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First Puerto Rican boxing sports writer to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He served Puerto Rican boxing for more than 50 years as a writer and eventual commissioner. 13 Miguel Cotto: 2022 He is a multiple-time world champion, and the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight classes, from light ...
Berlanga was born to the large Nuyorican community of Brooklyn, to parents from Puerto Rico. [5] He started boxing at the age of 7, As a child, he was a fan of Félix Trinidad, a former world champion who frequently fought at Madison Square Garden. [5] When queried about his heritage, Berlanga responded “I feel a hundred percent Puerto Rican
Amanda Serrano (born October 9, 1988) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and mixed martial artist. [2] As a boxer, she is the unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBO title since 2019, IBO title since 2021 and the WBA title since 2023. She held the IBF title between 2022 and 2024.
Wilfred "Wilfredo" Benítez (born September 12, 1958) is an American-born Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history. . Earning his first of three career world titles in separate weight divisions at the age of seventeen, he is best remembered as a skilled and aggressive fighter with exceptional defensive abilities, along with his fights with ...
Xander Yarob Zayas Castro (born September 5, 2002) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer.In an amateur career that spanned from 2007 to 2018 he had more than 130 bouts, [2] winning eleven national championship tournaments [3] including the 2018 U.S. Youth National Championships.
Prichard Colón Meléndez (born September 19, 1992) is an American-Puerto Rican former professional boxer, honorary WBC World Champion, and gold medal winner at the 2010 Pan American Youth Championship in the 64 kg (141 pounds) category. [1]
Cotto was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Puerto Rican parents, and relocated to Caguas, Puerto Rico, with his family before he turned two. [5] There are several figures linked to boxing in his family, including his late father Miguel Cotto Sr., his brother José Miguel Cotto, his second cousin Abner Cotto, and his uncle and former boxing trainer Evangelista Cotto.
Eric Morel (born October 1, 1975) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight (112 lb) champion. Amateur career