title: Rodolfo Martínez
text: # Rodolfo Martínez
  
  Rodolfo Martínez Estrada (born 24 August 1948) is a Mexican former professional boxer. He is a former NABF super bantamweight, bantamweight and the WBC bantamweight champion.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Martínez was born on August 28, 1946, and raised in Tepito, a borough of Mexico City. He is the eldest of six children of Alfonso Martínez and Angelina Estrada.
  
  ## Professional career
  
  In June 1972, Rodolfo Martínez won his first NABF Championship by Knocking out Octavio Gomez.
  
  ### WBC Bantamweight Championship
  
  His first shot at a WBC Bantamweight Championship was on against Rafael Herrera but he would lose by T.K.O. in the twelfth round On December 7, 1974, Martínez got his revenge and the WBC Bantamweight Championship by Knocking out Rafael Herrera in the fourth round. Rodolfo would go on to make four title defences until he lost to an undefeated Hall of Famer, the Mexican Carlos Zárate.
  
  | Preceded byRafael Herrera | WBC Bantamweight Champion 7 December 1974– 8 May 1976 | Succeeded byCarlos Zárate |
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