BOXER

José Torres

1936 - 2009

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José Louis "Chegüi" Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican-born professional boxer who fought representing the United States. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he defeated Willie Pastrano to win the WBC, WBA, and lineal light-heavyweight championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Torres has received more than 418,948 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. José Torres is the 81st most popular boxer (down from 71st in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Puerto Rico (down from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Puerto Rican Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, José Torres ranks 81 out of 496. Before him are Ernie Terrell, Oscar De La Hoya, Santiago Lovell, Piero Toscani, Rafael Iglesias, and Andrew Golota. After him are Herbert Runge, James J. Jeffries, George Chuvalo, Carmelo Robledo, Issake Dabore, and Naseem Hamed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, José Torres ranks 350. Before him are Mike Spence, Iya Savvina, Míriam Colón, Betty Curtis, Pen Sovan, and László Szabó. After him are Anton Allemann, Hans van den Broek, David Suzuki, Abdelhamid Brahimi, Revaz Gabriadze, and Néstor Gonçalves. Among people deceased in 2009, José Torres ranks 235. Before him are Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Arnold Meri, Edmund Purdom, Val Avery, Lei Clijsters, and Léon Glovacki. After him are Ede Király, Ivan Gubijan, Barry Flanagan, Semyon Farada, Koko Taylor, and Richard Todd.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, José Torres ranks 22 out of 77. Before him are Manuel Goded Llopis (1882), Luis Miguel (1970), Osvaldo Ríos (1960), Don Omar (1978), Chayanne (1968), and Míriam Colón (1936). After him are Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827), Cheo Feliciano (1935), Pedro Morales (1942), Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (1968), David Zayas (1962), and Luis Muñoz Marín (1898).

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Among BOXERS In Puerto Rico

Among boxers born in Puerto Rico, José Torres ranks 1. After him are Héctor Camacho (1962), Félix Trinidad (1973), and Daniel Santos (1975).

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