Rosy Rosales

Name: Rosy Rosales
Birth Name: Raphael Shaw
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Birthplace: Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Height: 180cm
Pro Boxer: Record

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In record books, Rosy Rosales (sometimes spelled "Rosaels") was variously characterized as being "Mexican-American" and "American Indian," both of which may be unlikely.

According to the New York Evening Post, February 13, 1930, his birth name was Raphael Shaw. The Tom Andrews record books, 1930 and 1931 editions, gave his birth name as Robert Shaw. (The actual name, ancestry, and birth date of Rosales require further research and correction.)

In 1953 Rosales/Shaw was reported to be a member of the Building Trade Union of the American Federation of Labor in Cleveland, Ohio.

The 1928 edition of Everlast Boxing Record is the source of Rosales's record from 1927 and earlier. Dates and locations are given for his 1927 fights. Earlier fights (1925-26), all unverified, are given as follows:

Knockouts (1925-26): Chief Shaw, 2; Caveman Sweeney, 4; K.O. Perry, 4; Corporal Holmes, 2; Kid Spike, 1; Chihuahua Kid Brown, 1; Bombardier Buchanan, 7; K.O. Perry, 2; Kid Toney, 7; Corporal Holmes, 1; Chihuahua Kid Brown, 4; Schoolboy, 7; Clyde (Kid) Colvin, 6; Mickey Malone, 7; Chihuahua Kid Brown, 2; Bill Stewart, 1; K.O. Brown, 2; Jack Fisher, 1.

The 1943 edition of the Ring All-Time Record Book also lists the following undated fights for Rosales, no locations given:

1927: Battling Speaker, D 10.

Also:

1934: In The Ring, April 1934, page 52, Rosales is reported as having lost to Buddy McArthur.

1935: In The Ring\, April 1935, page 64, Rosales is reported to have fought a draw with George Brown in Juarez, Mexico. 1928: Nick Newman, W ko 2; Johnny Herger, W Pts 8.

Won on decision (1925): Schoolboy, 4.

Draw (1925): Battling Stepper, 6.

Considering the military rank of several of his opponents and the locations of his 1927 fights, Rosales's earliest fights probably occurred in the southwest (Texas, New Mexico). The December 10 1926 San Antonio Light reported Rosales as a Fort Bliss soldier who had 'run up a long list of knockout victories the last several months.'