   josÃ© ("chegÃ¼i") torres (may 3, 1936 â january 19, 2009), was a puerto rican professional boxer. as an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the junior middleweight at the 1956 olympic games in melbourne. in 1965, he defeated willie pastrano to win the wbc and wba light heavyweight championships. torres trained with the legendary boxing trainer cus d'amato. in 1997, he was inducted into the international boxing hall of fame. ==amateur career== born in the city of ponce, puerto rico, torres began boxing when he joined the u.s. army as a teenager (he was 17 years old).associated press his only amateur titles had come in army and inter-service championships, several of which he had won. torres was still in the army when he won the silver medal in the light middleweight division at the 1956 melbourne olympic games, where he lost to lÃ¡szlÃ³ papp of hungary in the final. torres trained at the empire sporting club in new york city with trainer cus d'amato. he was the 1958 national aau middleweight champion and also won the 1958 new york golden gloves 160&nbsp;lb open championship. ==professional career== he debuted as a professional in 1958 with a first round knockout of george hamilton in new york. twelve wins in a row followed, ten of them by knockout (including wins over contenders ike jenkins and al andrews), after which he was able t
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