WBC Legends of Boxing Museum: Jose Torres

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Jose "Chegui" Torres

José "Chegui" Torres, (born May 3, 1936), is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. Torres participated in the 1956 Olympic 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.

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