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Jose "King" Roman (born December 17, 1946) is a Puerto Rican former 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....
 who was Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
's regional (not international) heavyweight champion. He is better known as "Joe King Roman."

In late August of 1973, he travelled to Tokyo, Japan to challenge world Heavyweight champion George Foreman
George Foreman

George Edward Foreman is an United States two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur.He is the oldest man ever to win a major heavyweight title when, at 45, he knocked out 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round....
, losing by a knockout
Knockout

A knockout is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving strike ....
 in the first round there on September 1. Roman's corner protested that he was hit by Foreman while Roman was down, although no action was taken on this complaint.

Even though he lost, he made history by becoming the first Puerto Rican to challenge for the world's Heavyweight championship.






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Jose "King" Roman (born December 17, 1946) is a Puerto Rican former 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....
 who was Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
's regional (not international) heavyweight champion. He is better known as "Joe King Roman."

In late August of 1973, he travelled to Tokyo, Japan to challenge world Heavyweight champion George Foreman
George Foreman

George Edward Foreman is an United States two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur.He is the oldest man ever to win a major heavyweight title when, at 45, he knocked out 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round....
, losing by a knockout
Knockout

A knockout is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving strike ....
 in the first round there on September 1. Roman's corner protested that he was hit by Foreman while Roman was down, although no action was taken on this complaint.

Even though he lost, he made history by becoming the first Puerto Rican to challenge for the world's Heavyweight championship. The only fellow Puerto Ricans to challenge for the heavyweight championship are Ossie Ocasio
Ossie Ocasio

Osvaldo Ocasio, , better known as Ossie Ocasio and nicknamed Jaws, is a Puerto Rico who was a boxing and world Cruiserweight champion. He got his peculiar nickname after accidentally biting another boxer during a sparring session....
, Fres Oquendo
Fres Oquendo

Fres Oquendo was born April 1 1973 in Puerto Rico, and is a professional heavyweight boxer.He had a successful amateur background and has shown huge potential as a pro....
 and John Ruiz
John Ruiz

John ?The Quiet Man" Ruiz , currently residing in Las Vegas metropolitan area is a professional Puerto Rico-United States Boxing and former two-time WBA World Heavyweight champion.....
, who later became the only Latino to hold a version of the heavyweight championship.

Roman retired in 1981 with a record of 53 wins, 24 losses and 3 draws, with 26 knockout wins.

After his retirement, he became a favorite subject of the Whatever happened to...? question in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

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. He now works at a Sweetbay Supermarket in Tampa, Florida
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.

Ossie Ocasio and Fres Oquendo also challenged for the world's heavyweight championship, both are also from Puerto Rico. Ruiz was born in the USA, he has Puerto Rican ancestry.

See also

  • List of famous Puerto Ricans