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THE CLUB FIGHTER WHO BECAME KING

JAKERODRIGUEZLOOKS BACK WITH

AGAINST ALL ODDS: Rodriguez in his fighting peak when he was making a habit out of proving people wrong
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WHEN Jake Rodriguez defeated Charles “The Natural” Murray to win the IBF light-welterweight title in February 1994, it was undoubtedly the biggest upset boxing had seen since James Buster Douglas had knocked out Mike Tyson four years earlier.

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