Art Aragon

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Art Aragon boxer
Data
Birth Name Arthur Anthony Aragon
Weight class lightweight
nationality United States
birthday November 13, 1927
place of birth Belen
Date of death March 25, 2008
Place of death Northridge
size 173 cm
Combat Statistics
Struggles 116
Victories 90
Knockout victories 62
Defeats 20th
draw 6th

Arthur Anthony Aragon (born November 13, 1927 in Belen , New Mexico , † March 25, 2008 in Northridge , Los Angeles ) was an American professional boxer. He was nicknamed "Golden Boy".

Life

Aragon grew up in East Los Angeles . He was married five times and had six children. He was especially friends with Mamie van Doren and cultivated friendships with Hollywood stars such as Marilyn Monroe , Sophia Loren , Betty Martin and Jayne Mansfield .

He was a boxer since 1944. In 1950 he became known with two victories (technical knockouts) over the Mexican Enrique Bolaños in the Olympic Hall of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in front of 10,000 spectators. His first professional fight in the lightweight he played in May 1944 against the French Frenchy Rene in Los Angeles. He won another eleven fights. It was not until October 1944 that he was beaten by Bert White . He boxed against Tommy Campbell , Jesse Flores , Teddy "Redtop" Davis , Jimmy Carter and Carmen Basilio , among others . In 1960 he resigned as an active boxer. He was able to record 90 wins, of which 62 with a knockout , 20 defeats and 6 draws. With this record, he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.

He later played in films such as Fat City or To Hell and Back, and in American television series such as Quincy , Baretta and Barnaby Jones .

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personal data
SURNAME Aragon, Art
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aragon, Arthur Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American boxer
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Belen , New Mexico
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 2008
Place of death Northridge , Los Angeles