Lionel Rose

Career, Record, Stats

Lionel Rose (Slim) was an Australian professional boxer. He was a bantamweight world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 12 years, 3 months, and 9 days, Rose amassed a record of 42-11, which includes 12 wins via KO.

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LEGEND

Lionel Rose's Boxing Career

Lionel Rose was born in Labertouche, Victoria, Australia on June 21, 1948. He made his professional debut at the age of 16 years on September 9, 1964 against Mario Magris. Rose defeated Magris via 8 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Rose became a world champion fight at the age of 19 after 29 professional fights. He challenged Fighting Harada for the WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles and defeated the champion via 15-round unanimous decision, winning his first world titles. With this win, he also became the undisputed bantamweight world champion — in his very first world-title fight.

Rose's last fight was a 2nd-round KO loss to Maurice Apeang at age 28, on December 18, 1976.

Some of Lionel Rose's best fights were against Fighting Harada (HOFer) and José Medel. For a complete list of Rose's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Lionel Rose".

Rose has 11 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Lionel Rose Losses".

Lionel Rose's Boxing Record

Total Fights

Wins

Losses

Draws

KO Wins

KO Losses

Title Fights

Title-Fight Wins

Title Defenses

Title-Fight KOs

Title-Fight Dec.

Undisputed

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
53	Dec 18, 1976	28	Maurice Apeang	loss	KO 2
52	Aug 28, 1976	28	Rafael Limon	loss	TKO 3
51	Nov 13, 1975	27	Giuseppe Agate	win	TKO 3
50	Oct 08, 1975	27	Billy Moeller	loss	PTS 10
49	Aug 29, 1975	27	Blakeney Kid Matthews	loss	MD 10
48	Jun 30, 1975	27	Bomber Uchida	win	PTS 10
47	May 30, 1971	22	Yoshiaki Numata	loss	UD 15
46	May 04, 1971	22	Tanny Cuaresma	win	KO 1
45	Feb 12, 1971	22	Jeff White	loss	UD 15
44	Oct 10, 1970	22	Guts Ishimatsu	win	UD 10
43	Aug 04, 1970	22	Richard Kid Borias	win	KO 3
42	Jul 14, 1970	22	Freddie Wicks	win	PTS 10
41	May 16, 1970	21	Raul Cruz	loss	UD 10
40	Mar 07, 1970	21	Don Johnson	win	UD 10
39	Dec 07, 1969	21	Fernando Sotelo	loss	KO 7
38	Nov 01, 1969	21	Vincente Garcia	win	KO 5
37	Aug 22, 1969	21	Rubén Olivares 22 52-0-1	loss	KO 5
36	Jun 10, 1969	20	Ernie Cruz	win	MD 10
35	Mar 08, 1969	20	Alan Rudkin	win	SD 15
34	Dec 06, 1968	20	Chucho Castillo	win	SD 15
33	Aug 28, 1968	20	José Medel 30 64-23-7	win	MD 10
32	Jun 02, 1968	19	Takao Sakurai	win	MD 15
31	Apr 26, 1968	19	Tommaso Galli	win	PTS 10
30	Feb 27, 1968	19	Fighting Harada 24 50-3	win	UD 15
29	Dec 11, 1967	19	Rocky Gattellari	win	KO 13
28	Nov 20, 1967	19	Gary Garber	win	PTS 10
27	Oct 13, 1967	19	Kamara Diop	win	TKO 3
26	Sep 01, 1967	19	Ronnie Jones	win	PTS 10
25	Jul 28, 1967	19	Tiny Palacio	win	PTS 10
24	Jun 09, 1967	18	Rudy Corona	win	PTS 10
23	May 11, 1967	18	Akihide Tamaoka	win	KO 6
22	Mar 17, 1967	18	Nevio Carbi	win	PTS 10
21	Nov 18, 1966	18	Felipe Gonzalez	win	PTS 10
20	Oct 28, 1966	18	Noel Kunde	win	PTS 15
19	Oct 14, 1966	18	Jackie Burke	win	TKO 6
18	Aug 26, 1966	18	Noel Kunde	win	PTS 12
17	Jul 08, 1966	18	Ray Perez	win	PTS 12
16	Jun 17, 1966	17	Flash Dumdum	win	PTS 12
15	May 13, 1966	17	Jerry Stokes	win	PTS 12
14	Apr 04, 1966	17	Ray Perez	loss	UD 10
13	Feb 18, 1966	17	Ray Perez	win	UD 12
12	Dec 02, 1965	17	Arthur Clarke	win	UD 8
11	Nov 05, 1965	17	Billy Brown	win	UD 12
10	Oct 14, 1965	17	Laurie Ny	win	UD 10
9	Oct 01, 1965	17	Billy Brown	win	TKO 10
8	Aug 20, 1965	17	Bobby Wells	win	TKO 8
7	Jul 27, 1965	17	Teddy Rainbow	win	PTS 12
6	Jul 23, 1965	17	Singtong Por Tor	loss	PTS 6
5	Jun 25, 1965	17	Singtong Por Tor	win	PTS 12
4	Apr 02, 1965	16	Jackie Bruce	win	TKO 1
3	Nov 06, 1964	16	Joe Oliveri	win	TKO 2
2	Oct 09, 1964	16	Mario Magris	win	PTS 8
1	Sep 09, 1964	16	Mario Magris	win	PTS 8

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