Joe Echevarria (born in
Mariveles,
Bataan, Philippines) was
Lightweight/
Featherweight champion of the
United States Army,
United States Navy and of the Philippine Islands in 1929. He was asked to and helped train and fought
Sugar Ray Robinson for his first professional fight in
Madison Square Garden
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which he lost to
Sugar Ray Robinson by a knockout in the second round on October 4, 1940. He never fought again.
Known as "Baby Face Eche or Kid Eche", Echevarria had served as a
cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry ...
instructor at the
United States Military Academy in
West Point, New York. Josue Reyes Echevarria was the son of Brigadier General Leopoldo Life Echevarria who fought against the
Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the
World War II.
External links
Joe Echeverria - Boxer at BoxRec.com
Year of death unknown
Year of birth missing
American male boxers
Featherweight boxers
Filipino emigrants to the United States
Lightweight boxers
Sportspeople from Bataan
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