Israel Crespo

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Israel Omar Crespo (1986-02-12 - 2007-09-15) was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 Death 4 References 5 External links 6 See also

[edit] Amateur career

Known as "Chickie", Crespo had an outstanding amateur career, and was the National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight Champion in 2004.

[edit] Professional career

Crespo turned professional in 2005, fighting out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and won his first two bouts before losing to Carlos Tamara in 2006.

[edit] Death

Crespo was shot and killed by bullets fired from a moving car while horseback riding with friends outside Ponce, Puerto Rico. ^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Israel Crespo from Boxrec

[edit] See also

• List of male boxers
• List of Puerto Ricans