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Total Fights | 45 |
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Wins | 41 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 29 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 11 years and one month, José Torres fought 45 times with 41 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.
Torres retired from professional boxing with a record of 41-3-1, which included three light-heavyweight world-title wins and three successful title defense fights. He had a 64.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 29 of his total 45 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Torres' career was a 5th round TKO loss to Florentino Fernández, which was not a world title fight.
His last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Charley Green on July 14, 1969.
Some of Torres' best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Willie Pastrano, Chic Calderwood, Bob Dunlop, Eddie Cotton, Tom McNeeley, Wayne Thornton, and Carl Olson.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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45 | Jul 14, 1969 | 33 | Charley Green | Win | KO2 |
44 | Apr 1, 1968 | 31 | Bob Dunlop | Win | TKO6 |
43 | May 16, 1967 | 31 | Dick Tiger | Loss * | SD |
42 | Dec 16, 1966 | 30 | Dick Tiger | Loss * | UD |
41 | Oct 15, 1966 | 30 | Chic Calderwood | Win * | KO2 |
40 | Aug 15, 1966 | 30 | Eddie Cotton | Win * | UD |
39 | May 21, 1966 | 30 | Wayne Thornton | Win * | UD |
38 | Jul 31, 1965 | 29 | Tom McNeeley | Win | UD |
37 | Mar 30, 1965 | 28 | Willie Pastrano | Win * | TKO9 |
36 | Nov 27, 1964 | 28 | Carl Olson | Win | KO1 |
35 | Sep 4, 1964 | 28 | Gomeo Brennan | Win | MD |
34 | Jul 20, 1964 | 28 | Walker Simmons | Win | KO6 |
33 | Jun 22, 1964 | 28 | Frankie Olivera | Win | TKO5 |
32 | May 15, 1964 | 28 | Wilbert McClure | Win | UD |
31 | Apr 21, 1964 | 27 | Walker Simmons | Win | TKO8 |
30 | Jan 3, 1964 | 27 | José Gonzalez | Win | UD |
29 | Oct 9, 1963 | 27 | Don Fullmer | Win | PTS |
28 | May 25, 1963 | 27 | Florentino Fernández | Loss | TKO5 |
27 | Dec 14, 1962 | 26 | Al Hauser | Win | TKO3 |
26 | Jul 27, 1962 | 26 | Obdulio Nuñez | Win | KO7 |
25 | Apr 10, 1962 | 25 | Jimmy Watkins | Win | RTD7 |
24 | Nov 28, 1961 | 25 | Tony Montano | Win | KO4 |
23 | Oct 31, 1961 | 25 | George Price | Win | KO2 |
22 | Jun 27, 1961 | 25 | Ike White | Win | KO3 |
21 | Jun 5, 1961 | 25 | Mel Collins | Win | KO7 |
20 | May 23, 1961 | 25 | Bob Young | Win | TKO5 |
19 | Apr 1, 1961 | 24 | Bobby Barnes | Win | KO3 |
18 | Feb 17, 1961 | 24 | Gene Hamilton | Win | TKO4 |
17 | Jun 11, 1960 | 24 | Randy Sandy | Win | UD |
16 | Mar 15, 1960 | 23 | Tony Dupas | Win | MD |
15 | Jan 30, 1960 | 23 | Randy Sandy | Win | PTS |
14 | Sep 26, 1959 | 23 | Benny Paret | Draw | PTS |
13 | Jun 26, 1959 | 23 | Al Andrews | Win | TKO6 |
12 | Apr 23, 1959 | 22 | Joe Shaw | Win | TKO5 |
11 | Mar 19, 1959 | 22 | Leroy Oliphant | Win | TKO3 |
10 | Feb 26, 1959 | 22 | Eddie Wright | Win | TKO5 |
9 | Dec 4, 1958 | 22 | Isaac Jenkins | Win | TKO5 |
8 | Nov 3, 1958 | 22 | Burke Emery | Win | TKO5 |
7 | Oct 13, 1958 | 22 | Frankie Anselm | Win | KO9 |
6 | Sep 29, 1958 | 22 | Otis Woodward | Win | TKO5 |
5 | Aug 18, 1958 | 22 | Benny Doyle | Win | KO1 |
4 | Jul 5, 1958 | 22 | Wes Lowry | Win | PTS |
3 | Jun 21, 1958 | 22 | Joe Salvato | Win | KO4 |
2 | Jun 7, 1958 | 22 | Walter Irby | Win | PTS |
1 | May 24, 1958 | 22 | Gene Hamilton | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
José Torres (Chegüi) was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on May 3, 1936. He was a light-heavyweight world champion. He died on January 19, 2009 at the age of 72 years. Torres was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1997. His professional boxing career spanned more than 11 years — from 1958 to 1969.
Torres made his professional boxing debut against Gene Hamilton at the age of 22 on May 24, 1958, defeating Hamilton via 1st round KO. He went on to win 12 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 10 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on March 30, 1965 after 36 professional fights, against Willie Pastrano for the light-heavyweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring titles. He defeated Pastrano via 9th round TKO to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
José Torres was a one-time undisputed light-heavyweight world champion, and won three world titles at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Torres' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Torres had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Charley Green at 33 years of age, on July 14, 1969. Torres won the fight via 2nd round KO.
Torres had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost two.
José Torres fought for light-heavyweight world titles in two fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. In total, he won three light-heavyweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 30, 1965+ | Willie Pastrano | Light-heavyweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | TKO |
José Torres had four light-heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Oct 15, 1966 | Chic Calderwood | Light-heavyweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | KO |
Aug 15, 1966 | Eddie Cotton | Light-heavyweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
May 21, 1966 | Wayne Thornton | Light-heavyweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
José Torres lost one world-title defense fight, and lost three titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Dec 16, 1966 | Dick Tiger | Light-heavyweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Torres fought a total of 45 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at the light-heavyweight division. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
March 30, 1965: Torres becomes the undisputed light-heavyweight world champion in his first world-title fight by beating Willie Pastrano via 9th round TKO. He now holds the WBA, WBC, and The Ring light-heavyweight world-champion belts.
October 15, 1966: Torres successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring light-heavyweight titles against Chic Calderwood, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
Torres knocked out 29 of his 45 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 64.4%. Of his total 41 wins, 29 of them were via KO (70.7%).
Torres' first world-title win were the WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts at light-heavyweight. He defeated Willie Pastrano via 9 round TKO to win the titles.
Torres won three world titles at light-heavyweight.
Torres had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost one time.