Teen-agers on the streets of New Orleans’ Vieux Carré can still remember when their pal Willie Pastrano was a fat little five-foot butterball, the butt of all their jokes. Lately they have stopped ...

> Willie Pastrano, 28: a sixth-round TKO over Gregorio Peralta, in a light-heavyweight (175 Ibs.) championship bout at New Orleans. Stablemate of Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay (both are trained by ...

José Torres, 72, a former light heavyweight world champion and Olympic silver medalist, died Jan. 19 at his home in Ponce, Puerto Rico, after a heart attack. Mr. Torres won the light heavyweight title ...