Juan Laporte

Name: Juan Laporte

    WBC Featherweight Champion, 1982-84 (Preceded by Salvador Sanchez)
    • NABF Super Featherweight Champion, defeating Bruno Rabanales.
    • 112lb New York City Golden Gloves Sub-Novice Champion, 1976.
    • Defeated Ruben Castillo (UD 12).
    • Defeated Rocky Lockridge (KO 2).
    • won 40 (KO 22) + lost 17 (KO 1) + drawn 0 = 57
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYhpWfnZgcY

    Favorite Book: "Down These Mean Streets" by Piri Thomas

    "It was really lucky I find this book. It spoke to me. It's about machismo, and racial identity, and Spanish Harlem, and fighting. I coulda been one of the characters in this book! I shoulda read it in high school when it was assigned, but I never did. Crazy me. Now I've read it about 100 times! It's honest and powerful. Nah, I never was a big reader, but this was good stuff."

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