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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 [1] and won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
Oct 8, 2022 · On July 31, 1965, Torres fought former heavyweight title challenger Tom McNeeley in a 10-round non-title bout in San Juan. Competing as a heavyweight for the only time in his career, Torres was outweighed by 22 pounds (182 to 204). He floored McNeeley in the first round and went on to win by a unanimous decision.
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.
Andrews was knocked down once in the 1st, and twice in the 6th. Bout was stopped after Torres drapped Oliphant over the ropes. Oliphant had been down for an eight count earlier in the round. Anselm was knocked down in the 3rd and 9th rounds.
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,...
José Augusto Costa Sénica Torres OM ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈtoʁɨʃ]; 8 September 1938 – 3 September 2010), nicknamed " O Bom Gigante " ("The Kind Giant"), [1] was a Portuguese football centre-forward and coach.
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...
