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22 May

RadioProfile | Ringo Bonavena: popular icon and boxing legend

Anna EdwardsBonavena, boxing, icon, legend, popular, RadioProfile, Ringo

He was born in Parque Patricios in 1942, where his friends and family knew him as “el Titi”. He began as a boxer at Club Atlético Huracán, and in 1959 he was an amateur champion. After a suspension in 1963 for biting Lee Car's nipple at the Pan American in San Pablo, Bonavena went to try his luck in the United States. In North America, the histrionic promotion that Cassius Clay put on before each fight was known and he would beat the Canadian champion George Chuvalo. Also in the United States he fought twice with the big puncher Joe…

12 Mar

Beto Pascutti, icon of the Argentine rise, died

Anna EdwardsArgentine, Beto, died, icon, Pascutti, rise

Alberto "Beto" PascuttiHe appears as a footballer in different teams of the Argentine promotion, died in the last hours of Saturday at the age of 64 as a result of a cardiac decompensation. The confirmation of the decision of the also technical director was given to Télam by the former player Jose Ubedahis classmate in Quilmes, in the mid-'80s. Recognized for his remarkable punch, for his ability to drive and generate play, as well as a courage that allowed him to weather adverse situations with remarkable footballing mettle, Pascutti was a "different" player in the promotion categories. Perhaps a member…