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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 and won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
José Augusto Costa Sénica Torres OM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈtoʁɨʃ]; 8 September 1938 – 3 September 2010), nicknamed "O Bom Gigante" ("The Kind Giant"), was a Portuguese football centre-forward and coach.
Jan 26, 2016 · Jose Torres - Was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the junior middleweight at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he defeated Willie ...
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Oct 8, 2022 · Torres made his professional debut with a first-round knockout of George Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York, on May 24, 1958. A popular fighter, he sold out New York's St. Nicholas Arena for his bout against Otis Woodard, which he won by a fifth-round TKO, on September 29, 1958.
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...
José Louis "Chegüi" Torres was a Puerto Rican-born professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he represented the United States and won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
Jose Torres is boxing's renaissance man: Olympian, world champion, author, administrator and now Hall of Famer. Like many successful amateur fighters, Jose began fighting when he joined the U.S. Army at the age of 18.
