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José Adílson Rodrigues dos Santos (12 June 1958 – 24 October 2024) was a Brazilian professional boxer. He scored 61 knockouts with 43 of those coming under 5 rounds. His nickname in Brazil, Maguila, came from the cartoon Magilla Gorilla.

Rodrigues was a World Boxing Federation (WBF) heavyweight champion, a World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas Heavyweight champion, and held the South American title for 14 straight years, from 1986 to 2000.

Death

Rodrigues died in São Paulo on 24 October 2024, at the age of 66, after 28 days of treatment for pneumonia and abdominal pain. He had been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy in 2013.

Professional boxing record

	77 Wins (61 knockouts, 16 decisions), 7 Losses (7 knockouts, 0 decisions), 1 Draw
No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
85	Loss	77-7-1	Daniel Frank	KO	4	29/02/2000	São Paulo, Brazil
84	Draw	77-6-1	Juan Antonio Diaz	PTS	10	17/01/1999	São Paulo, Brazil
83	Win	77-6	Alberto Toribio Coman	TKO	9	19/09/1998	Palmas, Brazil
82	Loss	76-6	Pedro Daniel Franco	TKO	9	23/05/1998	Punta del Este, Uruguay	WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight Title.
81	Win	76-5	Bilal Muhammad	TKO	4	28/03/1998	Itapevi, Brazil
80	Win	75-5	Francisco Harris	TKO	5	14/02/1998	Cubatão, Brazil
79	Win	74-5	Tommy Mucciogrosso	TKO	3	13/12/1997	Caninde de Sao Francisco, Brazil
78	Win	73-5	Salvador Maciel	TKO	1	09/11/1997	São Paulo, Brazil
77	Win	72-5	Isaac Poole	KO	3	27/09/1997	Campina Grande, Brazil
76	Win	71-5	Luis Alberto Musa Pereyra	KO	1	31/08/1997	Cuiabá, Brazil
75	Win	70-5	Alberto Valerio Jorge Arias	KO	2	27/07/1997	Suzano, Brazil
74	Win	69-5	Pedro Llaneza	KO	4	21/06/1997	Jundiai, Brazil
73	Win	68-5	Ricardo Alfredo Ibarra	TKO	6	22/12/1996	São Paulo, Brazil	WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight Title.
72	Win	67-5	Salvador Maciel	TKO	3	08/09/1996	São Paulo, Brazil	IBF Latin American Heavyweight Title.
71	Win	66-5	Cleveland Woods	PTS	10	07/07/1996	São Paulo, Brazil
70	Win	65-5	Dave Fiddler	KO	3	18/05/1996	Araraquara, Brazil	WBF Heavyweight Title.
69	Win	64-5	Johnny Nelson	UD	12	03/12/1995	São Paulo, Brazil	WBF Heavyweight Title.
68	Win	63-5	Ricardo Alfredo Ibarra	KO	2	28/10/1995	Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
67	Win	62-5	Porfirio Rosa	KO	2	09/10/1995	São Paulo, Brazil
66	Win	61-5	Johnny Nelson	PTS	12	22/08/1995	São Paulo, Brazil	WBF Heavyweight Title.
65	Win	60-5	Stan White Johnson	KO	2	02/07/1995	São Paulo, Brazil
64	Win	59-5	Jason Waller	TKO	3	16/05/1995	Osasco, Brazil
63	Loss	58-5	Mike Ronay Evans	KO	7	07/03/1995	Santos, Brazil
62	Win	58-4	Mike Perkins	KO	1	26/01/1995	Recife, Brazil
61	Win	57-4	Nikolay Kulpin	UD	10	11/12/1994	Embu-Guaçu, Brazil
60	Win	56-4	Jerry Jones	TKO	2	22/10/1994	São Paulo, Brazil
59	Win	55-4	Terry Davis	KO	2	06/08/1994	Guaruja, Brazil
58	Win	54-4	Daniel Eduardo Neto	TKO	8	18/06/1994	Mauá, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
57	Win	53-4	Gilton Dos Santos	TKO	9	14/05/1994	São Paulo, Brazil	Brazil Heavyweight Title.
56	Win	52-4	Dan Ramsey	TKO	2	26/03/1994	Paranavaí, Brazil
55	Win	51-4	Mark Young	TKO	7	27/11/1993	Aracaju, Brazil
54	Win	50-4	Mike Cohen	TKO	1	30/10/1993	Cajamar, Brazil
53	Win	49-4	Julio Abel Gonzalez	TKO	4	25/09/1993	São Sebastião, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
52	Win	48-4	Manoel De Almeida	TKO	6	28/08/1993	São Paulo, Brazil	Brazil Heavyweight Title.
51	Win	47-4	David Jaco	UD	10	31/07/1993	São Paulo, Brazil
50	Win	46-4	Mario Oscar Melo	TKO	7	26/06/1993	São Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
49	Win	45-4	Victor Luis Britos Samudio	KO	4	22/05/1993	São Paulo, Brazil
48	Win	44-4	Jorge Alfredo Dascola	RTD	5	09/12/1992	Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
47	Win	43-4	Jorge Guido Cambiaso	KO	10	18/09/1992	Cruz Alta, Brazil
46	Win	42-4	Gordon Racette	KO	7	13/06/1992	São Paulo, Brazil
45	Win	41-4	Juan Antonio Diaz	UD	12	25/04/1992	Osasco, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
44	Win	40-4	Miguel Cea	TKO	5	13/12/1991	Brasilia, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
43	Win	39-4	Edemilson Tomacio	KO	5	06/09/1991	Araguari, Brazil	Brazil Heavyweight Title.
42	Win	38-4	Angel Amarilla Garcia	KO	4	22/08/1991	Recife, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
41	Win	37-4	Daniel Eduardo Guibaudo	TKO	3	27/07/1991	Maringá, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
40	Loss	36-4	George Foreman	KO	2	16/06/1990	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	Rodrigues knocked out at 2:39 of the second round.
39	Win	36-3	Walter Armando Masseroni	DQ	10	08/12/1989	São Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
38	Loss	35-3	Evander Holyfield	KO	2	15/07/1989	Stateline, Nevada, U.S.	WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. Rodrigues knocked out at 1:29 of the second round.
37	Win	35-2	Mike Rouse	PTS	10	22/05/1989	Blumenau, Brazil
36	Win	34-2	James Tillis	UD	10	20/03/1989	Toledo, Brazil
35	Win	33-2	Sammy Scaff	KO	2	18/12/1988	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
34	Win	32-2	Mark Lee	KO	1	14/10/1988	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	Lee knocked out at 2:34 of the first round.
33	Win	31-2	Hughroy Currie	TKO	8	14/08/1988	Londrina, Brazil
32	Win	30-2	Dave Garside	TKO	3	12/06/1988	São Paulo, Brazil
31	Win	29-2	Jorge Guido Cambiaso	KO	7	14/03/1988	Porto Alegre, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
30	Win	28-2	Alfredo Evangelista	PTS	10	20/12/1987	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
29	Win	27-2	Reggie Gross	PTS	10	11/10/1987	Araraquara, Brazil
28	Win	26-2	James Smith	SD	10	09/08/1987	São Paulo, Brazil
27	Win	25-2	Mike Jameson	PTS	10	21/06/1987	São Paulo, Brazil
26	Win	24-2	Lorenzo Boyd	KO	2	31/05/1987	Curitiba, Brazil
25	Win	23-2	Felipe Rodriguez	TKO	8	15/03/1987	São Paulo, Brazil
24	Win	22-2	Rocky Sekorski	PTS	12	21/12/1986	São Paulo, Brazil	WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title.
23	Win	21-2	Melvin Epps	PTS	10	05/10/1986	São Paulo, Brazil
22	Win	20-2	Andre van den Oetelaar	KO	3	27/07/1986	São Paulo, Brazil
21	Win	19-2	Walter Daniel Falconi	KO	7	18/05/1986	São Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
20	Win	18-2	Vedat Akova	TKO	3	02/03/1986	São Paulo, Brazil
19	Loss	18-1	Andre van den Oetelaar	KO	5	17/11/1985	Sorocaba, Brazil
18	Win	17-1	Albert Syben	KO	6	06/10/1985	São Paulo, Brazil
17	Win	16-1	Peter Mulindwa Kozza	KO	2	03/08/1985	São Paulo, Brazil
16	Win	15-1	Nate Robinson	KO	1	09/06/1985	São Paulo, Brazil
15	Loss	14-1	Walter Daniel Falconi	KO	3	30/03/1985	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14	Win	14-0	Walter Santemore	TKO	5	10/02/1985	São Paulo, Brazil
13	Win	13-0	Louis Pergaud	KO	9	16/12/1984	São Paulo, Brazil
12	Win	12-0	George Butzbach	TKO	3	28/10/1984	São Paulo, Brazil
11	Win	11-0	Juan Antonio Figueroa	KO	1	09/09/1984	São Paulo, Brazil	South American Heavyweight Title.
10	Win	10-0	Louis Pergaud	TKO	5	29/07/1984	São Paulo, Brazil
9	Win	9-0	Mike White	PTS	10	13/05/1984	Londrina, Brazil
8	Win	8-0	Juan Antonio Musladino	KO	6	08/04/1984	São Paulo, Brazil
7	Win	7-0	Domingo D'Elia	TKO	8	05/02/1984	São Paulo, Brazil
6	Win	6-0	Marcos Antonio Tosto	KO	1	12/09/1983	São Paulo, Brazil
5	Win	5-0	Eduardo Oliveira	KO	2	15/08/1983	São Paulo, Brazil
4	Win	4-0	Waldemar De Oliveira	KO	1	01/07/1983	São Paulo, Brazil	Brazil Heavyweight Title.
3	Win	3-0	Francisco Diaz	KO	1	14/05/1983	São Paulo, Brazil
2	Win	2-0	Alaerte Vaz	KO	2	18/03/1983	São Paulo, Brazil
1	Win	1-0	Jose Tavares	KO	3	04/02/1983	São Paulo, Brazil

References

1. Kestelman, Amanda; Roseguini, Guilherme (1 November 2015). "Rival invisível: Maguila encara doença e tenta manter sorrisos com o boxe". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Globo.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
2. "Maguila, lenda do boxe brasileiro, morre aos 66 anos". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-10-24. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
3. "Adilson Rodrigues". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2012-02-18.

External links

• Boxing record for Adílson Rodrigues from BoxRec (registration required)
• Adílson Rodrigues at IMDb

• 1958 births
• 2024 deaths
• Sportspeople from Aracaju
• Brazilian male boxers
• Heavyweight boxers
• Boxers with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
• 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
• 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
• Boxers from São Paulo