On October 15, 1934, he defeated former world featherweight champion Tommy Paul in a non-title ten round points decision at White City Arena in Chicago.

[2] His streak ended on January 31, 1935, when he lost to the incomparable one-time featherweight, lightweight, and junior welterweight champion Tony Canzoneri at Chicago Stadium in a ten-round Unanimous Decision.

As expected, Canzoneri dominated the talented youngster, rocking him on his heels from a blow to the jaw in the sixth, and inflicting stiff punishment in the seventh.

The veteran Graham leaned forward coaxing Rodak to throw punches, and then repeatedly drew back and dodged them.

Despite a three-year layoff and his advanced age of 32, Graham gave an excellent display of talent to the younger Golden Glove winner.

Each fighter split the first eight rounds on points, while the crowd and celebrity referee Jack Dempsey impatiently urged a faster pace.

[14] Rodak fought Louisville boxer Sammy Angott, 1940-44 NBA lightweight champion, three times in a row in 1938.

[17][2] On October 24, 1938, he defeated Freddie Miller, former NBA World Featherweight Champion, for his first defense of the Maryland version of the World Featherweight Title in a fifteen-round points decision in Washington, D.C.[2] Rodak broke away in the closing rounds to gain his lead on points scoring, landing blows with both his left and right to the face and body of Miller.

[18] In a vastly important, but lesser known victory on December 29, 1938, Rodak was declared NBA world featherweight champion when he defeated Italian national Leone Efrati before a crowd of 5000 at Chicago's Coliseum in a considerably close, but unanimous ten round points decision, disputed by Efrati's handlers and many of the spectators present who booed the final ruling.

In the thirteenth and fourteenth, with the bout close but Archibald leading by a shade, Rodak broke loose and gained the advantage with long and wary rights.

[22] Fighting at the bottom of the lightweight range, Rodak won a close eight round points decision before a crowd of 4,500 on December 3, 1940, against Maxie Shapiro at Broadway Arena in Brooklyn.

[23] He lost a rematch with Shapiro on August 14, 1941, at Ebbets Field in a ten-round decision, where he was down in the final moments of the ninth for a count of nine.

[2][24] On October 14, 1941, Rodak lost to skilled black boxer Chalky Wright, reigning NYSAC, and Maryland World Featherweight title holder, in a non-title "listless ten round points decision at Uline, Arena in Washington.

[25] Rodak went on to fight Tippy Larkin, losing by a decision at Meadowbrook Bowl in Newark, New Jersey, on June 3, 1942.

Armstrong won six of the eight rounds, and the TKO when the fight was stopped in the eighth due to a deep cut over the left eye of Rodak.

[2] On February 15, 1946, Rodak lost to Bob Montgomery, reigning NYSAC lightweight champion, in a non-title ten round split decision at Chicago Stadium before a crowd of 8,575.

The crowd was disappointed with the amount of clinching and lack of solid punching displayed by the two distinguished but aging lightweights.

Montgomery, at 27, had lost training from his recent three year hitch in the Army, and Rodak, at thirty-two was well past his boxing prime.

Though Rodak had not fought for thirteen months, to his credit, he showed stamina in the seventh, eighth, and ninth and was scored higher by one of the three judges.