. Rodríguez retired in June 2019 following the shooting death of his trainer and became a trainer himself. After his boxing gym was shut down during the
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, he began working as a barber.


Professional boxing record


See also

* List of world mini-flyweight boxing champions *
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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodríguez, Mario 1988 births Living people Mexican male boxers Boxers from Sinaloa People from Guasave Mini-flyweight boxers World mini-flyweight boxing champions International Boxing Federation champions 21st-century Mexican sportsmen