On December 18, 1976, a 28-year-old Lionel Rose (42-10, 12 KOs) and Maurice Apeang met in the ring.
Rose came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 23% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 20 days.
Lionel Rose lost to Maurice Apeang via KO in the 2nd round, and adds an loss to his record at 42-11.
On August 28, 1976, a 28-year-old Lionel Rose (42-9, 12 KOs) and Rafael Limon met in the ring.
Rose came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 15 days.
Lionel Rose lost to Rafael Limon via TKO in the 3rd round, and adds an loss to his record at 42-10.
On October 8, 1975, a 27-year-old Lionel Rose (41-8, 11 KOs) and Billy Moeller met in the ring.
Rose came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 22% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 9 days.
Lionel Rose lost to Billy Moeller via points decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 41-9.
On August 29, 1975, a 27-year-old Lionel Rose (41-7, 11 KOs) and Blakeney Kid Matthews met in the ring.
Rose came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 22% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 30 days.
Lionel Rose lost to Blakeney Kid Matthews via majority decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 41-8.
On May 30, 1971, a 22-year-old Lionel Rose (40-6, 11 KOs) got a shot at the super-featherweight WBC title held by Yoshiaki Numata.
Rose came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 26 days.
Lionel Rose was defending his super-featherweight titles and, fighting for the super-featherweight WBC titles against Yoshiaki Numata and lost via unanimous decision in the 15-round super-featherweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 40-7.
On February 12, 1971, a 22-year-old Lionel Rose (39-5, 10 KOs) and Jeff White met in the ring.
Rose came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 22% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 2 days.
Lionel Rose lost to Jeff White via unanimous decision in the 15-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 39-6.
On May 16, 1970, a 21-year-old Lionel Rose (36-4, 9 KOs) and Raul Cruz met in the ring.
Rose came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 22% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 9 days.
Lionel Rose lost to Raul Cruz via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 36-5.
On December 7, 1969, a 21-year-old Lionel Rose (35-3, 9 KOs) and Fernando Sotelo met in the ring.
Rose came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 6 days.
Lionel Rose lost to Fernando Sotelo via KO in the 7th round, and adds an loss to his record at 35-4.
On August 22, 1969, the 21-year-old undisputed bantamweight world champion, Lionel Rose (34-2, 8 KOs), faced a 22-year-old Mexican boxer Rubén Olivares (52-0-1, 50 KOs) in an undisputed title defense fight.
Rose came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 22% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 12 days. Olivares was on a 25-fight win streak with a 94% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 24 days.
Rubén Olivares stopped the champion via KO in the 5th round, winning the first world titles of his career, and is crowned the new WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight champion. Olivares improves his record to 53-0-1 (51 KOs), while Rose adds a loss to his record at 34-3.
On April 4, 1966, a 17-year-old Lionel Rose (12-1, 4 KOs) and Ray Perez met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Rose came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 17 days.
Lionel Rose lost to Ray Perez via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 12-2.
On July 23, 1965, a 17-year-old Lionel Rose (5-0, 2 KOs) and Singtong Por Tor met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Rose came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 28 days.
Lionel Rose lost to Singtong Por Tor via points decision in the 6-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 5-1.