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Rudolph Adolphus Bent, born Rudolph Bently (13 October 1933 - December 4, 2016) was a professional boxer from Belize [1] who became a champion in British Honduras, (a British colony) and Jamaica. He became a welterweight and middleweight National Champion in Honduras and Jamaica before fighting in other countries including the U.S. and Mexico. He fought more than 100 bouts in Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, and the United States and was referred to as the Dark Destroyer. He married famed rhumba and interpretive dancer Anita Mahfood March 15, 1961. [2] [3]
Mahfood divorced him after accusing him in court of a series of violent attacks on her. They had 3 children together that he took to live with his mother in Honduras. She later remarried to Don Drummond of the Skatalites who suffered from mental illness and stabbed her to death in 1964.
He lost to Virgil Akins in 1956. [4] He was the welterweight champion of Honduras. In 1957 he went to Jamaica and won 4 of 6 fights including a TKO of Wilfredo Miro of Cuba in February. Stanley Mair was his manager in Jamaica. [5]
He fought Roger Rouse. [6] He was knocked out in the third round by Sugar Ray Robinson at the Community Arena in Stebenville, Ohio October 20, 1965. It was Robinson's second-to-last fight before being knocked out by Joey Archer. [7]
He also fought Jimmy Ellis. [8]
He was Jamaican Middleweight Champion. He defeated Tiger Lewis at the Palace Theatre in Jamaica in 1965. [9]
He later trained Belizean boxer Billy Dunn. [10]
He was a fan of calypso, fish, and bananas. [11]
Bent lost to Sugar Ray Robinson in Robinson's second-to-last fight and final win. [12]
His funeral was held at McCall's Bronxwood Funeral Home and he was buried at Rosehill Cemtery in Linden, New Jersey.
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