Title: Jose "Chegui" Torres Description: The December 16, 1966 boxing match between WBA and WBC Light Heavyweight Champion of the World Jose "Chegui" Torres (Jose Luis Torres; 1936-2009) (Left) and Nigerian boxer Dick Tiger (Richard Ihetu; 1929-1971) (Right). Tiger would defeat Torres in fifteen rounds to become the new WBA and WBC Light Heavyweight Champion of the World. Torres would finish his career with a record of (41-3-1), while Tiger would amass a professional record of (29-19-3); Keywords: pugilists, prizefighters, Light Heavyweight Champions of the World, Light Heavyweight Boxers, boxers, boxing, fighters, fighting, prizefighting, pugilism, ring, boxing matches, Light Heavyweights, Puerto Rican Light Heavyweight Boxers, Light Heavyweight Boxers from Puerto Rico, Light Heavyweight Boxers from Nigeria, Nigerian Light Heavyweight Boxers, Ring Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees, World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees, International Hall of Fame Inductees, Light Heavyweight Champions of the World, African American Boxers, WBA Light Heavyweight Champions of the World, WBC Light Heavyweight Champions of the World, Olympic Gold Medalists, Olympic Gold Medal Winners, Olympic United States Boxers, Olympic Boxers for the United States, Olympic Gold Medalists for The United States, boxing matches, Middleweights, igbo Boxers, boxing matches. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1200 x 1560 (1.87 MPixels) (1.30) Print Size: 10.2 x 13.2 cm; 4.0 x 5.2 inches File Size: 5.36 MB (5,622,466 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000301035 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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