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Torres' legacy extends beyond the ropes

By George Kimball
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Although it was a career-crossroads fight for both participants, it merited but a single sentence in what was then the nation's premier sports publication: In its wrap-up of the previous week's highlights, the May 25, 1964 issue of Sports Illustrated somewhat tersely noted that "eighth-ranked middleweight Jose Torres of Brooklyn hammered out a 10-round unanimous decision over Wilbert (Skeeter) McClure of Toledo in Madison Square Garden," and then moved along to the latest from the world of bridg ...

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