Rene Silvente

Name: Rene Silvente
Hometown: Casablanca, Morocco
Birthplace: Morocco
Pro Boxer: Record

Silvente was a Morocco boxer who fought mostly in Casablanca, usually in Theatre Espagnol.His manager was the well known Sanchez. Silvente seems to have ended his career with the tko loss in Paris, December 1952.
The French website http://www.monsite.orange.fr/noveaulivern/page5.html (or google "Silvente,boxeur" ) has lot about North African boxing in the 1950's, amateur and pro.Rene Silvente's son has provided newspaper cuttings from his father's pro career, not recorded in Boxrec yet. Silvente debuted probably in 1951 or 1952 with a 5 round tko win over a Laine, probably Marcel Laine (in Boxrec). His next fight seems to have been a 2 round tko win over a Lutor (not in Boxrec). He then tko'd Meknassi Hamouane (not in Boxrec) in the 2nd round. He also had a tko win over one Ramirez of Portugal before taking the Paris fight.