José Nápoles

✶April 13, 1940

†August 16, 2019

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About their life

José Ángel Nápoles was a Cuban-born Mexican professional boxer. He was a two-time undisputed welterweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC, and The Ring welterweight titles between 1969 and 1975. He is frequently ranked as one of the greatest fighters of all time in that division and is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. His record of the most wins in unified championship bouts in boxing history, shared with Muhammad Ali, was unbeaten for 40 years. After debuting professionally in Cuba, he fought out of Mexico and became a Mexican citizen.

Cuban-Mexican boxer (1940-2019)

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Biography from the article José Nápoles on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.