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5 unusual facts about Sixto Escobar


Estadio Sixto Escobar

In April 1938, the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico voted to name the stadium and surrounding park in honor of Sixto Escobar, a Puerto Rican professional boxer who became Puerto Rico's first world champion.

Panama Al Brown

They had a rematch on March 4, 1938, with Brown avenging his earlier loss with a fifteen round decision, but by then, Sixto Escobar of Puerto Rico had already taken the world Bantamweight championship.

Pete Sanstol

The culmination of this chapter of his career was a title match with Sixto Escobar, which Sanstol lost.

Sixto Escobar

On February 16, 1927, governor Horace Mann Towner legalized boxing and allowed the establishment of organized boxing matches.

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Weeks before his death, Escobar participated in his last ceremony, where Diego Suárez, president of V. Suárez & Company.



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