California Boxing

I remember seeing Mickey Cohen sitting ringside at the Olympic Auditorium back in the '50s

Another one that was a boxer and most people don't know about, is Motown Founder, berry Gordy. Gordy fought at the Olympic in the late '40

 

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Crawford-Saldivar

 

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Hawkins-Linson

 

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Jesus Pimentel vs Ruben Olivares

 

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Jesus "Li'l Poison" Pimentel

 

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Ismael Laguna and Chango Carmona

 

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Roberto Duran vs Monroe Brooks

 

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Michael Carbajal vs Chiquita Gonzalez

 

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Gabriel Ruelas vs Jesse James Leijas

 

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A young Roberto Duran

 

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Joey Giardello vs Joey Giambra

 

Classic photo

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Oct.31,1950 Bernard "Big Duke" Docusen hangs on to the ropes at end of the second round after taking several hard punches from John L Davis

 

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Nov.15, 1962: Cassius Clay raises his arms in triumph after knocking out Archie Moore

 

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Pete Vital Jr, Pete Vital Sr in back-Front Chucho Castillo (L) and Romeo Anaya

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Former WBA/WBC bantamweight world champion Jesus “Chucho” Castillo passed away at the age of 68 on Tuesday afternoon in Mexico City after suffering a heart attack. Castillo had a career record of 47-18-2 with 22 KOs and fought the best of his era including Jose Medel, Bernardo Caraballo, Jesus Pimentel, Lionel Rose, Rafael Herrera, Ruben Olivares, Enrique Pinder, Bobby Chacon, Rafael Ortega and Danny Lopez among others. On October 16, 1970 at the Forum in Inglewood, California, he snatched the WBA and WBC bantamweight crowns from Ruben Olivares by TKO in 14 rounds. He was currently working at the Metro Workers Union in Mexico City and was known as a kind and decent man.