Remembering A Boxing Legend: Jose “Chegui” Torres 1936-2009

[Saddo]

Jose Torres was a man who went full circle in the boxing world, from amateur boxer, 1956 Olympic Light Middleweight Silver Medallist, Puerto Rican Middleweight Champion, WBA and WBC Light Heavyweight Champion, New York State Athletic Commission Chairman and WBO President.

He was also an author of two top selling biographies, "Sting Like a Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story" and "Fire and Fear: The inside Story of Mike Tyson” and a 1997 Hall of Fame ... Full Boxing Article here...

[Kel]

RIP

What an amazing life though to be so involved with the sport for pretty much all your years.

[rjj tszyu]

Was he part of team Tyson in the early days? He seemed to be in the ring quite a bit at Tyson fights!

[Puya]

RIP

What an amazing life though to be so involved with the sport for pretty much all your years.

RIP chegui. He was from my home town but I never net him.

[ElTerribleMorales]

RIP

What an amazing life though to be so involved with the sport for pretty much all your years.

RIP chegui. He was from my home town but I never net him.

He attended a sports festival in Isabela on Saturday, and i'm from Aguadilla, which is only about 20 mins off, was gonna go, but well had other obligations, sucks to know i could of at least seen him once before his passing

[DaxxKahn]

Was he part of team Tyson in the early days? He seemed to be in the ring quite a bit at Tyson fights!

Not part of team Tyson in the traditional way but he was an influence on Mike.....Knew him since Cus first found him at Tryon....The whole Catskill crew was very close back then...Tyson, Atalas, Cus, Rooney etc.....Jose was like Royalty to them.....

Jose really wanted Tyson to do well for himself and was genuinly saddened by Mikes antics....

The book he wrote was actually supposed to shed Tyson in a more positive light and give some understanding to maybe why Mike does some of the things he would do

[Zelley]

After winning the title from Willie Pastrano, he had a few defences including the bout with Eddie Cotton before losing the title to former middleweight champion Dick Tiger.

[bradlee180]

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Jose Torres vs Dick Tiger

Rest In Peace

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[DaxxKahn]

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Jose Torres vs Dick Tiger

Rest In Peace

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Nice pic...Good find

[ElTerribleMorales]

im really saddened by the passing of Torres, but that's not the most flattering photo for Tiger, looks like the dude has a boner there lol

[DaxxKahn]

im really saddened by the passing of Torres, but that's not the most flattering photo for Tiger, looks like the dude has a boner there lol

Ha Ha Ha...I thought the same thing just did not want to say anything

[holmcall]

Was he part of team Tyson in the early days? He seemed to be in the ring quite a bit at Tyson fights!

Not part of team Tyson in the traditional way but he was an influence on Mike.....Knew him since Cus first found him at Tryon....The whole Catskill crew was very close back then...Tyson, Atalas, Cus, Rooney etc.....Jose was like Royalty to them.....

Jose really wanted Tyson to do well for himself and was genuinly saddened by Mikes antics....

The book he wrote was actually supposed to shed Tyson in a more positive light and give some understanding to maybe why Mike does some of the things he would do

Also Patterson, Jacobs and Cayton, but the straw that stirred the intellectual drink was Jimmy Jacobs IMO, a real brain and a super athlete (which few people ever knew). Jimmy was one of the greates handball player who ever lived. I believe he came from USC. Things started to beark down when he died suddenly. Quite a tight group back then--if only they could have stuck together, Tyson would not have imploded. Pity. Torres was a renisance man if ever there was one.

[Jody Lane]

Sorry to see the passing of one of the few decent guys involved in the hiarchy of the sport at one point or another. I always wondered how the WBO managed to get him instead of a bandit like Jose Suliaman?

[JazMerkin]

What a shame. RIP Chegui

[Zelley]

JOSE was one of the boxers that helped put the sizzle into Boxing's "Sizzling Sixties"