ko weight birth_place height nationality article_title total birth_date draws wins realname losses name style
71 lightweight guadalajara , jalisco , mexico 5 9 mexico rodolfo gonzález -lrb- boxer -rrb-
 89 16 december 1945 1 81 rodolfo gonzález 7 rodolfo gonzález southpaw
rodolfo gonzález -lrb- boxer -rrb-

rodolfo gonzález -lrb- born 16 december 1945 in guadalajara , jalisco -rrb- was a mexican boxer and former wbc lightweight champion also known as el gato .
gonzález started his career very young at the age of 14 , and won his first 53 bouts .
in 1972 he took on chango carmona for the wbc lightweight title and won via a corner retirement in the 13th round .
gonzález defended the title four times before losing the belt to guts ishimatsu in 1974 via ko .
later in the year he rematched ishimatsu , but lost via tko and retired from boxing .
gonzález was a devastating puncher and was named to ring magazine 's list of 100 greatest punchers , and had a career record of 81-7-1 with 71 ko 's .
gonzález actually missed making it into the world boxing hall of fame by one vote in 2003 , of the 140 voting members .
a private vote was then taken by the 10-member executive committee , and gonzález was accepted by an 8-2 vote .
two members resigned in protest , and later that year many more executive committee members had dropped out .
more on this controversy here .
