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Agapito Sánchez (February 14, 1970 – November 14, 2005) was a boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 from the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are List of divided islands, Saint Martin being the other....
, nicknamed "El Ciclón", in the Super Bantamweight weight class. He won 37 of his 50 fights, 18 by knockout.

995, Sanchez challenged WBO superbantemweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera

Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicoprofessional boxing. He is a seven time world champion in three different weight classes; he is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight , IBO / WBC Featherweight , WBC Super featherweight and IBF Junior lightweight divisions....
 but lost via a twelve round unanimous decision. He also faced future champions Juan Manuel Marquez
Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel M?rquez M?ndez is a Mexico professional Boxing and the current World Boxing Association, World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Organization lightweight world champion as well as the current The Ring lightweight champion....
, Freddie Norwood
Freddie Norwood

Freddie Norwood is a boxer in the lightweight division. Known as "Lil Hagler", Norwood defeated Antonio Cerme?o to win the WBA Featherweight Title title in 1998....
, and Guty Espadas, Jr. but came up short in each bout.






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Agapito Sánchez (February 14, 1970 – November 14, 2005) was a boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 from the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are List of divided islands, Saint Martin being the other....
, nicknamed "El Ciclón", in the Super Bantamweight weight class. He won 37 of his 50 fights, 18 by knockout.

Pro career

In 1995, Sanchez challenged WBO superbantemweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera

Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicoprofessional boxing. He is a seven time world champion in three different weight classes; he is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight , IBO / WBC Featherweight , WBC Super featherweight and IBF Junior lightweight divisions....
 but lost via a twelve round unanimous decision. He also faced future champions Juan Manuel Marquez
Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel M?rquez M?ndez is a Mexico professional Boxing and the current World Boxing Association, World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Organization lightweight world champion as well as the current The Ring lightweight champion....
, Freddie Norwood
Freddie Norwood

Freddie Norwood is a boxer in the lightweight division. Known as "Lil Hagler", Norwood defeated Antonio Cerme?o to win the WBA Featherweight Title title in 1998....
, and Guty Espadas, Jr. but came up short in each bout. In 1998, Sanchez defeated future champion Oscar Larios
Oscar Larios

?scar Larios is a professional boxing from Mexico and the current World Boxing Council featherweight champion....
 via technical knockout. In 2001, he defeated Jorge Monsalvo Sánchez to win the vacant WBO Super Bantamweight title. In his next bout, he fought Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiáo

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao , known as Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao is a professional Filipino people boxing. He is the former World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Lightweight, World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Superfeatherweight, International Boxing Federation List of IBF world champions#Junior featherweight, and...
 to a six round draw
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 in a unification bout. Sanchez was stripped of his Super Bantamweight title and after a two year layoff, fought Joan Guzman
Joan Guzman

Joan Guzm?n is a Dominican Republic professional Boxing who was the WBO's super featherweight champion. His nicknames are "The Little Mike Tyson" and "The Sycuan Warrior." Former boxer Floyd Mayweather, Sr....
 for the same title but lost via technical knockout. His final bout was a win against Edison Torres on September 17, 2005.

Murder

Sánchez was pronounced dead on November 15, 2005 after being shot two days before by an off-duty police officer in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Sanchez died at a Santo Domingo hospital hours after surgery to remove two bullets from his stomach. Sanchez was shot by an officer in the Dominican air force. "A mob then chased and beat the officer, whom police identified as Sgt. Diogenes Nova Rosario".

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