04/09/2025
Rolando Navarrete (56-15-3, 33) was born in General Santos City, Philippines on February 14, 1957. At the age of 16 years on February 17, 1973, he made his professional boxing debut against Eddie Clementos, winning the fight via 4-round unanimous decision.
On his 46th career fight at 23 years old, Rolando Navarrete got a shot at the WBC super-featherweight titles against Alexis Argüello on April 27, 1980 but lost the fight via 4th-round retirement.
He became a super-featherweight world champion (WBC) on August 29, 1981 at the age of 24 years old, on his 53rd career fight, after defeating Cornelius Boza-Edwards via 5th-round KO.
Navarrete's last fight was a 6th-round TKO loss to William Magahin at age 34 on July 31, 1991. He retired on a 3-fight losing streak.
Rolando Navarrete's best fight was against Alexis Argüello.
Navarrete has 15 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Rolando Navarrete Losses".
