Vicente Saldivar
Professional Boxer, Boxer
1943 –
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Who is Vicente Saldivar?
Vicente Samuel Saldivar García was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division and was a part of the 1960 Mexican Olympic team. He was a former WBC and a two-time WBA Featherweight Champion. Saldivar has frequently been ranked amongst the greatest in the history of that division by many noted boxing historians and critics. Vicente fought in front of the fourth largest crowd ever, 90,000 in Estadio Azteca, and has also regularly been cited as one of the finest left-handed fighters of all time.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1943
Mexico City - Nationality
- Mexico
- Profession
- Lived in
- Mexico City
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on July 23, 2013
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