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Salvador "Sal" Sánchez Narváez (January 26, 1959 – August 12, 1982) was a Mexican professional boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Sanchez was the WBC and The Ring featherweight champion from 1980 to 1982. Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing writers believe that had it not been for his premature ...
Contested at the Caesars Palace hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, it pitted Wilfredo Gómez, a Puerto Rican who had a record of 32 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw, and all his wins by knockout, and who was the world's Jr. Featherweight champion, against the lesser known Salvador Sánchez, who hailed from Mexico with a record of 40 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw, and 30 wins by knockout.
Laporte was a mandatory challenger, meaning that Sanchez had to defend his WBC title against him or he could be stripped of the world championship. Don King, Sanchez's promoter, figuring that the fight would sell more tickets in a state near Mexico, worked a deal for the fight to take place in El Paso. A decisively pro-Sanchez crowd filled the ...
Salvador Sanchez celebrates his victory over Azumah Nelson in their featherweight title fight on July 21, 1982, at Madison Square Garden. (The Ring Magazine/Getty Images) The fight was a hard ...
Hoping to get a rematch with Sanchez, Gómez went back to the super bantamweight division, where he got a dispense from the WBC to make two preparation bouts before defending his title again. [12] He did so and won two non-title bouts, both by knockout, one in the 2nd round over Jose Luis Soto, who was a stablemate of Julio César Chávez back ...
Sanchez was with his young son in a Costco in Corona when he was attacked from behind by 32-year-old Kenneth French. Ex-LA officer charged in fatal shooting of mentally ill man Skip to main content
USA Tuesday Night Fights (also known as Friday Night Boxing, Wednesday Night Fights, and Thursday Night Fights) is a television boxing show. It aired from October 1, 1982 to August 25, 1998 on the USA Network ; at one time it was the longest-running boxing show on television.
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