Sixto Escobar - Professional Championships

Professional Championships

Preceded by
Panama Al Brown
Recognition withdrawn
Montreal Athletic Commission World Bantamweight Champion
26 June 1934– 26 August 1935
Succeeded by
Lou Salica
Preceded by
Panama Al Brown
Recognition withdrawn
NBA World Bantamweight Champion
7 August 1935– 26 August 1935
Succeeded by
Lou Salica
Preceded by
Panama Al Brown
Recognition withdrawn
NYSAC World Bantamweight Champion
7 August 1935– 26 August 1935
Succeeded by
Lou Salica
Preceded by
Lou Salica
World Bantamweight Champion
Disputed until defeat of Tony Marino on August 31, 1936

15 November 1935– 23 September 1937
Succeeded by
Harry Jeffra
Preceded by
Harry Jeffra
World Bantamweight Champion
20 February 1938– October 1939
Abandons
Succeeded by
Georgie Pace (NBA)
Lou Salica (New York), (California, disputed)
Little Dado (California, disputed)

Puerto Ricans in the International Boxing Hall of Fame
Number Name Year inducted Notes
1 Carlos Ortiz 1991 World Jr. Welterweight Champion 1959 June 12- 1960, September 1, WBA Lightweight Champion 1962 Apr 21 – 1965 Apr 10, WBC Lightweight Champion 1963 Apr 7 – 1965 Apr 10, WBC Lightweight Champion 1965 Nov 13 – 1968 Jun 29.
2 Wilfred Benítez 1994 The youngest world champion in boxing history. WBA Light Welterweight Champion 1976 Mar 6 – 1977, WBC Welterweight Champion 1979 Jan 14 – 1979 Nov 30, WBC Light Middleweight Champion.
3 Wilfredo Gómez 1995 WBC Super Bantamweight Champion 1977 May 21 – 1983, WBC Featherweight Champion 1984 Mar 31 – 1984 Dec 8, WBA Super Featherweight Champion 1985 May 19 – 1986 May 24.
4 José "Chegui" Torres 1997 Won a silver medal in the junior middleweight at the 1956 Olympic Games. Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion 1965 Mar 30 – 1966 Dec 16
5 Sixto Escobar 2002 Puerto Rico's first boxing champion. World Bantamweight Champion 15 Nov 1935– 23 Sep 1937, World Bantamweight Champion 20 Feb 1938– Oct 1939
6 Edwin Rosario 2006 Ranks #36 on the list of "100 Greatest Punchers of All Time." according to Ring Magazine. WBC Lightweight Champion 1983 May 1 – 1984 Nov 3, WBA Lightweight Champion 1986 Sep 26 – 1987 Nov 21, WBA Lightweight Champion 199 Jul 9 – 1990 Apr 4, WBA Light Welterweight Champion 1991 Jun 14 – 1992 Apr 10.
7 Pedro Montañez 2007 92 wins out of 103 fights. Never held a title.
8 Joe Cortez 2011 The first Puerto Rican boxing referee to be inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame
9 Herbert "Cocoa Kid" Hardwick 2012 Member of boxing's "Black Murderers' Row". World Colored Welterweight Championship - June 11, 1937 to August 22, 1938; World Colored Middleweight Championship - January 11, 1940 until the title went extinct in the 1940s; World Colored Middleweight Championship - January 15, 1943 until the title went extinct in the 1940s

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