MOST Magazine Fitness JUN'15 ISSUE NO.2 | Page 108

by Rick Krusky

That was the
early life-lesson heavyweight boxer David “Nino”
Rodriguez most attributes the success of his
career to. Of his 36 professional bouts, he has an
impressive record of 34 KOs with 24 of them being
in the first round, a number that relieved Mike
Tyson of his legendary first-round record.

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M A G A Z I N E || JUNE 2015 || EDITION 1

Rodriguez was born in El Paso, Texas. He
first hit the bags and began learning simple
combinations at the early age of 5. At age 14 he
had his first amateur fight against a Junior Olympic
Champion. He was a bundle of nerves and was
beat up badly in the first round; but in the second,
knocked his seasoned adversary out cold. It
shocked the tournament and garnered headlines. >>>