Kid Azteca

Luis Villanueva Paramo (June 21, 1913 - March 16, 2002) was a Mexican boxer best known as Kid Azteca. Villanueva boxed professionally from 1932 to 1961, making him one of a small number of fighters that fought during four decades. Archie Moore, George Foreman and Roberto DurĂ¡n are three other fighters in that exclusive group.

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    “It’s not enough to be great, Charley. I tried to tell you in Philly. I tried to tell you in L.A. We’re infested with rats! [to Peg, Charley’s fiancee] He’s not just a kid who can fight, he’s money! And people want money so bad they make it stink!”
    —Abraham Polonsky (b. 1910)