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2903:José Torres
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81:Nationality
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2897:superstar
2839:1969-07-19
2800:1969-08-02
2764:1969-08-23
2728:1969-09-27
2692:1969-10-18
2656:1969-11-22
2620:1970-01-24
2584:1970-02-14
2548:1970-02-28
2512:1970-03-28
2476:1970-04-30
2440:1970-05-02
2404:1970-05-20
2368:1970-07-30
2332:1970-08-22
2296:1970-10-24
2260:1971-02-27
2222:1971-04-24
2186:1971-05-03
2150:1971-06-05
2111:1971-07-24
2073:1971-08-07
2034:1971-09-04
1996:1971-10-30
1960:1971-11-19
1924:1971-11-30
1888:1972-02-18
1853:Felt Forum
1847:1972-04-10
1806:1972-05-01
1768:1972-07-08
1727:1972-07-28
1691:1972-09-18
1655:1972-10-30
1618:1972-11-17
1569:1973-02-16
1531:1973-04-16
1495:1973-05-21
1456:1973-07-14
1415:1973-09-08
1379:1973-10-29
1343:1973-11-22
1329:Al Foster
1307:1974-01-07
1261:1974-03-16
1222:1974-06-10
1186:1974-09-02
1147:1975-03-15
1108:1975-05-17
1070:1975-10-11
1034:1976-03-06
988:1976-05-08
947:1976-09-10
908:1977-02-12
869:1977-06-25
831:1977-09-10
782:1978-01-21
743:1978-06-03
707:1978-07-08
671:1978-10-27
633:1979-10-04
597:1979-11-09
561:1980-05-10
517:1980-07-07
194:Wins by KO
130:5 ft
98:Statistics
46:1950-08-02
2868:Christian
484:Location
472:Opponent
430:5 losses
408:undercard
374:Las Vegas
322:champion
313:Al Foster
288:champion
274:Venezuela
105:Weight(s)
3108:Vacated
2912:See also
2864:baseball
799:The Ring
427:57 wins
340:Colombia
303:for the
161:Orthodox
73:San Juan
54:Carolina
2471:10 (10)
2327:10 (10)
2255:10 (10)
2217:10 (10)
2181:10 (10)
2106:12 (12)
2029:12 (12)
1955:10 (10)
1883:10 (10)
1801:12 (12)
1763:10 (10)
1722:10 (10)
1686:10 (10)
1650:10 (10)
1612:10 (10)
1564:12 (12)
1526:10 (10)
1490:10 (10)
1451:12 (12)
1374:10 (10)
1302:10 (10)
1255:11 (15)
1181:10 (10)
1103:15 (15)
983:15 (15)
864:11 (15)
826:10 (10)
776:12 (15)
666:10 (10)
628:10 (10)
592:10 (10)
512:13 (15)
469:Record
466:Result
292:at the
270:Caracas
139:⁄
3112:Vacant
3088:Vacant
3066:BoxRec
2615:2 (10)
2579:3 (10)
2543:8 (10)
2507:1 (10)
2363:5 (10)
2291:7 (10)
2145:6 (10)
2068:5 (10)
1991:5 (10)
1842:8 (10)
1410:1 (12)
1338:1 (10)
942:7 (15)
903:6 (15)
738:3 (10)
556:7 (10)
487:Notes
254:, and
202:Losses
157:Stance
127:Height
3064:from
2834:4 (4)
2795:3 (6)
2759:6 (6)
2723:1 (6)
2687:2 (6)
2651:5 (6)
2495:10–0
2459:11–0
2435:2 (?)
2423:12–0
2399:2 (?)
2387:13–0
2351:14–0
2315:15–0
2279:16–0
2241:16–1
2238:Loss
2205:17–1
2169:18–1
2133:19–1
2092:20–1
2056:21–1
2015:22–1
1979:23–1
1943:24–1
1919:5 (?)
1907:25–1
1869:26–1
1828:27–1
1787:28–1
1749:29–1
1710:30–1
1674:31–1
1638:32–1
1598:33–1
1550:34–1
1514:35–1
1478:36–1
1437:37–1
1398:38–1
1362:39–1
1326:40–1
1288:41–1
1241:41–2
1238:Loss
1217:5 (?)
1205:42–2
1169:43–2
1142:3 (?)
1130:44–2
1089:44–3
1086:Loss
1065:5 (?)
1053:45–3
1029:2 (?)
1017:46–3
969:47–3
930:48–3
891:49–3
850:50–3
814:51–3
762:51–4
759:Loss
726:52–4
702:2 (?)
690:53–4
652:54–4
616:55–4
580:56–4
542:57–4
498:57–5
495:Loss
481:Date
475:Type
224:boxer
149:Reach
2880:AIDS
2822:1–0
2819:Win
2783:2–0
2780:Win
2747:3–0
2744:Win
2711:4–0
2708:Win
2675:5–0
2672:Win
2639:6–0
2636:Win
2603:7–0
2600:Win
2567:8–0
2564:Win
2531:9–0
2528:Win
2492:Win
2456:Win
2420:Win
2384:Win
2348:Win
2312:Win
2276:Win
2202:Win
2166:Win
2130:Win
2089:Win
2053:Win
2012:Win
1976:Win
1940:Win
1904:Win
1866:Win
1825:Win
1784:Win
1746:Win
1707:Win
1671:Win
1635:Win
1595:Win
1584:NABF
1547:Win
1511:Win
1475:Win
1434:Win
1395:Win
1359:Win
1323:Win
1285:Win
1272:For
1202:Win
1166:Win
1127:Win
1050:Win
1014:Win
1001:Won
966:Win
927:Win
888:Win
847:Win
811:Win
723:Win
687:Win
649:Win
613:Win
577:Win
539:Win
186:Wins
92:Vita
62:Died
40:Born
2876:HIV
2829:TKO
2718:TKO
2682:TKO
2610:TKO
2574:TKO
2538:TKO
2502:TKO
2489:10
2466:PTS
2453:11
2417:12
2381:13
2358:TKO
2345:14
2309:15
2273:16
2235:17
2199:18
2163:19
2140:TKO
2127:20
2101:PTS
2086:21
2063:TKO
2050:22
2009:23
1973:24
1937:25
1901:26
1863:27
1837:TKO
1822:28
1796:TKO
1781:29
1758:PTS
1743:30
1704:31
1681:PTS
1668:32
1645:PTS
1632:33
1592:34
1544:35
1508:36
1485:PTS
1472:37
1431:38
1392:39
1369:PTS
1356:40
1320:41
1282:42
1274:WBA
1235:43
1212:TKO
1199:44
1176:PTS
1163:45
1124:46
1083:47
1060:TKO
1047:48
1024:TKO
1011:49
1003:WBC
963:50
924:51
898:TKO
885:52
844:53
821:PTS
808:54
771:TKO
756:55
733:TKO
720:56
697:TKO
684:57
646:58
610:59
574:60
536:61
507:TKO
492:62
462:No.
449:25
438:32
352:WBC
342:'s
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3043:.
3025:.
3009:^
2999:.
2893:,
2816:1
2790:KO
2777:2
2754:UD
2741:3
2705:4
2669:5
2646:KO
2633:6
2597:7
2561:8
2525:9
2430:KO
2394:KO
2322:UD
2286:KO
2250:UD
2212:UD
2176:UD
2024:UD
1986:KO
1950:UD
1914:KO
1878:UD
1717:UD
1607:UD
1559:UD
1521:UD
1446:UD
1405:KO
1333:KO
1297:KO
1250:KO
1137:KO
1098:UD
978:UD
937:KO
859:KO
661:SD
623:UD
587:UD
551:KO
452:2
441:3
383:.
315:.
272:,
250:,
197:32
189:57
181:62
3029:.
2985:.
402:-
205:5
141:2
137:1
134:+
132:4
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