José Louis "Chegüi" Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican-born professional boxer who fought representing the United States. [1] As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. [1]

Jan 15, 2025 · José Torres (born May 3, 1936, Ponce, Puerto Rico—died Jan. 19, 2009, Ponce) was a Puerto Rican professional boxer, world light heavyweight (175 pounds) champion, 1965–66.

Oct 8, 2022 · He was the third Puerto Rican boxer to win a world title and the first Hispanic boxer to win the World Light Heavyweight Championship. Following the win, Torres declared, "I want Muhammad Ali." A month after winning the championship, Torres, who had a good singing voice, appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and sang "Un Poco Mas."

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Jan 20, 2009 · José Torres, a former light-heavyweight champion who became a boxing official and a literary presence in the sport as a biographer of Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, died Monday in...

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.

José (“Chegüi”) Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009), 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 Pastrano to win the WBC and WBA light heavyweight championships.

Jose Torres, Chegui (born May 3, 1936), is a Puerto Rican who is a former boxer and the first hispanic ever to win the world Light Heavyweight championship. Torres was born in the Playita sector of Ponce, the same area that Sor Isolina Ferre would later call home.