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Raul Rojas dies at 70; L.A. gang member turned boxing championRaul Rojas was a gang member in Los Angeles before turning to boxing and becoming a world featherweight champion.Raul Rojas, a tough former gang member who turned to boxing and became a world featherweight champion, died Sunday of natural causes at a Los Angeles convalescent home, said his daughter Rebecca. He was 70. Raul Rojas, shown in 1964, told The Times: “If it were not for boxing, I’d probably either be in San Quentin or would already have made the trip to the gas chamber.” (Paul M. Orduna / May 24, 2012) Rojas claimed the World Boxing Assn. belt on March 28, 1968, beating Colombian Enrique Higgins by decision at the historic Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Source: www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-raul-rojas-20120525,0,7104394.story |
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