Pascual Pérez (boxer)

Pascual Nicolás Pérez (May 4, 1926 – January 22, 1977) was an Argentine flyweight boxer. Pérez was born in Tupungato in the Mendoza Province of Argentina, he went on to make history by becoming Argentina's first world boxing champion.

Pérez usually did poor at the ticket gates in Argentina after he became world champion, forcing him to defend his world title on the road many times and to become known as a world-traveling champion. His first international success was a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in United Kingdom.

He and Delfo Cabrera were the only two Argentines to be an Olympic gold medalists in the London Olympics of 1948. Perez reigned as World Champion from 1954 to 1960. As an amateur he fought 125 bouts. Turning professional in 1952, he fought 92 fights (84 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw), in which he won 57 fights by knockout, a record that places him in an elite group of boxers who have won more than 50 fights by knockouts. He defended his title against nine contenders in a span of six years. He is considered one of the three greatest flyweight boxers in history alongside Miguel Canto and Jimmy Wilde. Along with Carlos Monzon, he is considered one of the best fighters ever to box. He has been inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. In 2004, the American Boxing Confederation posthumously declared him the South American championTemplate:Clarify.<ref name=Telam>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref><ref name="pagina">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=london>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early life

Pérez was born into a family of winemakers in the Uco Valley, Tupungato district of the Mendoza province, where he was the youngest of nine children. He worked as a laborer for the family since childhood. In 1942, at age 16, Perez started boxing at the Rodeo Deportivo de la Cruz, led by Felipe Segura, Perez showing superb skill and power, unusual for a lighter weight boxer. Though naturally left-handed he trained right-handed; his height, which only reached 1.52 m as an adult, was smaller than the rest of his opponents in the flyweight division.

Amateur career

He debuted as an amateur in January 1944 and would contest in 125 bouts winning 16 amateur championships, including the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics. The first tournament he won was the Mendocino Novice Championship, in March 1944, just two months after his debut.

That same year, his father had to pay money to hire a farm laborer who could replace Perez in the vineyard, as a condition for granting legal consent required by the regulations on parental rightsTemplate:Clarify. His parents kept a reluctant attitude towards his plans, and he began fighting under the name Pablo Pérez to avoid being caught by them.

In 1946 and 1947, Pascual Perez won the Mendoza, Argentine and Latin American championships, and in 1948, he won the tournament where the Argentina Olympic boxing team was selected, every member of this team won medals at the Olympic Games.Template:Citation needed

London Olympics

In the 1948 London Olympics, Pascual Perez (then 22 years old) won the tenth Olympic gold medal for Argentina (in the same Games, Argentina won two others) and the sixth for boxing (the same day another gold medal was obtained by fellow Argentine Rafael Iglesias). Perez had never fought outside of South America and was to compete in the same division with, and possibly fight against, the European champion, the Spanish Luis Martínez Zapata who, despite both him and Perez being respected by press and fans alike, was favored to win the gold.<ref name=london/> Initially Pascual Perez was mistakenly disqualified from the tournament when his official weight was mixed up with Arnoldo Parés, a boxer in a heavier class. However, after the confusion was cleared, Perez was cleared to box and the disqualification was rescinded.<ref name=london/>

Perez first faced the Filipino Ricardo Adolfo, winning by RSC (stoppage by the referee) in the second round. In the second match he faced the South African Desmond Williams, also winning by RSC, this time, in the third round. In the quarterfinals he defeated the Belgian Alex Bollaert and in the semifinals he beat the Czech František Majdloch.<ref name=london/>

In the finals, Pérez faced the Italian Spartacus Bandinelli (28 years old), who had an upset victory in the quarterfinals over the favored Martínez Zapata. In the first round, Perez dominated the match with his aggressive style, controlling the initial offensive of the Italian, with several successions of punches landed, including a strong right he landed at the end of the round. The second round was very intense, with Bandinelli fighting aggressively to recover points and Perez answering blow for blow, using his greater mobility to score points with his left forehand, taking advantage of the Italian's tendency to keep his guard down. In the third round Perez again took the offensive from the start with a succession of direct left and right punches to Bandinelli's face. Momentum swung several times, eventually with the Italian taking the offensive. Then the Argentine stopped the Italian's counterattack with an uppercut, and the round ended with each exchanging blows in the center of the ring.<ref name=london/>

Felix Frascara of Figura magazine, covered the match and after Perez' victory commented:

Pascual Perez has been, round by round, climbing his way to fame: first (he was) champion of his city Mendoza, (later of) his province; in short order he became the Argentine River Plate and Latin American flyweight champion. His rotund farm efficiency mainly in the strong sense of time and distance, timed to perfection. Then, he's aggressive; (having) an extremely strong punch in proportion to his weight; and (he) utilizes all his resources in full speed, without losing the line. We could say that he was the best fighter of the Argentine team and one of the best stylists in the tournament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Perez was labeled a hero in Mendoza, where the provincial parliament gave him a house and a job. Notably, in the next tournament held to select Argentine boxers for the 1952 Olympic Games, Perez lost a match by split decision, to Francisco Calvagno, being eliminated from the tournament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The chosen Argentine representative was Alberto Barenghi, who was eliminated in the first fight. After his removal, Perez decided to enter professional boxing, and two years later became the first world boxing champion from Argentina. His last amateur fight was November 14 of 1952, in the Golden Strip Club winning by points in five rounds against Paul Rapretti.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Professional career

Pérez made his professional career with manager Lazarus Koci, who also managed José María Mono Gatica, and reorganized professional boxing in Argentina.Template:Clarify

On December 5, 1952, Pérez beat José Ciorino by knockout in round four at the small Argentine city of Gerly, to begin his professional boxing career. After winning his first six fights by knockout, he challenged Marcelo Quiroga on November 11 of 1953, for the Argentine Flyweight title, winning the fight by a fourth-round knockout at Buenos Aires.

Pérez's knockout streak reached 18 knockouts in a row, and it lasted until he met Juan Bishop, on April 22, 1954, winning by a ten-round decision.

On July 24 of that year, and with a record of 23 wins, no losses, with 22 wins by knockout, Pérez met Yoshio Shirai, who, coincidentally, had been Japan's first world champion in history, in a non-title fight held at Buenos Aires. The Argentine ambassador in Japan, Carlos Quiroz, at the direction of then-President Juan D. Peron, took steps to set up a match in Buenos Aires against Shirai, without the title at stake. The fight took ten rounds at Luna Park on July 24 of 1954, with the presence of President Perón, sitting ringside . The match ended tied and was an extraordinary event in the country, for the first time an Argentine professional boxer was not defeated by a world champion. The tie forced Yoshio Shirai, as was standard in the boxing world then, to grant a rematch against the Argentine boxer again in a fight with the title at stake.

Flyweight world title

On November 26 of 1954, Pérez fought what was both his first fight abroad outside the Olympics, and his first world title fight. The Argentine knocked down the champion in the 2nd round and again in the 12th, in which the champion returned to his corner almost knocked outTemplate:Citation needed. From rounds 13 - 15, Perez nearly knocked out Shirai several times. After the fight, the score reflected a wide difference unanimously in favor of the Argentine. Referee Jack Sullivan had it 146–139, Judge Bill Pacheco, 143–139, and judge Kuniharu Hayashi, 146-143 all in Perez' favor. He made history by beating Shirai by a fifteen-round decision, becoming Argentina's first world champion boxer, in Tokyo.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Pascualito became the smallest flyweight boxer to win a title.<ref name="Boxrec">Boxeador: Pacual Pérez, Box Rec.</ref>

Over the course of Pérez's next fights, he would defend his title only nine times, lose for the first time, and fight in Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Curaçao, Japan, Paraguay, the Philippines, Thailand, Uruguay and Venezuela. Many of his fights would have been title fights, but some of his opponents were not able to make the Flyweight division's 112 pound weight limit, so Pérez often had to settle for non-title wins instead. He lost his undefeated record to Japan's Sadao Yaoita on January 16 of 1959, by a ten-round decision in Tokyo. Among the fighters he defeated to retain his world title were Dai Dower (by a first-round knockout), Dommy Ursua (by a fifteen-round decision) and Yaoita in a rematch, by a thirteenth-round knockout.<ref name="Boxrec"/>

Pérez would lose his title to another first time world champion, Thailand's Pone Kingpetch, who made history for his country by beating Pérez by a fifteen-round decision at Bangkok on April 16, 1960. A rematch between Pérez and Kingpetch was fought on September 22 of the same year, at Los Angeles, but Pérez's first fight in the United States was also his first knockout defeat, as he was beaten in eight rounds by Kingpetch.<ref name="Boxrec"/>

Later fights

Pérez won his next twenty-eight bouts, mostly against nondescript opposition but he did score a pair of victories over the once-promising but by then fading Uruguayan Waldemiro Torres. Then, after dropping a split decision to Filipino veteran Leo Zulueta and outpointing Panamanian journeyman Manuel Moreno in his next two bouts, he faced perennial world title contender Bernardo Caraballo in Colombia on July 23, 1963. Pérez lost by a ten-round decision.<ref name="Boxrec"/>

He finished his career with fights in Ecuador, Mexico and Panama, going 1-2 including losing by third-round knockout to future world flyweight champion Efren Torres in his fight on Mexican soil. His final fight, at the age of 37, was against Panamanian Eugenio Hurtado, who won by technical knock-out on March 15, 1964.<ref name="Boxrec"/>

Pérez had a record of 84 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, with 58 knockouts, numbers which place him in the exclusive group of boxers to have won 50 or more fights by knockout.<ref name="Boxrec" />

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
92	Template:No2Loss	Template:Nowrap	Eugenio Hurtado	TKO	6 (10)	Mar 15, 1964	Template:Small
91	Template:No2Loss	84–6–1	Efren Torres	KO	3 (10)	Oct 19, 1963	Template:Small
90	Template:Yes2Win	84–5–1	Adolfo Osses	PTS	10	Aug 9, 1963	Template:Small
89	Template:No2Loss	83–5–1	Bernardo Caraballo	UD	10	Jul 26, 1963	Template:Small
88	Template:Yes2Win	83–4–1	Manuel Moreno	UD	10	Jun 16, 1963	Template:Small
87	Template:No2Loss	82–4–1	Leo Zulueta	SD	10	Apr 30, 1963	Template:Small
86	Template:Yes2Win	82–3–1	Cirilo Avellaneda	KO	7 (10)	Apr 12, 1963	Template:Small
85	Template:Yes2Win	81–3–1	Juan Carlos Moreyra	PTS	10	Apr 5, 1963	Template:Small
84	Template:Yes2Win	80–3–1	Rodolfo Trivis	PTS	10	Feb 16, 1963	Template:Small
83	Template:Yes2Win	79–3–1	Miguel Herrera	PTS	10	Feb 1, 1963	Template:Small
82	Template:Yes2Win	78–3–1	Cirilo Avellaneda	PTS	10	Jan 25, 1963	Template:Small
81	Template:Yes2Win	77–3–1	Juan Carlos Moreyra	TKO	8 (10)	Dec 8, 1962	Template:Small
80	Template:Yes2Win	76–3–1	Martin Luque	KO	5 (?)	Jun 15, 1962	Template:Small
79	Template:Yes2Win	75–3–1	Rodolfo Trivis	PTS	10	Jun 9, 1962	Template:Small
78	Template:Yes2Win	74–3–1	Cirilo Avellaneda	KO	5 (10)	May 19, 1962	Template:Small
77	Template:Yes2Win	73–3–1	Martin Luque	TKO	5 (?)	May 2, 1962	Template:Small
76	Template:Yes2Win	72–3–1	Juan Carlos Moreyra	TKO	3 (10)	Apr 27, 1962	Template:Small
75	Template:Yes2Win	71–3–1	Ursino Bernal	TKO	6 (10)	Apr 21, 1962	Template:Small
74	Template:Yes2Win	70–3–1	Rodolfo Trivis	PTS	10	Mar 2, 1962	Template:Small
73	Template:Yes2Win	69–3–1	Ursino Bernal	PTS	10	Feb 23, 1962	Template:Small
72	Template:Yes2Win	68–3–1	Demetrio Acosta	KO	2 (10)	Jan 27, 1962	Template:Small
71	Template:Yes2Win	67–3–1	Rodolfo Trivis	PTS	10	Dec 22, 1961	Template:Small
70	Template:Yes2Win	66–3–1	Alberto García	TKO	6 (?)	Oct 21, 1961	Template:Small
69	Template:Yes2Win	65–3–1	José Diaz	KO	7 (?)	Oct 12, 1961	Template:Small
68	Template:Yes2Win	64–3–1	Waldemiro Torres	KO	3 (?)	Sep 5, 1961	Template:Small
67	Template:Yes2Win	63–3–1	Simon Rios	KO	6 (?)	Aug 19, 1961	Template:Small
66	Template:Yes2Win	62–3–1	Waldemiro Torres	KO	8 (?)	Jul 29, 1961	Template:Small
65	Template:Yes2Win	61–3–1	Juan Montevero	KO	5 (?)	Jul 15, 1961	Template:Small
64	Template:Yes2Win	60–3–1	Hugo Villarreal	KO	3 (?)	Jul 8, 1961	Template:Small
63	Template:Yes2Win	59–3–1	Francisco Bahamondes	TKO	3 (?)	May 19, 1961	Template:Small
62	Template:Yes2Win	58–3–1	Juan Montevero	TKO	6 (?)	May 13, 1961	Template:Small
61	Template:Yes2Win	57–3–1	Pablo Sosa	KO	3 (10)	Apr 9, 1961	Template:Small
60	Template:Yes2Win	56–3–1	Juan Carlos Moreyra	PTS	10	Apr 1, 1961	Template:Small
59	Template:Yes2Win	55–3–1	Hugo Villarreal	TKO	4 (?)	Mar 1, 1961	Template:Small
58	Template:No2Loss	54–3–1	Pone Kingpetch	TKO	8 (15)	Sep 22, 1960	Template:Small	Template:Small
57	Template:No2Loss	54–2–1	Pone Kingpetch	SD	15	Apr 16, 1960	Template:Small	Template:Small
56	Template:Yes2Win	54–1–1	Sadao Yaoita	KO	13 (15)	Nov 5, 1959	Template:Small	Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	53–1–1	Kenji Yonekura	UD	15	Aug 10, 1959	Template:Small	Template:Small
54	Template:Yes2Win	52–1–1	Kenji Yonekura	PTS	10	Feb 18, 1959	Template:Small
53	Template:No2Loss	51–1–1	Sadao Yaoita	UD	10	Jan 16, 1959	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	51–0–1	Dommy Ursua	UD	15	Dec 15, 1958	Template:Small	Template:Small
51	Template:Yes2Win	50–0–1	Tito Raggone	UD	10	Nov 22, 1958	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	49–0–1	Tito Raggone	PTS	10	Aug 9, 1958	Template:Small
49	Template:Yes2Win	48–0–1	Ramón Arias	UD	15	Apr 19, 1958	Template:Small	Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	47–0–1	Ricardo Valdez	KO	8 (?)	Mar 22, 1958	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	46–0–1	Young Martin	KO	3 (15)	Dec 7, 1957	Template:Small	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	45–0–1	Conrado Moreyra	PTS	10	Sep 13, 1957	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	44–0–1	Pablo Sosa	KO	3 (10)	Aug 17, 1957	Template:Small
44	Template:Yes2Win	43–0–1	Urbieta Sosa	TKO	4 (?)	Aug 2, 1957	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	42–0–1	Luis Jimenez	UD	10	Jul 12, 1957	Template:Small
42	Template:Yes2Win	41–0–1	Dai Dower	KO	1 (15)	Mar 30, 1957	Template:Small	Template:Small
41	Template:Yes2Win	40–0–1	Conrado Moreyra	PTS	10	Dec 12, 1956	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	39–0–1	Hernan Rojas	RTD	8 (10)	Sep 28, 1956	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	38–0–1	Conrado Moreyra	PTS	10	Sep 6, 1956	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	37–0–1	Hector Almaraz	KO	3 (10)	Aug 25, 1956	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	36–0–1	Ricardo Valdez	TKO	5 (10)	Aug 4, 1956	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	35–0–1	Oscar Suarez	TKO	11 (15)	Jun 30, 1956	Template:Small, Uruguay	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	34–0–1	Pablo Sosa	KO	4 (10)	Jun 15, 1956	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	33–0–1	Ricardo Valdez	TKO	6 (?)	Jun 8, 1956	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	32–0–1	Marcelo Quiroga	PTS	10	Mar 31, 1956	Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	31–0–1	Antonio Gomez	TKO	2 (10)	Mar 21, 1956	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	30–0–1	Antonio Gomez	PTS	10	Feb 10, 1956	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	29–0–1	Leo Espinosa	UD	15	Jan 11, 1956	Template:Small	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	28–0–1	Danny Kid	PTS	10	Oct 22, 1955	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	27–0–1	Alberto Palomeque	KO	4 (10)	Aug 26, 1955	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	26–0–1	Yoshio Shirai	KO	5 (15)	May 30, 1955	Template:Small	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	25–0–1	Alberto Barenghi	KO	3 (12)	Apr 13, 1955	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	24–0–1	Yoshio Shirai	UD	15	Nov 26, 1954	Template:Small	Template:Small
24	Template:DrawDraw	23–0–1	Yoshio Shirai	PTS	10	Jul 24, 1954	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	23–0	Marcelo Quiroga	KO	4 (10)	Jun 25, 1954	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	22–0	Pablo Sosa	RTD	8 (10)	Jun 12, 1954	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	21–0	Domingo Sandoval	KO	4 (10)	Jun 5, 1954	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	20–0	Vicente Bruno	KO	3 (?)	May 19, 1954	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	19–0	Juan Bishop	PTS	10	Apr 22, 1954	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	18–0	Pablo Sosa	KO	2 (10)	Mar 24, 1954	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	17–0	Pablo Sosa	KO	6 (10)	Mar 12, 1954	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	16–0	Nicolas Páez	KO	1 (10)	Feb 24, 1954	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	15–0	Oliden Rojas	KO	3 (10)	Feb 13, 1954	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	14–0	Marcelo Quiroga	TKO	4 (10)	Feb 6, 1954	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	13–0	Antonio Zapata	RTD	5 (10)	Jan 29, 1954	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	12–0	José Domingo Luna	TKO	2 (10)	Jan 19, 1954	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	11–0	Nestor Rojas	RTD	2 (10)	Jan 8, 1954	Template:Small	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	10–0	Roberto Romero	KO	2 (10)	Dec 30, 1953	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	9–0	Hernan Rojas	KO	2 (10)	Dec 23, 1953	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	8–0	Eduardo Lliuzi	RTD	1 (10)	Nov 25, 1953	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	7–0	Marcelo Quiroga	TKO	4 (12)	Nov 11, 1953	Template:Small	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	6–0	Juan Godoy	KO	4 (10)	Mar 30, 1953	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5–0	Miguel Carrasco	KO	5 (10)	Mar 16, 1953	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Mario Ahumada	TKO	3 (10)	Feb 20, 1953	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Ramon Stronatti	RTD	2 (8)	Jan 3, 1953	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Jorge Flores	KO	3 (6)	Dec 19, 1952	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	José Ciorino	TKO	4 (6)	Dec 5, 1952	Template:Small

Honors and legacy

He has been inducted into both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame. On his death in 1977, Pascual Pérez was interred in the La Chacarita Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 1955 he was awarded the Gold Olimpia Award. Perez in 1977 entered the International Boxing Hall of Fame organized by the magazine Ring. In 1995, the Hall of Fame in Canastota (IBHOF) did the same, where he is included with Argentine boxers Carlos Monzon, Nicolino Locche, and Victor Galindez. In 2004, he was officially declared the South American champion, by the American Boxing Confederation.

The Mendoza Boxing Palace of the Mendoza Boxing Federation, reopened in 2007, was named Estadio Pascual Perez, in his memory.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1954, writer Rafael Lauria and musicians Hector Maure and Sergio Gasparini composed a tango titled "The great champion," recorded by Hector Maure, part of which reads:

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Prominent journalist Chon Romero praised Pascual Perez in the following statement:

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In 1980, with the first edition of the Konex Awards, the Konex Foundation awarded a Diploma of Merit to Perez as one of the top 5 boxers in the history of Argentina.

Boxrec.com ranks Pérez as the number one flyweight of all time.

Throughout his career Pascual Perez won 18 tournaments, including:

Titles in boxing

Amateur titles

• 1944: Mendocino Tournament Novices
• 1944: Argentine Championship Novice
• 1945: Open Tournament Salta.
• 1946 Mendocino Veterans Championships
• 1946: Veteran Argentine Championship
• 1946: Latin American Championship (shared)
• 1947 Mendocino Veterans Championships
• 1947: Veteran Argentine Championship
• 1947: Latin American Championship (shared)
• 1948 Vintage Championship
• 1948: Veteran Argentine Championship (Olympic Team)
• 1948: Olympic Champion in London
• 1950: Mendocino Veterans Championships
• 1950: Veteran Argentine Championship
• 1950: Latin American Championship
• 1950: Good Neighbour Tournament (Lima)

Professional titles

• 1953: Argentine Flyweight Championship
• 1954: NBA (WBA) Flyweight Championship
• 1954: The Ring Flyweight Championship
• 2004: South American Champion, officially declared post mortem by the American Boxing Confederation.<ref name="Guiñazú">Guiñazú, Daniel (2007). Se cumplen 30 años de la muerte de Pascual Pérez. Pascualito, el León Mendocino,/12, 22 January 2007.</ref>

Undisputed titles

• 1954: Undisputed Flyweight ChampionshipTemplate:Efn

External links

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• Pasqual Perez - CBZ Profile
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• https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1954
• https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1955
• https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1956
• https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1957
• https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1958
• https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1959
• https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1960