From the latimes
Two-time world super-featherweight champion
Genaro "Chicanito" Hernandez, 45, who ascended through the Southern California boxing ranks to become a two-time world super-featherweight champion, died Tuesday after more than two years battling cancer, boxing publicist Bill Caplan said.
Hernandez had a 38-2-1 record with 17 knockouts in a career that stretched from 1984 to 1998 and included victories over Azumah Nelson, Carlos Hernandez and Jorge Paez. His only losses were to Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Hernandez had spent recent years as a TV boxing analyst.
A Los Angeles native, Hernandez lived in Mission Viejo. He and his wife, Liliana, had a son and a daughter.
RIP champ a true class act..without out a doubt you were the real deal. From 28th st. school to hanging out shadow boxing on 30 st. to the fight with Nelson when you elected to get up and win like a true warrior you were always the classiest guy. Your friends in the neighborhood will never forget how you made us proud in and out of the ring..you may not have gotten all the millions and the recognition that the other flashy LA guy media darling received but I bet your children can be proud of who you were and how you always showed the best of our two cultures..more than we can say about that other coke head clown...god bless
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice comment on Genaro..
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