Salvador "Dado" Marino (1915–1989) was a flyweight boxer from Honolulu, Hawaii, who became Undisputed World flyweight champion in 1950. He also boxed as a bantamweight, and unsuccessfully fought for the World bantamweight title.

Professional career He made his professional debut in June 1941, in Honolulu, where he was to fight the majority of his bouts. He defeated Paul Francis by a knockout in the second round.

He fought his first forty bouts in Honolulu, before travelling to Glasgow, in Scotland in July 1947, for a title fight against Jackie Paterson, the World flyweight champion. Unfortunately, Paterson was unable to make the weight, and indeed collapsed at the weigh-in. The result was that Paterson was stripped of his World title, and a non-title fight was arranged between Marino and Rinty Monaghan of Northern Ireland. Marino won the bout when Monaghan was disqualified in the ninth round.

A month later Marino fought Peter Kane, the previous holder of the World flyweight title, before Paterson. The fight was held in Manchester and Kane won on points over ten rounds.

In October 1947, Marino and Rinty Monaghan met at Harringay Arena, London for the vacant World flyweight title, previously held by Jackie Paterson. The title fight was recognised by the National Boxing Association but not the British Boxing Board of Control. Monaghan won on points over fifteen rounds to take the title.

Dado then returned to the US, and continued his career.

In March 1949, the legendary World bantamweight champion, American Manuel Ortiz, came to Honolulu to defend his title against Marino. Marino again lost out when Ortiz won a unanimous points decision.

World title

In August 1950, Terry Allen, the English holder of the World flyweight title, came to Honolulu to defend his title against Marino. Marino became World champion when he won a unanimous points decision.

In November 1951, Allen returned for a re-match in Honolulu, but Marino retained the title with another unanimous decision.

In his next fight, a non-title fight, Marino was stopped in seven rounds, in Honolulu, by Yoshio Shirai, of Japan. Marino was down six times before his manager leapt through the ropes to halt the fight.

Despite this defeat, Marino agreed to defend his title against Shirai in May 1952. The title fight was in Tokyo, Japan, in front of 40,00 spectators. Shirai took Marino's title with a unanimous points decision.

In November 1952, Marino tried to regain the title in a re-match with Shiriai, again in Tokyo, but the Japanese won another unanimous decision. This was Marino's last fight.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound(s), timeDateAgeLocationNotes75Loss Yoshio ShiraiUD15Nov 15, 195274Loss57–14–3 Yoshio ShiraiUD15May 19, 195273Loss57–13–3 Yoshio ShiraiTKO7 (10), Dec 4, 195172Win57–12–3 Terry AllenUD15Nov 1, 195171Draw56–12–3 Fernando GagnonMD10Aug 27, 195170Win56–12–2 Hideo GotoUD10Jul 30, 195169Win55–12–2 Hiroshi HoriguchiTKO8 (10)Jun 25, 195168Draw54–12–2 Hideo GotoPTS10Jun 9, 195167Win54–12–1 Yoshio ShiraiSD10May 21, 195166Loss53–12–1 Eduardo ReyesUD6Apr 30, 195165Win53–11–1 Tanny CampoPTS10Jan 31, 195164Win52–11–1 Bobby GarzaKO7 (10), Oct 31, 195063Win51–11–1 Alfredo ChavezUD10Oct 4, 195062Win50–11–1 Tim RamosKO4 (10), Sep 18, 195061Win49–11–1 Terry AllenUD15Aug 1, 195060Loss48–11–1 Tirso Del RosarioSD10Dec 22, 194959Loss48–10–1 Tirso Del RosarioTKO5 (10)Sep 16, 194958Win48–9–1 Lou LangleyPTS5Sep 6, 194957Win47–9–1 Stan AlmondUD10Aug 18, 194956Win46–9–1 Jackie TurnerUD10Aug 4, 194955Win45–9–1 Jorge SanchezKO3 (6), Jul 26, 194954Loss44–9–1 Manuel OrtizUD15Mar 1, 194953Win44–8–1 Chico RosaUD10Sep 21, 194852Win43–8–1 Gus RosaUD10Jul 16, 194851Win42–8–1 Jackie TurnerUD10Jun 22, 194850Win41–8–1 Marino TiwanakKO5 (10), Jun 1, 194849Loss40–8–1 Cecil SchoonmakerUD10May 24, 194848Win40–7–1 Kenny LindsayKO1 (10), May 10, 194847Win39–7–1 Tommy RhettKO1 (10), Apr 26, 194846Win38–7–1 Sonny GomezUD10Apr 13, 194845Win37–7–1 Mike BernalSD10Apr 6, 194844Loss36–7–1 Rinty MonaghanPTS15Oct 20, 194743Loss36–6–1 Peter KanePTS10Aug 8, 194742Win36–5–1 Rinty MonaghanDQ9 (10)Jul 16, 194741Win35–5–1 Gus RosaUD10Feb 25, 194740Win34–5–1 Eduardo ReyesPTS8Dec 9, 194639Win33–5–1 Eduardo ReyesPTS6Nov 11, 194638Win32–5–1 Val ValentineMD8Sep 30, 194637Win31–5–1 Ankie HoshijoPTS6Jul 5, 194636Win30–5–1 Alfredo ChavezUD10May 5, 194635Loss29–5–1 Alfredo ChavezPTS6Mar 9, 194634Win29–4–1 Jose OnacanimKO3 (6), Jan 12, 194633Win28–4–1 Gus RosaUD6Dec 29, 194532Win27–4–1 Gus RosaPTS8Apr 28, 194531Win26–4–1 Lou RenaiPTS6Apr 8, 194530Draw25–4–1 Gus RosaPTS6Mar 17, 194529Loss25–4 David Kui Kong YoungPTS8Feb 6, 194528Win25–3 Eddie SilvaKO4 (6), Dec 9, 194427Win24–3 Eddie SilvaKO4 (8), Nov 19, 194426Win23–3 Joho ShiromaMD8Jun 18, 194425Win22–3 Chico RosaUD10May 13, 194424Win21–3 Alfredo ChavezPTS12Apr 29, 194423Win20–3 Alfredo ChavezMD10Apr 9, 194422Win19–3 Quentin HernandezRTD1 (10), Mar 12, 194421Loss18–3 Richard SilvaPTS8Dec 5, 194320Win18–2 Alfredo ChavezPTS8Nov 21, 194319Win17–2 Adolph SamuelsPTS10Aug 22, 194318Loss16–2 David Kui Kong YoungKO8 (12), May 2, 194317Win16–1 Adolph SamuelsUD8Feb 7, 194316Loss15–1 Quentin HernandezPTS8Jan 24, 194315Win15–0 Adolph SamuelsPTS10Sep 27, 194214Win14–0 Willie GonzalezKO8 (10), Sep 6, 194213Win13–0 Joe SanchezTKO5 (6)Aug 9, 194212Win12–0 Charley HigaPTS6Jan 11, 194211Win11–0 Toy TamanahaPTS6Nov 14, 194110Win10–0 Toy TamanahaPTS6Nov 3, 19419Win9–0 Jimmy ClintonKO5 (6), Oct 16, 19418Win8–0 Little ReynesRTD2 (6), Oct 6, 19417Win7–0 Frankie BaronKO7 (8), Sep 5, 19416Win6–0 Kid RustiaTKO1 (6), Aug 22, 19415Win5–0 Sergio DelaniaKO1 (6)Aug 15, 19414Win4–0 Charley HigaPTS6Aug 11, 19413Win3–0 Al RufinoKO2 (4), Jul 18, 19412Win2–0 Hilo FranciscoKO1 (4), Jul 3, 19411Win1–0 Paul FrancisKO2 (4), Jun 20, 1941

Titles in boxing Major world titles NBA (WBA) flyweight champion (112 lbs)

The Ring magazine titles The Ring flyweight champion (112 lbs)

Regional/International titles Hawaii flyweight champion (112 lbs)

Undisputed titles Undisputed flyweight champion

See also List of flyweight boxing champions

Notes and references Notes

References

Further reading Maurice Golesworthy, Encyclopaedia of Boxing (Eighth Edition) (1988), Robert Hale Limited,

External links

Dado Marino - CBZ Profile