Pascual Pérez, the First “Che” to Win a World Title – World Boxing Association
Seventy-one years ago—on Wednesday, the 26th of last month—Argentine boxing carved its name into history when Pascual Pérez, famously known as El Pequeño Gigante (The Little Giant), captured the flyweight world championship under the banner of what would later become the World Boxing Association (WBA). In doing so, he became Argentina’s first-ever world champion, securing …