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Started boxing at age 12. In 1948, at age 14 placed second in his first Golden Gloves. In 1949 Won the Mexico City Golden Gloves and was Mexico's national flyweight Champion. In 1951, was selected to represent Mexico in the Centroamerican and Carribean Games in Guatemala, where he won a bronze medal. He also won a bronze at the Pan Am games that year.

Went to Helsinki for the 1952 Olympics, where he Lost to G. Garbuzov (U.S.S.R.) in second ropund of the bantamweight competition.

He claims to have lost just 4 of 300 amateur fights.

He retired at age 24, and his mother died just 8 days later, an omen that apparently convinced him to resist any comebacks.

In retirement he trained youngsters how to box. He also appeared on some Mexican soap operas and in some movies.

As of March 2002, he had been married to the same woman for 48 years, and has two surviving children.

CBZ bio by Mike DeLisa

Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame: http://www.wbhf.org/Inductees_1980-2001/inductees_1980-2001.html