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Francisco Rodriguez, Boxer Who Won 2001 Golden Gloves, Dies After Bout

By Tom HerreraNov 23rd 2009 – 6:45PM

Francisco Rodriguez, a boxer who won a Golden Gloves championship in 2001, died two days after collapsing following a bout in Philadelphia.According to boxing promoter Dominic Pesoli, the 25-year-old Rodriguez died Sunday night after losing a USBA super bantamweight bout against Teon Kennedy on Friday night. Rodriguez...

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Francisco Antonio Rodríguez Brito (born September 20, 1945) is a Venezuelan boxer. At the 1968 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the inaugural men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) division, after having claimed the gold as well at the 1967 and 1971 Pan American Games.

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