with his friend. As Willie lost weight, he realized two things. First, he loved boxing. Second, he hated getting hit. So, Pastrano developed a style of...
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George Scott, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio, Luis Manuel Rodríguez, and Willie Pastrano. Dundee was born Angelo Mirena on 30 August 1921 in Philadelphia, to...
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Gregorio Peralta (section Beats Pastrano)
heavyweight champion Willie Pastrano over ten rounds at Miami, Florida on September 20, 1963, in a non-title bout. His first fight with Pastrano marked Peralta's...
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Madison Square Garden, defeated International Boxing Hall Of Fame member Willie Pastrano to become world Light Heavyweight champion. With the victory Torres...
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division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he defeated Willie Pastrano to win the WBC, WBA, and lineal light heavyweight championships. Torres...
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Summer Olympics, and won the Light Heavyweight world title by defeating Willie Pastrano. Mike Tyson, whose use of the style is probably the most famous example...
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Heinz Neuhaus in Dortmund, in 1957 and against the talented American Willie Pastrano in February 1958. In June 1958, London fought Joe Erskine, the Welsh...
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is drilled with a stationary dummy called the "Willie bag", named by Cus after boxer Willie Pastrano, until the fighter is able to punch rapid combinations...
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Mauricio Pastrana Toon Pastor Willie Pastrano Floyd Patterson Jimmy Paul Kelly Pavlik Vinny Pazienza Eusebio Pedroza Willie Pep James Pereira Luis Alberto...
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Archie Moore, George Chuvalo, Zora Folley, Eddie Machen, Roy Harris, Willie Pastrano and Bob Foster. He was also an early opponent of Cassius Clay. He retired...
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in 1963, winning his first three fights at the weight before facing Willie Pastrano for the world title in Manchester on 30 November 1964. Downes was knocked...
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Tijuana. He then drew against future World Light Heavyweight Champion Willie Pastrano in a 10-round heavyweight contest. On the posters advertising that...
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NBA 1962-05-12 1963-06-01 Harold Johnson World 1963-06-01 1965-03-30 Willie Pastrano WBA/WBC 1965-03-30 1966-12-16 José Torres WBA/WBC 1966-12-16 1968-05-24...
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barbaric, and to Bob Dylan's song Who Killed Davey Moore?. June 1 – Willie Pastrano wins the world Light-Heavyweight title with a fifteen-round decision...
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Willie Pastrano. Erskine was a small heavyweight who outmaneuvered rather than overpowered his opponents. Angelo Dundee who saw his prospect Pastrano...
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Angelo Dundee was in his corner. It was part of the undercard for Willie Pastrano vs. Jesse Bowdry. Clay won the bout through a technical knockout after...
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lost fights with Tommy Jackson and future light-heavyweight champion Willie Pastrano. Layne retired from boxing in 1956. Heavyweight Action ranked Rex Layne...
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Dundee at the old 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach alongside Ralph Dupas, Willie Pastrano, Florentino Fernández and Pinklon Thomas. Rodriguez was ringside and...
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Preceded by vs. Willie Pastrano Archie Moore's bouts 15 November 1962 Succeeded by vs. Mike DiBiase Preceded by vs. Alejandro Lavorante Cassius Clay's...
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Torres won the World Light Heavyweight boxing title in a fight against Willie Pastrano which was televised coast to coast in the United States. Rodríguez...
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including consecutive wins against Willi Besmanoff, Bob Baker and Willie Pastrano, and was named Ring Magazine's progress of the year for 1957. Before...
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Romero PTS 10 Sep 29, 1956 Vancouver, British Columbia 108 Loss 82–22–4 Willie Pastrano UD 10 Jun 28, 1955 New Orleans Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana...
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undisputed title once, outpointing Gustav Scholz in Berlin, then lost it to Willie Pastrano by a fifteen-round split decision in 1963. Johnson would never fight...
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Daniel Charles, French musicologist and philosopher (d. 2008) 1935 – Willie Pastrano, American boxer (d. 1997) 1936 – Gail Sheehy, American journalist and...
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65–9–1 (37 KO) Panama 2001 László Papp 27–0–2 (15 KO) Hungary 2001 Willie Pastrano 62–13–8 (14 KO) United States 2001 Sugar Ramos 55–7–4 (40 KO) Cuba...
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Heavyweight Title. The BBBC stopped a proposed fight between Turpin and Willie Pastrano from going ahead because they thought that it was not in the best interests...
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televised world championship fight in 1964 between Terry Downes and Willie Pastrano. The first wrestling contest took place in the Kings Hall on 15 December...
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March 21, 1963 – September 26, 1964 Awards Previous: José Torres vs. Willie Pastrano Round 6 The Ring Round of the Year vs. Carlos Ortiz I Round 5 1966...
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to earn an income. On March 30, 1965, José "Chegui" Torres defeated Willie Pastrano by technical knockout and won the World Boxing Council and World Boxing...
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1961 – Gene Fullmer 1962 – Dick Tiger 1963 – Emile Griffith 1964 – Willie Pastrano 1965 – Muhammad Ali 1966 – Dick Tiger (2) 1967 – Carlos Ortiz 1968...
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