# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luis-manuel-rodriguez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:05:04.268Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luis-manuel-rodriguez"
name: "Luis Manuel Rodríguez"
slug: "luis-manuel-rodriguez"
description: "Luis Manuel Rodríguez was a Cuban professional boxer. Known as \"El Feo\", he began his career in pre-Castro Havana. In Cuba, he twice defeated the ill-fated future welterweight champion Benny Paret. He held the Undisputed Welterweight Championship in 1963, and challenged once for the WBA, and WBC middleweight titles in 1969."
tagline: "Cuban boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nino_Benvenuti_vs_Luis_Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez_1969.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937-06-17"
deathDate: "1996-07-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.220376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(bokser)"
    title: "Luis Rodríguez (bokser)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "لويس مانويل رودريغيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "لويس مانويل رودريجيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(Boxer%2C_1937)"
    title: "Luis Rodríguez (Boxer, 1937)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez"
    title: "Luis Manuel Rodríguez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez"
    title: "Luis Manuel Rodríguez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez"
    title: "Luis Manuel Rodríguez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Manuel_Rodr%C3%ADguez"
    title: "Luis Manuel Rodríguez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326667"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump