Enrique: Juan / Jose / Johnny Torres

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wouter
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Enrique: Juan / Jose / Johnny Torres

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Are Juan and Johnny the same fighter? And there's also a Jose Torres fighting at welterweight around the same time (early to mid -80's) in Florida.
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THE TORRES ARE JOHNNY AND TONY. TONY NEVER WON A FIGHT AND HE FOUGHT WELTER TO BLOATED UP WHATEVER.

JOHNNY -WHO COULD BE JUAN- WAS TOUGHER. HE KNOCKED OUT PROSPECTS ISIDORO MORENO AND PEDRO LAZA AND WAS AN OPPONENT FOR MANCINI AND ESCALERA. JOHNNY WAS A JR. WELTER AND HE HAD GUTS AND A LITTLE POWER BUT WAS NOT FAST AND EASY TO HIT. HIS SON IS ROCKY TORRES, CURRENTLY ACTIVE AND JOHNNY IS ACTIVE, TRAINING SOME PRELIM FIGHTERS IN HOMESTEAD.

I WILL GO OVER THE DIFFERENT TORRES' TO SEE IF THEY SHOULD BE CONSOLIDATED.
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Post by enrique »

FORGOT TO MENTION JESSE TORRES WHO DROPPED ONE TO JAMES WARING.

THE JUAN TORRES FROM FLORIDA IS THE OPPONENT FOR PRO DEBUT OF KEN WHETSTONE. IT WAS NOT 140 POUND JOHNNY BUT PROBABLY A MIGRANT WORKER FROM THE AREA. KEN AND JOHNNY WERE STABLEMATES AND THERE WAS A 10+ POUNDS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.

THE MIGRANT WORKER CAMPS IN HOMESTEAD WERE A LABOR POOL OF PRELIM OPPONENTS. MOST TOOK ONE OR TWO BEATINGS AND RETIRED. I SUSPECT JUAN TORRES WAS ONE OF THEM.
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