Carlos Teo Cruz

Name: Carlos Teo Cruz
Birth Name: Carlos Teófilo del Rosario Cruz
Hometown: Dominican Republic
Birthplace: Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Died: 1970-02-15 (Age:32)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 169cm
Reach: 173cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Trainer: Saso Betancourt
Manager: Pete Martinez
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Career Review

• Cruz's father, Francisco Rosario Almonte was an army officer in the Dominican military.
• Cruz said he didn't put on his first pair of boxing gloves until his 20th birthday.
• Cruz said he began his fistic career with an unsanctioned 4 round victory over a fighter known as "Bolivar".
• Cruz fought as an amateur from 1957-1959, posting a 14-3 record.
• Cruz met his wife, Mildred Ortiz in the town of Rio Piedras in Puerto Rico. They were married in 1961 when Ortiz was 14 years old.
• Cruz had two children; Carlos, Jr. (born 1962), and Hermina (born 1963).
• Carlos Teo Cruz, 32, his wife Mildred, and his two children, Carlos, Jr. and his daughter Hermina all died in a plane crash.
• Cruz was scheduled to fight Roger Zami in Paris, then Rodolfo Gonzalez in Los Angeles at the time of his death.

Source

The Ring Magazine, November 1967, pages 24-25-64: CRUZ AIMS AT TITLE; ORTIZ MAY EASE WAY, by Mario Rivera Martino

Preceded by: Carlos Ortiz

WBA Lightweight Champion WBC Lightweight Champion 1968 Jun 29 – 1969 Feb 18

Succeeded by: Mando Ramos