Juan Laporte

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Juan Laporte is a former Puerto Rican professional boxer and WBC featherweight champion known for his toughness and for facing many of the top fighters of his era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
professional boxer
activeInDecade 1970s
1980s
1990s
boxingStyle orthodox stance
category Puerto Rican male boxers
World Boxing Council world champions NERFINISHED
World featherweight boxing champions NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Puerto Rico
ethnicGroup Puerto Rican
faced Azumah Nelson NERFINISHED
Barry McGuigan NERFINISHED
Eusebio Pedroza NERFINISHED
John John Molina NERFINISHED
Julio César Chávez NERFINISHED
Rocky Lockridge NERFINISHED
Salvador Sánchez NERFINISHED
Tony Lopez NERFINISHED
Wilfredo Gómez NERFINISHED
familyName Laporte NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Juan NERFINISHED
hasResidence New York City NERFINISHED
isFrom Puerto Rico NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Spanish
memberOf World Boxing Council champions NERFINISHED
name Juan Laporte NERFINISHED
notableFightAgainst Julio César Chávez at super featherweight
Salvador Sánchez for the WBC featherweight title
Wilfredo Gómez for the WBC featherweight title
notableFor facing many top fighters of his era
toughness and durability in the ring
occupation professional boxer
sport boxing
titleHeld WBC featherweight title NERFINISHED
weightClass featherweight
super featherweight

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Eusebio Pedroza notableOpponent Juan Laporte