José "Chegui" Torres
Statistics
Real name	José Torres
Nickname(s)	Chegui
Rated at	Light heavyweight
Nationality	Puerto Rico
Birth date	3 May 1936 (1936-05-03) (age 72)
Birth place	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	45
Wins	41
Wins by KO	29
Losses	3
Draws	1
No contests	0

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
Silver	1956 Melbourne	Light Middleweight

José "Chegui" Torres, (born May 3, 1936), is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. In boxing the light heavyweight (above 168 pounds up to 175 pounds division is the weight division between Cruiserweight and Super middleweight. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ponce ( IPA) officially the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Southern Coastal Plain region An Orthodox stance in combat sports such as boxing and karate refers to someone who boxes right-handed as opposed to a left-handed fighter who is referred to as a Southpaw. Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place in the new stadium at West Melbourne Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Puerto Rican ('puertorriqueño' ( Taíno term boricua) is a person who was born in Puerto Rico. Torres participated in the 1956 Olympic Games. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games As an Olympian, he won a silver medal as a junior middleweight. On March 30, 1965, he defeated Willie Pastrano by technical knockout and won the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association light heavyweight championships, at the moment becoming the third Puerto Rican to win a professional world championship. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Wilfred Raleigh Pastrano ( November 27 1935 &mdash December 6 1997) was a light heavyweight boxer who held the world crown from 1963 until 1965 The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, The World Boxing Association (WBA is a Boxing organization that sanctions official matches and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level This is a chronological List of World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations The World Boxing Association On 1997 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall ^[1]

Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 Retirement 4 Professional championships 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Amateur career

Torres trained at the Empire Sporting Club in New York City. He was the 1958 National AAU Middleweight Champion and also won the 1958 New York Golden Gloves 160lb Open Championship. Official NameAmateur Athletic Union of the United States Incorporated (AAU This amateur boxing tournament is considered by many boxing aficionados as one of the three most elite Golden Gloves titles along with the Chicago Golden Gloves and the Torres won the Silver Medal in the light middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games.

Professional career

He debuted as a professional in 1958 with a first round knockout of George Hamilton in New York. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Twelve wins in a row followed, ten of them by knockout (including wins over contenders Ike Jenkins and Al Andrews), after which he was able to make his San Juan debut against Benny Paret, a world welterweight and Middleweight champion whose death after a fight would later on become one of the turning points in the history of boxing. San Juan (saŋ hwaŋ (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, " Saint John the Baptist " is the Capital and largest municipality in Benny "Kid" Paret, born Bernardo Paret ( March 14 1937 - April 3 1962) born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Torres and Paret fought to a ten round draw, and in 1960, Torres went back to campaigning in New York, where he scored three wins that year, all by decision, including two over Randy Sandy. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In 1961, Torres made his hometown debut with a four round knockout win in a rematch with Hamilton at Ponce. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He made six more fights that year, winning all of them by knockout.

1962 came by and Torres kept his knockout streak alive with three more knockout wins, but in 1963, he suffered his first loss, being stopped in five by Cuba's Florentino Fernandez, the only boxer ever to beat Torres by a knockout as a professional. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Florentino "the Ox" Fernández (born March 6, 1936 in Santiago de Cuba) was a hard punching Cuban Middleweight who fought After that setback, Torres went back to training and had one more fight that year, and that time around, he was able to beat another top contender in Don Fullmer, Gene Fullmer's brother, with a ten round decision win in New Jersey. Don Fullmer (born February 21 1939 is a former boxer and brother of former world middleweight champion Gene Fullmer. Gene Fullmer (born July 21, 1931) is a former American Middleweight boxer. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

In 1964, Torres beat a group of name boxers, including Jose Gonzalez, Walker Simmons (twice), Frankie Olivera, Gomeo Brennan and former world Middleweight champion Carl Olson (Bobo), taken out in one round. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. José González may refer to José González, singer-songwriter José González (baseball, MLB outfielder Jose Gonzalez Carl Olson ( July 11 1928 &ndash January 16 2002) was an American boxer. After this, Torres was ranked number 1 among Light Heavyweight challengers, and his title shot would arrive soon.

In 1965, it finally did. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Met at Madison Square Garden with fellow International Boxing Hall Of Fame member and then world Light Heavyweight champion Willie Pastrano, Torres became the third Puerto Rican world boxing champion in history and first Latin American to win the Light Heavyweight title, knocking Pastrano out in round nine. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall Wilfred Raleigh Pastrano ( November 27 1935 &mdash December 6 1997) was a light heavyweight boxer who held the world crown from 1963 until 1965 He fought a non-title bout versus Tom McNeeley (father of former Mike Tyson rival Peter McNeeley) in San Juan, winning a ten round decision. Thomas "Tom" McNeeley Jr. (born February 27, 1937) was a Heavyweight boxer in the 1950s and 1960s "Hurricane" Peter McNeeley (born October 6 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former Heavyweight boxer best known for his 1995 fight

In 1966, he successfully defended his crown three times, with 15 round decisions over Wayne Thornton and Eddie Cotton and a two round knockout of Chic Calderwood. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Eddie Cotton (born on June 15, 1927 in BradonMississippi was an American Man Career Eddie Cotton was a light heavyweight contender from the late Chic Calderwood was a Scottish Light-heavyweight boxer from Craigneuk in North Lanarkshire, Scotland who was active from 1957 In his next defense, however, he would lose it to another Hall Of Fame member, Nigeria's Dick Tiger, by a decision in 15 rounds. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Dick Tiger CBE (born Richard Ihetu August 14, 1929 - December 14 1971) was a boxer from Amaigbo

In 1967, he and Tiger had a rematch, and Torres lost a 15 round decision again. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Many fans thought he should have won it that time, and as a consequence, a large scale riot followed the fight, with many New York City policemen called to the Garden arena to try to calm down the fans.

After his second defeat to Tiger, Torres only fought twice more, retiring after 1969. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Retirement

In his years after retiring from boxing, he became a representative of the Puerto Rican community in New York, meeting political leaders, giving lectures and becoming the New York State Athletic Commission's Commissioner from 1984 to 1988. The New York State Athletic Commission, also known as the New York Athletic Commission, regulates all contests and exhibitions of Unarmed combat within the state of Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) In 1986, he was chosen to sing the United States National Anthem before the world Lightweight championship bout between Jimmy Paul and Irleis Perez in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and in 1987, he authored "Fire and Fear" a book about Tyson. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Jimmy Paul (born August 27, 1959 in Detroit MI was an American boxer in the Lightweight division Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) In 1990 he became President of the WBO, and he performed as President there until 1995. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The World Boxing Organization ( WBO) is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional Boxing world champions Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995

He is also a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and regularly contributes a column for El Diario La Prensa, a Spanish language newspaper in New York City. The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall El Diario la Prensa is the largest and oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in New York City, and the oldest Spanish-language daily in the United States A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. The City of New York

He is the author of Sting Like a Bee (ISBN 0071395881), a biography of Muhammad Ali. Biography Early life Cassius Clay Jr was born on January 17 1942

Torres has recently announced his decision to move back to his hometown of Ponce, Puerto Rico and concentrate on writing books and articles related to sports and history. Ponce ( IPA) officially the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Southern Coastal Plain region

Professional championships

Preceded by Willie Pastrano	World Boxing Council Light Heavyweight Champion 30 Mar 1965–16 Dec 1966	Succeeded by Dick Tiger
Preceded by Willie Pastrano	World Boxing Association Light Heavyweight Champion 30 Mar 1965–16 Dec 1966	Succeeded by Dick Tiger

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans
• Spanish Golden Gloves
• List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions

References

External links

Professional boxing record for José Torres from Boxrec

BoxReccom is a website dedicated to keep updated records of professional boxers, both male and female.

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