Raul Rojas vs. Enrique Higgins - Revision history

Matt at 17:49, 3 May 2026

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	"Raul Rojas of San Pedro, Ca., finally landed the the world featherweight boxing crown Thursday night at the Olympic Auditorium in a stirring 15 round battle with Enrique Higgins of Columbia. Rojas, who came in at the featherweight limit of 126, scored valuable points against his long-armed opponent with bulling, lunging tactics which saw him break through Higgins' defense on numerous occasions. The new champion sported welts and mouses around both eyes from the middle rounds on and was bleeding heavily from the nose starting in the 12th round. Enrique, 125 1/2, piled up what appeared to be a large lead through the middle rounds, only to lose much of his advantage in the 12th. About 45 seconds into the round, Rojas landed a vicious right hand to Higgins' jaw, followed up with a left and another right, sending the South American skittering along the bottom rope into the Rojas corner. Higgins was back into the battle at the count of eight and the two slugged it out toe-to-toe the remainder of the round. Higgins stayed away from Rojas for the next two rounds, using his reach advantage, but Rojas salted the win away in the 15th round when he battered his opponent with a furious two-fisted assault from start to finish." -Pasadena Star-News		"Raul Rojas of San Pedro, Ca., finally landed the the world featherweight boxing crown Thursday night at the Olympic Auditorium in a stirring 15 round battle with Enrique Higgins of Columbia. Rojas, who came in at the featherweight limit of 126, scored valuable points against his long-armed opponent with bulling, lunging tactics which saw him break through Higgins' defense on numerous occasions. The new champion sported welts and mouses around both eyes from the middle rounds on and was bleeding heavily from the nose starting in the 12th round. Enrique, 125 1/2, piled up what appeared to be a large lead through the middle rounds, only to lose much of his advantage in the 12th. About 45 seconds into the round, Rojas landed a vicious right hand to Higgins' jaw, followed up with a left and another right, sending the South American skittering along the bottom rope into the Rojas corner. Higgins was back into the battle at the count of eight and the two slugged it out toe-to-toe the remainder of the round. Higgins stayed away from Rojas for the next two rounds, using his reach advantage, but Rojas salted the win away in the 15th round when he battered his opponent with a furious two-fisted assault from start to finish." -Pasadena Star-News

	~~Scorecards (all for Rojas)~~

	*Referee Dick Young - 11-6
	*Judge George Latka - 10-6
	*Judge John Thomas - 10-5


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	*AP - 8-6 Higgins		*AP - 8-6 Higgins
	*UPI - 7-7 Draw		*UPI - 7-7 Draw
			*Los Angeles Times - 6-5 Rojas

Flatnose at 17:31, 7 February 2016

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	"Raul Rojas of San Pedro, Ca., finally landed the the world featherweight boxing crown Thursday night at the Olympic Auditorium in a stirring 15 round battle with Enrique Higgins of Columbia. Rojas, who came in at the featherweight limit of 126, scored valuable points against his long-armed opponent with bulling, lunging tactics which saw him break through Higgins' defense on numerous occasions. The new champion sported welts and mouses around both eyes from the middle rounds on and was bleeding heavily from the nose starting in the 12th round. Enrique, 125 1/2, piled up what appeared to be a large lead through the middle rounds, only to lose much of his advantage in the 12th. About 45 seconds into the round, Rojas landed a vicious right hand to Higgins' jaw, followed up with a left and another right, sending the South American skittering along the bottom rope into the Rojas corner. Higgins was back into the battle at the count of eight and the two slugged it out toe-to-toe the remainder of the round. Higgins stayed away from Rojas for the next two rounds, using his reach advantage, but Rojas salted the win away in the 15th round when he battered his opponent with a furious two-fisted assault from start to finish." -Pasadena Star-News		"Raul Rojas of San Pedro, Ca., finally landed the the world featherweight boxing crown Thursday night at the Olympic Auditorium in a stirring 15 round battle with Enrique Higgins of Columbia. Rojas, who came in at the featherweight limit of 126, scored valuable points against his long-armed opponent with bulling, lunging tactics which saw him break through Higgins' defense on numerous occasions. The new champion sported welts and mouses around both eyes from the middle rounds on and was bleeding heavily from the nose starting in the 12th round. Enrique, 125 1/2, piled up what appeared to be a large lead through the middle rounds, only to lose much of his advantage in the 12th. About 45 seconds into the round, Rojas landed a vicious right hand to Higgins' jaw, followed up with a left and another right, sending the South American skittering along the bottom rope into the Rojas corner. Higgins was back into the battle at the count of eight and the two slugged it out toe-to-toe the remainder of the round. Higgins stayed away from Rojas for the next two rounds, using his reach advantage, but Rojas salted the win away in the 15th round when he battered his opponent with a furious two-fisted assault from start to finish." -Pasadena Star-News

			Scorecards (all for Rojas)

			*Referee Dick Young - 11-6
			*Judge George Latka - 10-6
			*Judge John Thomas - 10-5


			Unofficial scorecards

			*Pasadena Star-News - 8-5 Higgins
			*Long Beach Press-Telegram - 11-3 Rojas
			*AP - 8-6 Higgins
			*UPI - 7-7 Draw

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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
	*Higgins reportedly held a record of 30-2 entering the fight. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19680329&id=nMYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-HIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5311,4554019]		*Higgins reportedly held a record of 30-2 entering the fight. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19680329&id=nMYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-HIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5311,4554019]


			"Raul Rojas of San Pedro, Ca., finally landed the the world featherweight boxing crown Thursday night at the Olympic Auditorium in a stirring 15 round battle with Enrique Higgins of Columbia. Rojas, who came in at the featherweight limit of 126, scored valuable points against his long-armed opponent with bulling, lunging tactics which saw him break through Higgins' defense on numerous occasions. The new champion sported welts and mouses around both eyes from the middle rounds on and was bleeding heavily from the nose starting in the 12th round. Enrique, 125 1/2, piled up what appeared to be a large lead through the middle rounds, only to lose much of his advantage in the 12th. About 45 seconds into the round, Rojas landed a vicious right hand to Higgins' jaw, followed up with a left and another right, sending the South American skittering along the bottom rope into the Rojas corner. Higgins was back into the battle at the count of eight and the two slugged it out toe-to-toe the remainder of the round. Higgins stayed away from Rojas for the next two rounds, using his reach advantage, but Rojas salted the win away in the 15th round when he battered his opponent with a furious two-fisted assault from start to finish." -Pasadena Star-News

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	*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Featherweight Title''' (vacant)		*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Featherweight Title''' (vacant)

			== Notes ==
			*Higgins reportedly held a record of 30-2 entering the fight. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19680329&id=nMYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-HIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5311,4554019]

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			*'''[[World Boxing Association]] Featherweight Title''' (vacant)

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