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Learn about José Torres, a former centre-forward who played for Benfica and Portugal, and later coached the national team. Find out his achievements, goals, and personal life in this comprehensive biography.
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Jose "Chegui" Torres was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on May 3, 1936. He joined the U.S. Army when he was 17 years old — As Puerto Ricans have been United States citizens since 1917 — and started boxing to avoid KP duty. Torres represented the U.S. as a light middleweight at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and won a silver medal, losing to Laszlo Pappof...
After retiring in 1969, Torres worked for several years as an aide to Paul O'Dwyer, then president of the New York City Council. He later worked for Andrew Stein, borough president of Manhattan. Torres also was Puerto Rico's official New York City representative. Torres also worked as a writer. With the help of Pete Hamill, he got a column in the N...
Beset by health issues, Torres decided to return to Puerto Rico in 2007, though he still occasionally returned to New York, as he did in May 2007 when his nephew, Joel Torres, fought at Gotham Hall. Torres was home in Ponce when he died of a heart attack in the early hours of January 19, 2009. The mayor of Ponce declared three days of mourning and ...
1956 1. Silver Medalist (156 pounds) at the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Results: 1.1. Defeated Peter Read(Australia) PTS 1.2. Defeated Franco Scisciani(Italy) PTS 1.3. Defeated John McCormack(Great Britain) PTS 1.4. Lost to Laszlo Papp (Hungary) PTS 1958 1. Won the New York Daily News Golden Gloves Championship (160 pounds) vs. William Picket...
"José Torres, 72, Boxing Hall of Famer and Official, Dies" By Richard Goldstein, New York Times, January 19, 2009"Jose Torres dies at 72; former light heavyweight world champion" Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2009"Torres' legacy extends beyond the ropes" By George Kimball, ESPN.com, January 20, 2009"Obituary: José Torres" By Michael Carlson, the Guardian, January 25, 2009Jose Torres was a world light heavyweight champion and a silver medalist at the 1956 Olympics. He fought in Puerto Rico, New York and Australia, and faced Muhammad Ali and Dick Tiger among others.
José Augusto Torres Gil[b] (born 28 March 1995) is a cyclist who competes in freestyle BMX. Born in Bolivia, he represents Argentina internationally. He won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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.
Sep 3, 2010 · Portuguese football is mourning the death of former SL Benfica striker and national team coach José Torres who has died aged 71. Torres coached his country at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and a...
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José Torres was a Puerto Rican professional boxer, world light heavyweight (175 pounds) champion, 1965–66. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Torres was a member of the 1956 U.S. Olympic boxing team and a silver medalist in the light middleweight (71 kg, or 156.5 pounds) division.
