Dick Menchaca

Name: Dick Menchaca
Hometown: Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Birthplace: Piedras Negras, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico
Died: 2005-07-28 (Age:83)
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Won the 1940 Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions by decision over Jimmy Joyce. "His boxing class and speed won him the greatest ovation of the night". United Press
• Won the 1941 Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions by decision over Ray Brown.
• Won the 1941 Intercity Golden Gloves by a "close decision" over Lester McGowan. United Press
• All of his Golden Gloves matches were in the bantamweight divison.
• Reported as having only lost two of twenty professional fights.
• Fought his professional career with a twenty percent disability due to a mortar fire injury while serving in the United States Army in Europe during WW2.

Museum of the Gulf Coast biography [1]

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Preceded by: Chester Ellis	Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions Bantamweight Champion 1940-1941	Succeeded by: Jackie Graves
Preceded by: Jimmy Joyce	Intercity Golden Gloves Bantamweight Champion 1941	Succeeded by: Jackie Graves

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