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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
- There are a total of 10 general entries.
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Jose Napoles
| What year was Napoles inducted into Boxing's International Hall of Fame? | Jose Napoles
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1990. Napoles was finally given his just due 15 years after his final bout.
| How many fights did Napoles have after losing his title to John Stracey? | Jose Napoles
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0. After Losing to John Stracey on 6th December, 1975, Napoles never again donned the boxing gloves.
| This fighter fought Napoles on four ocassions, Compiling a 1-3 record against Mantequilla who is he? | Jose Napoles
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L. C. Morgan. Napoles had a 3-1 record against Morgan. Dates & Results: Nov 30,1963 Napoles KO 7 Morgan. Feb 28 1965 Napoles KO 3 Morgan. Aug 22, 1966 Morgan KO 4 Napoles (cuts around eyes). Their final meeting occurred July 10 1967 with Napoles again winning; this time in 2 rounds.
| What famous trainer was the chief second in Napoles' corner during his unsuccessful bid at the middleweight title? | Jose Napoles
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Angelo Dundee. Dundee stopped the massacre after it became obvious Monzon was too big, and too strong for Napoles. Dundee would stop fights when he knew his fighters had no chance of winning (Ali vs Holmes, Ellis vs Frazier to name a few).
| During his second reign as welterweight champion Napoles challenged the great Carlos Monzon for the world middleweight championship. After a fast start by Napoles, Monzon simply overpowered him. What round was king Carlos credited with scoring the kayo? | Jose Napoles
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7. Napoles, after completing 6 rounds was unable to come out for the 7th, therefore it went into the books as a 7th round Kayo.
| After Napoles regained the championship from Billy Backus, the NYSAC for some crazy reason stripped Napoles of the title, Backus fought for that belt losing a 15 round decision, the fighter that defeated Backus then challenged Napoles, the match was made and Napoles scored a 9th round kayo. Who was this fighter? | Jose Napoles
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Hedgemon Lewis. Lewis had previously lost his first attempt to relieve Napoles of the championship losing a 15 round decision December 14, 1971. Napoles stopped Lewis in their second meeting (9th round) August 3, 1974.
| What year did Napoles make his professional debut? | Jose Napoles
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1958. Napoles, after compiling an amateur record of 114-1 stopped Julio Rojas in one round August 2, 1958 in Havana Cuba.
| In his two reigns as welterweight champion (1969-70 and 1971-75) how many successful title defences did Napoles make? | Jose Napoles
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13. In his first reign (1969-70) Napoles made 3 successful title defenses before cuts caused him to lose his championship. In his second reign he successfully defended 10 times before age and cuts took its toll.
| Who Did Napoles defeat for his first Welterweight championship? | Jose Napoles
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Curtis Cokes. Supposetly past his prime, the then 29 year old Napoles stopped Curtis Cokes in 13 brutal rounds to win the title on April 18, 1969. He successfully defended against Cokes 71 days later (KO-10).
Cuba. Napoles was born April 13, 1940, Santiago de Cuba, Oriente, Cuba. He left Cuba in 1962 to continue his boxing career in Mexico after Fidel Castro banned professional boxing in that country.
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