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José Louis "Chegüi" Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican-born professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he represented the United States and won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
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Apr 30, 2024 · José Torres was a Puerto Rican professional boxer, world light heavyweight (175 pounds) champion, 1965–66. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Torres was a member of the 1956 U.S. Olympic boxing team and a silver medalist in the light middleweight (71 kg, or 156.5 pounds) division.
Oct 8, 2022 · Torres made his professional debut with a first-round knockout of George Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York, on May 24, 1958. A popular fighter, he sold out New York's St. Nicholas Arena for his bout against Otis Woodard, which he won by a fifth-round TKO, on September 29, 1958.
Jan 23, 2009 · Former light-heavyweight boxing champion Jose Torres died from a heart attack on Jan. 19 at the age of 72. The Puerto Rican boxer won an Olympic silver medal in 1956, and fought professionally...
Jan 20, 2009 · José Torres, a former light-heavyweight champion who became a boxing official and a literary presence in the sport as a biographer of Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, died Monday in Ponce, P.R. He ...
