Gregorio Manuel Peralta (May 8, 1935-October 3, 2001), better known as Gregorio "Goyo" Peralta, was an Argentine boxer. One of a handful of Latin American Heavyweights (John Ruiz has been the only Hispanic to be world Heavyweight champion in boxing history), Peralta was a popular performer during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ... John Ruiz, (born January 4, 1972), is a native of Isabela, Puerto Rico, who is the current two-time World Boxing Association world heavyweight champion. ... Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize native and naturalized U.S. citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America or the original settlers of the traditionally Spanish-held Southwestern United... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1960s. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...

Biography

Gregorio Peralta was born in San Juan. He later resided in the area of Rosario, in the Santa Fe province. Capital City of San Juan Province in Argentina Categories: Argentina geography stubs ... This article or section should include material from Rosario, Argentina This is an article about a city in Argentina. ... Santa Fe (Spanish for holy faith) or Santa Fé (Portuguese) is the name of a number of places in the world: United States of America: Santa Fe, the state capital of New Mexico Santa Fe, Florida Santa Fe, Missouri Santa Fe, Tennessee Santa Fe, Texas Rancho Santa Fe, California It...

On April 5, 1958, he made his professional boxing debut, knocking out a rival (Rene Pereira) who had lost all fourteen of his bouts. Peralta's fourth round knockout of Pereira was at the legendary Luna Park, in Buenos Aires. April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luna Park is the name of several amusement parks: Luna Park, New York City Luna Park, Sydney Luna Park, Melbourne This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Buenos Aires (BWEH-naus EYE-ress, literally Good Winds in Spanish, but more akin to Fair Winds, as in navigation) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest in South America. ...

Peralta won his first five fights by knockout, then went the ten round distance for the first time on September 6 of that same year, against Jose Angel Manzur, whom he outpointed over ten rounds in Montevideo, Uruguay. His first fight abroad had already been held, when he beat Marcelo Farias by a second round knockout 35 days before, also at Montevideo. September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... Montevideo, Minnesota, Montevideo is the capital, chief port and largest city in Uruguay (population 1. ...

On October 22, he and Manzur had a rematch, with the two boxers drawing (tying) after ten more rounds. October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ...

On March 31, 1959, Peralta suffered his first loss as a professional, being beaten by a ten round decision by Luiz Ignacio in Argentina. Peralta had one loss and two draws in his next three fights, but then he returned to winning, when he avenged his defeat against Ignacio by knocking him out in three rounds, August 23 in Brazil. March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ...

After winning his next five fights, including four in Uruguay, Peralta faced Mauro Mina, in a widely expected Heavyweight bout between two South Americans. On June 15, 1960, Peralta was knocked out by Mina in eight rounds at Lima, Peru. Mauro Mina (November 1933-April 1993) was a Peruvian Light Heavyweight boxer known as the Bombardero de Chincha, remembered as the best Peruvian boxer of the twentieth century. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about Lima, Peru. ...

Peralta then won twelve and drew one of his next thirteen bouts. Among those were a ten round decision in a rubber match with Manzur, and a four round disqualification win over Aurelio Diaz. Peralta was given his first chance at winning a belt when he fought Jose Guiorgetti, on August 4, 1962, at Mar del Plata for the Argentine Heavyweight title. He won the regional belt by outpointing Guiorgetti over twelve rounds, and then won fifteen more bouts in a row, for a total of 28 victories and one draw in twenty nine bouts. Perhaps the biggest win of his career came during that streak, when he outpointed Willie Pastrano over ten rounds at Miami, Florida on September 20, 1963. His first fight with Pastrano marked Peralta's United States debut as a professional boxer. August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mar del Plata (population 600,000) is a city eastern central Argentina, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast. ... Willie Pastrano (b. ... The Miami skyline, as it is seen from the northeast on Biscayne Bay. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Peralta's next fight, on November 15 of that year, was also his first bout at New York's Madison Square Garden. He beat future Jose Torres world championship challenger, Wayne Thornton, by a ten round decision there. After two more wins, including another one over Thornton, Peralta was given a shot at Pastrano's world Light-Heavyweight title, on April 10, 1964 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Pastrano retained the championship with a sixth round knockout in a fight that had different views from boxing magazines; while the general consensus is that Pastrano was actually winning the fight when it was stopped, The Ring En Espanol actually claimed twenty years later that Peralta was hitting Pastrano and had him against the ropes when the referee intervened and raised Pastrano's arm as the fight's winner. November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and sometimes simply called The Garden has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... José Torres, Chegui (born May 3, 1936), is a Puerto Rican who is a former boxer and the first hispanic ever to win the worlds Light Heavyweight championship. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... City nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City that Care Forgot Location of New Orleans Country   State     Parish United States   Louisiana     Orleans Parish Mayor C. Ray Nagin Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 350. ... This is a list of magazines. ... The Ring En Español was a Spanish version of boxing publication Ring Magazine. ...

Peralta went on to win nine of his next ten fights, including a rematch victory over Mauro Mina, outpointed in ten rounds at Buenos Aires on September 19 of '64, before defending his Argentine Heavyweight title for the first time, and losing it, to Oscar Bonavena by a twelve round decision on September 4, 1965 in Buenos Aires. September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Peralta then went undefeated over his next 32 bouts, building a record of twenty nine wins and three draws, with seventeen knockouts over that span. Among the highlights of those thirty two bouts were three ninth round disqualifications in a row (over Ron Marsh on March 11, 1968, and two over Felipe Pablo Marich, on April 5 and April 20 of that same year), a ten round decision over Ramon Rocha on August 23, and a draw in a rematch with Bonavena, held on August 8, 1969. 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1968 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

After the Bonavena rematch, he would face George Foreman, in a fight that was nationally televised in the United States, on February 16, 1970, once again at the Madison Square Garden. Although Foreman held an aura as a knockout artist at that period, Peralta went ten full rounds with the future two time world Heavyweight champion. He still lost a ten round unanimous decision to Foreman. George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949 in Marshall, Texas) is a former boxer who was twice Heavyweight Champion of the world, a successful businessman, and an ordained Christian minister. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Peralta's next bout came when he beat future world Light Heavyweight title challenger Piero del Papa, by a fifth round knockout on June 6 at Montevideo. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ...

His next bout marked his Europeean debut, when he defeated Herbert Wick, exactly sixteen days after the fight with del Papa, by a second round knockout in Barcelona, Spain. Peralta had three consecutive bouts in Spain, winning each of by knockout. A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... For other uses, see Barcelona (disambiguation). ...

After two more wins, he faced Foreman again, at Oakland, California, this time with the NABF's vacant regional Heavyweight title on the line. Once again, Peralta fought ten rounds with Foreman, but he was knocked out in the tenth, on May 10, 1971. Aerial view looking west over downtown Oakland, Lake Merritt and the Port of Oakland. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

Peralta then moved to Spain for a one year. With the exception of a victory over Gerhard Zech on December 3 over at Germany, Peralta fought nine of his next ten bouts in Spain. These included a ten round win over perennial contender Jose Urtain on October 8, a win over Leroy Caldwell by a fourth round knockout on February 2, 1972, and a ten round decision loss to Bob Foster world Light Heavyweight title challenger Ray Anderson on June 9 of that same year. December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Bob Foster (born December 15, 1938) is a native of Albuquerque whom many boxing critics consider to be one of the greatest Light Heavyweight world champions in history. ... Ray Anderson (born 1952) is an independent jazz trombone player. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ...

The loss to Anderson proved to be the beginning of the end of Peralta's career as a boxer. He would move again, this time to Germany, and he won his next six bouts by knockout. A loss to Muhammad Ali world title challenger Ron Lyle, however, took place on May 12, 1973 at Denver, Colorado. Peralta lost to Lyle by a ten round decision. Muhammad Ali-Haj (born January 17, 1942 as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. ... Ron Lyle (born February 12, 1941) was a professional boxer. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Colorado State Capitol Building City nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 154. ...

Peralta won his next two bouts by knockout in Germany, but he was held to a ten round draw by Lyle in a November 17 rematch, held at Frankfurt. Peralta retired for good after the rematch with Lyle. November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ...

Gregorio Peralta had a record of 99 wins, 9 defeats and 9 draws as a professional boxer, with 59 knockout wins, which places him in the exclusive group of boxers that won fifty or more fights by knockout during their career.

He led a quiet life after retiring, passing away on October 3, 2001.

See also

• List of Argentines

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External links

• Peralta's page on boxrec.com