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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 ...
On February 18, 2011 fighting in Ponce Puerto Rico Del Valle moved to 12-0, 10 KOs by stopping fellow Puerto Rican Irvin Hernandez at 2:49 of round six. June 11, 2011 Showtime's ShoBox: The New Generation main event against fellow prospect Dat Nguyen in New York on the eve of the Puerto Rican day parade. Del Valle dominated by scores of 99-91 ...
Sixto Escobar was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He debuted as a professional on Thursday, July 17, 1930, at the Victory Garden Stadium in San Juan, knocking out Luis Emilio Perez in two rounds as part of a show headlined by a bout between José Quelin Angulo and Octavio Almonte (a fight which Angulo won by second-round knockout).
Boxing: José Antonio Colon (born 17 August 1948) is a Puerto Rican boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1] References
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.
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 ...
Late in 2023, she represented Puerto Rico in Santiago, Chile, at the 2023 Pan American Games' featherweight women's boxing competition, where she made history by securing a spot at the 2024 France Olympic Games and becoming the first Puerto Rican woman to secure an Olympic spot in boxing, by beating Mariebathoul Al-Ahmadieh. [1]
Juan Molina (born March 17, 1965), better known as John John Molina in the world of boxing, is a former boxer whose career transcended boxing in Puerto Rico. A multiple time world champion, this boxer was also known as quite a socialite. Molina is a native of Fajardo, Puerto Rico.