On This Day In Boxing History!

1959: Juan LaPorte Was Born!

Juan Laporte

Born: November 24th, 1959

Birth Name: Juan La Porte

Birth Place: Guayama, Puerto Rico

Residence: Brooklyn, New York

Pro-Debut: October 29th, 1977

Division: Featherweight

Career: 1977-1999

Debut: October 29th, 1977

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 5′ 5″  

Reach: 68″ 

Bouts: 57

Rounds: 456

Ko’s: 38.6%

Record: 40-16-1, 22Ko’s

WBC Featherweight Champion

1982 Sep 15 – 1984 Mar 31

2012: Hector Camacho Passes!

Hector Camacho   

Born: May 24th, 1962

Birth Name: Héctor Luís Camacho Matías

Birth Place: Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Residence: New York, New York

Pro-Debut: September 12th,1980

Alias: “Macho”

Division: Lightweight

Stance: Southpaw

Height: 5′ 6½″ 

Reach: 69″  

Record: 79-6-3, 38Ko’s

Bouts: 88

Rounds: 673

Ko’s: 43%

Died: Age 50, November 24th, 2012’

November 24th

1933: Tony Canzoneri KO2 Kid Chocolate

1948: Carmen Basilio pro-debut KO3 Jimmy Evans

1951: George Roberts W8 Tommy Armour

Joey Giambra W8 Gus Rubicini

1957: Pedro Fernandez born

1959: Juan LaPorte born

1961: Gregorio Peralta W10 Pablo Sagrispanti

Karl Mildenberger W10 Howard King 

Giulio Rinaldi W10 Dieter Wemhoner

Jesse Bowdry W10 Freddie Mack

Mario D'Agata W8 Francisco Carreno

Fortunato Manca W8 Jose Riquelme

Sandro Lopopolo W8 Jaime Aparici

1964: Arthur Williams born

1976: Dong Kyun Yum W15 Royal Kobayashi

Nestor Garza was born in Reynosa, Mexico

1978: Dimitri Kirilov was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia

1990: Julian Jackson KO4 Herol Graham

Sot Chitalada W12 Jung Koo Chang

1996: Jose Bonilla W12 Saen Sor Ploenchit

Ratanapol Sor Vorapin KO2 Gustavo Vera

2007: Firat Arslan W12 Virgil Hill

Edgar Sosa KO 4 Roberto Carlos Leyva

Zsolt Erdei WSD12 Tito Mendoza    

2008: Ryo Miyazaki WTD9 Takuya Kamada

2010: Masayuki Kuroda WMD8 Takumi Suda

2012: Hector Camacho and friend Adrian Mojica Moreno, were shot sitting in a parked car outside a bar in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

Manny Pacquiao W12 Brandon Rios      

Evgeny Gradovich TKO9 Billy Dib

Robert Guerrero W12 Andre Berto

Scott Quigg TKO6 Rendall Munroe

Martin Murray TKO6 Jorge Navarro

Chaozhong Xiong W12 Javier Martinez Resendiz

Zulina Munoz W10 Maribel Ramirez

2015: Chayaphon Moonsri TKO9 Young Gil Bae