Sixto Escobar
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Sixto Escobar was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Competing in the bantamweight division, he was Puerto Rico's first world champion and a two-time Undisputed Bantamweight World Champion.
Escobar in the 1930s
Statue of Sixto Escobar, located in front of the Sixto Escobar Stadium in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Auditorio Sixto Escobar in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
Enrique Chaffardet
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Enrique Chaffardet was a Venezuelan professional boxer during the Roaring Twenties who became the Venezuelan featherweight champion on August 17, 1930, after beating Sixto Escobar. Also known as 'Henr
Sixto Escobar
…due to the lack of opponents in his division. There he received an opportunity for the Venezuelan Bantamweight championship, but lost by points to Enrique Chaffardet. Subsequently, he moved to New York and began boxing in other states, eventually capturing the Montreal Athletic Commission World Bantamweight Title…
Enrique Chaffardet 1922 Brooklyn, New York