Joe Echevarria was Lightweight/Featherweight champion of the American Army, American Navy and of the Philippine Islands. He was asked to and helped train Sugar Ray Robinson for his first professional fight in Madison Square Garden which he lost to Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson was an African-American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight...

by a knockout in the second round. He never fought again. Known as "Baby Face or Kid Eche", Echevarria had served in the American Army at Westpoint where he was a cavalry instructor. Josue Reyes Echevarria was the son of Brigadier General, Life Echevarria who fought against the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the First World War. http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=012758