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Resto had illegally altered his gloves by removing the padding and soaking his hand wraps in plaster in a boxing match against Billy Collins Jr. This gave Resto an unfair advantage that damaged Collins' eyesight, with Resto giving him a torn iris and permanently blurred vision.
Billy Collins was born to a working class Irish family in Antioch, Tennessee. His father and manager, Billy Collins Sr.(1937–2018), was a welterweight professional boxer during the late 1950s and early 1960s who won 38 of his 56 professional fights. Collins Jr. followed his father's footsteps and started training with him since a very young age.
Resto unexpectedly beat the highly touted Collins in a 10-round unanimous decision. However, after the fight, Resto's gloves were found to be missing a significant amount of padding, which allowed Resto to increase the impact of his punches and effectiveness against Collins during the fight. This illegal tampering caused tremendous harm to Collins.
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Carlos "Panama" Lewis (November 4, 1945 – September 19, 2020) [1] was an American boxing trainer. He was convicted of tampering with the gloves of Luis Resto for his fight against Billy Collins Jr. in 1983, which subsequently led to the end of Collins' boxing career.
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Working in the stage room of the Minnaert Center for the Arts at South Puget Sound Community College on June 7, 2024 Seattle artist Haiying Wu continues his sculpting of the Billy Frank Jr. statue ...