Adílson Rodrigues

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José Adílson Rodrigues dos Santos (born June 12, 1958), is a retired Brazilian heavyweight boxer. He scored 61 knockouts with 43 of those coming under 5 rounds. Rodrigues currently resides in São Paulo, São Paulo, where he is being treated for Alzheimer's disease originating from dementia pugilistica. His nickname in Brazil, Maguila, comes from the cartoon Magilla Gorilla.^[1]

Rodrigues is a former World Boxing Federation (WBF) heavyweight world champion, a former World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas Heavyweight title winner, and held the South American title for 14 straight years, from 1986 to 2000.

Professional boxing record[]

	77 Wins (61 knockouts, 16 decisions), 7 Losses (7 knockouts, 0 decisions), 1 Draw[2]
No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
85	Loss	77-7-1	Daniel Frank	KO	4	29/02/2000	Sao Paulo, Brazil
84	Draw	77-6-1	Juan Antonio Diaz	PTS	10	17/01/1999	Sao Paulo, Brazil
83	Win	77-6	Alberto Toribio Coman	TKO	9	19/09/1998	Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil
82	Loss	76-6	Pedro Daniel Franco	TKO	9	23/05/1998	Punta del Este, Uruguay	WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight Title.
81	Win	76-5	Bilal Muhammad	TKO	4	28/03/1998	Itapevi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
80	Win	75-5	Francisco Harris	TKO	5	14/02/1998	Cubatao, Sao Paulo, Brazil
79	Win	74-5	Tommy Mucciogrosso	TKO	3	13/12/1997	Caninde de Sao Francisco, Brazil
78	Win	73-5	Salvador Maciel	TKO	1	09/11/1997	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
77	Win	72-5	Isaac Poole	KO	3	27/09/1997	Campina Grande, Brazil
76	Win	71-5	Luis Alberto Musa Pereyra	KO	1	31/08/1997	Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil
75	Win	70-5	Alberto Valerio Jorge Arias	KO	2	27/07/1997	Suzano, Sao Paulo, Brazil
74	Win	69-5	Pedro Llaneza	KO	4	21/06/1997	Jundiai, Sao Paulo, Brazil
73	Win	68-5	Ricardo Alfredo Ibarra	TKO	6	22/12/1996	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight Title.
72	Win	67-5	Salvador Maciel	TKO	3	08/09/1996	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	IBF Latin American Heavyweight Title.
71	Win	66-5	Cleveland Woods	PTS	10	07/07/1996	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70	Win	65-5	Dave Fiddler	KO	3	18/05/1996	Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil	WBF World Heavyweight Title.
69	Win	64-5	Johnny Nelson	UD	12	03/12/1995	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	WBF World Heavyweight Title. 117-116, 116-114, 117-114.
68	Win	63-5	Ricardo Alfredo Ibarra	KO	2	28/10/1995	Foz do Iguacu, Parana, Brazil
67	Win	62-5	Porfirio Rosa	KO	2	09/10/1995	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
66	Win	61-5	Johnny Nelson	PTS	12	22/08/1995	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	WBF World Heavyweight Title.
65	Win	60-5	Stan White Johnson	KO	2	02/07/1995	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
64	Win	59-5	Jason Waller	TKO	3	16/05/1995	Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
63	Loss	58-5	Mike Ronay Evans	KO	7	07/03/1995	Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
62	Win	58-4	Mike Perkins	KO	1	26/01/1995	Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
61	Win	57-4	Nikolay Kulpin	UD	10	11/12/1994	Embu-Guaçu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	99-94, 98-95, 96-95.
60	Win	56-4	Jerry Jones	TKO	2	22/10/1994	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
59	Win	55-4	Terry Davis	KO	2	06/08/1994	Guaruja, Sao Paulo, Brazil
58	Win	54-4	Daniel Eduardo Neto	TKO	8	18/06/1994	Mauá, Sao Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
57	Win	53-4	Gilton Dos Santos	TKO	9	14/05/1994	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Brazil Heavyweight Title.
56	Win	52-4	Dan Ramsey	TKO	2	26/03/1994	Paranavaí, Paraná, Brazil
55	Win	51-4	Mark Young	TKO	7	27/11/1993	Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
54	Win	50-4	Mike Cohen	TKO	1	30/10/1993	Cajamar, Sao Paulo, Brazil
53	Win	49-4	Julio Abel Gonzalez	TKO	4	25/09/1993	Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
52	Win	48-4	Manoel De Almeida	TKO	6	28/08/1993	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Brazil Heavyweight Title.
51	Win	47-4	David Jaco	UD	10	31/07/1993	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	99-89, 100-89, 99-89.
50	Win	46-4	Mario Oscar Melo	TKO	7	26/06/1993	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
49	Win	45-4	Victor Luis Britos Samudio	KO	4	22/05/1993	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
48	Win	44-4	Jorge Alfredo Dascola	RTD	5	09/12/1992	Foz do Iguacu, Parana, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
47	Win	43-4	Jorge Guido Cambiaso	KO	10	18/09/1992	Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
46	Win	42-4	Gordon Racette	KO	7	13/06/1992	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45	Win	41-4	Juan Antonio Diaz	UD	12	25/04/1992	Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title. 120-110, 118-111, 119-112.
44	Win	40-4	Miguel Cea	TKO	5	13/12/1991	Brasilia, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
43	Win	39-4	Edemilson Tomacio	KO	5	06/09/1991	Araguari, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Brazil Heavyweight Title.
42	Win	38-4	Angel Amarilla Garcia	KO	4	22/08/1991	Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
41	Win	37-4	Daniel Eduardo Guibaudo	TKO	3	27/07/1991	Maringá, Parana, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
40	Loss	36-4	George Foreman	KO	2	16/06/1990	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Rodrigues knocked out at 2:39 of the second round.
39	Win	36-3	Walter Armando Masseroni	DQ	10	08/12/1989	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
38	Loss	35-3	Evander Holyfield	KO	2	15/07/1989	Stateline, Nevada, United States	WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. Rodrigues knocked out at 1:29 of the second round.
37	Win	35-2	Mike Rouse	PTS	10	22/05/1989	Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
36	Win	34-2	James Tillis	UD	10	20/03/1989	Toledo, Parana, Brazil	99-89, 99-91, 99-91.
35	Win	33-2	Sammy Scaff	KO	2	18/12/1988	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
34	Win	32-2	Mark Lee	KO	1	14/10/1988	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Lee knocked out at 2:34 of the first round.
33	Win	31-2	Hughroy Currie	TKO	8	14/08/1988	Londrina, Parana, Brazil
32	Win	30-2	Dave Garside	TKO	3	12/06/1988	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
31	Win	29-2	Jorge Guido Cambiaso	KO	7	14/03/1988	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
30	Win	28-2	Alfredo Evangelista	PTS	10	20/12/1987	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
29	Win	27-2	Reggie Gross	PTS	10	11/10/1987	Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28	Win	26-2	James "Bonecrusher" Smith	SD	10	09/08/1987	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	98-96, 98-97, 91-100.
27	Win	25-2	Mike Jameson	PTS	10	21/06/1987	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26	Win	24-2	Lorenzo Boyd	KO	2	31/05/1987	Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
25	Win	23-2	Felipe Rodriguez	TKO	8	15/03/1987	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24	Win	22-2	Rocky Sekorski	PTS	12	21/12/1986	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title.
23	Win	21-2	Melvin Epps	PTS	10	05/10/1986	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22	Win	20-2	Andre van den Oetelaar	KO	3	27/07/1986	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21	Win	19-2	Walter Daniel Falconi	KO	7	18/05/1986	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
20	Win	18-2	Vedat Akova	TKO	3	02/03/1986	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
19	Loss	18-1	Andre van den Oetelaar	KO	5	17/11/1985	Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18	Win	17-1	Albert Syben	KO	6	06/10/1985	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
17	Win	16-1	Peter Mulindwa Kozza	KO	2	03/08/1985	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
16	Win	15-1	Nate Robinson	KO	1	09/06/1985	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15	Loss	14-1	Walter Daniel Falconi	KO	3	30/03/1985	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14	Win	14-0	Walter Santemore	TKO	5	10/02/1985	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13	Win	13-0	Louis Pergaud	KO	9	16/12/1984	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
12	Win	12-0	George Butzbach	TKO	3	28/10/1984	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
11	Win	11-0	Juan Antonio Figueroa	KO	1	09/09/1984	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
10	Win	10-0	Louis Pergaud	TKO	5	29/07/1984	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
9	Win	9-0	Mike White	PTS	10	13/05/1984	Londrina, Parana, Brazil
8	Win	8-0	Juan Antonio Musladino	KO	6	08/04/1984	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7	Win	7-0	Domingo D'Elia	TKO	8	05/02/1984	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
6	Win	6-0	Marcos Antonio Tosto	KO	1	12/09/1983	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5	Win	5-0	Eduardo Oliveira	KO	2	15/08/1983	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4	Win	4-0	Waldemar De Oliveira	KO	1	01/07/1983	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Brazil Heavyweight Title.
3	Win	3-0	Francisco Diaz	KO	1	14/05/1983	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2	Win	2-0	Alaerte Vaz	KO	2	18/03/1983	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1	Win	1-0	Jose Tavares	KO	3	04/02/1983	Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Adílson Rodrigues from BoxRec