Carlos "Sonny" Dolorico Padilla Jr. (Tagalog pronunciation: [paˈdilja]; born April 19, 1934[1]) is a retired actor and boxing referee and judge from the Philippines.

He is best known for refereeing the "Thrilla in Manila" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975.

[2] The son of an Olympic boxer and actor, Padilla's professional career began as an actor, where he was known a commercial advertisement of "Family Rubbing Alcohol" with the famous slogan, Hindi lang pampamilya, pang-isports pa. His acting career spanned over 40 years, with his final credited role in Sige, Subukan Mo in 1998.

[2] Before the fight, Frazier's trainer Eddie Futch, who was concerned about potential officiating bias and had strongly criticized the performance of referee Tony Perez during Ali and Frazier's second fight, objected to all three American referees who had traveled to the Philippines.

[5] Encouraged by Don King (who had previously objected to Padilla's inclusion in the fight),[6] Padilla relocated to the United States afterwards,[7] and went on to officiate many high-profile boxing matches through the next two-plus decades, including Wilfred Benítez vs. Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson vs. Pinklon Thomas, Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns vs. Roberto Durán, Julio César Chávez vs. Ruben Castillo, Dwight Muhammad Qawi vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad and Salvador Sánchez vs. Wilfredo Gómez.