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Adílson Rodrigues
José Adílson Rodrigues dos Santos (12 June 1958 – 24 October 2024) was a Brazilian professional boxer. He scored 61 knockouts with 43 of those coming under 5 rounds. His nickname in Brazil, Maguila, came from the cartoon '' Magilla Gorilla''. Rodrigues was a World Boxing Federation (WBF) heavyweight champion, a World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas Heavyweight champion, and held the South American title for 14 straight years, from 1986 to 2000. Death Rodrigues died in São Paulo on 24 October 2024, at the age of 66, after 28 days of treatment for pneumonia Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ... and abdominal pain. He had been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy in 2013. Professional boxing record References External links * * {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavyweight
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Male boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 2 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation and the World Boxing Organization. In 2020, the World Boxing Council increased their heavyweight classification to 224 pounds (102 kg; 16 st) to allow for their creation of the bridgerweight division. The World Boxing Association (WBA) did the same in 2023. Female boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 2 of the 4 major boxing organizations: the IBF and the WBC. The WBA and WBO do not have a female heavyweight world title. Historical development Because this division has no upper weight limit, it has historically been vaguely defined. In the 19th century, for example, many List of heavyweight boxing champions, heavyweight champions weighed or less (although others weighed 200 pounds). In 1920, the light heavyweight divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
