Kid Gavilan - Kid Gavilan Gerardo Gonzalez (January 6, 1926 - February 13, 2003), better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former boxer and world welterweight champion from Cuba. He was a native of the city of Camaguey. Gavilan was managed by Yamil Chade, a half Lebanese, half Cuban manager who also directed the careers of Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez, Carlos De Leon and Felix Trinidad among others. Gavilan started as a professional boxer on the evening of June 5, 1943, when he beat Antonio Diaz by a decision in four rounds in Havana. His first ten bouts were in Havana, and then he had one in Cienfuegos, but soon he returned to Havana for three more wins. After 14 bouts, he left Cuba for.
International Boxing Hall of Fame - the ceremonies are attended by many former world boxing champions, boxing celebrities and Hollywood celebrities each year. Professional boxerss have to wait 5 years after retirement to be eligible for election into the Hall of Fame. The hall of fame's roster includes: Muhammad Ali Sammy Angott Alexis Arguello Henry Armstrong Carmen Basilio Wilfredo Benitez Nino Benvenuti Jackie Kid Berg Jimmy Bivins Joe Brown Ken Buchanan Charley Burley Miguel Canto Georges Carpentier Jimmy Carter Marcel Cerdan Antonio Cervantes Jeff Chandler Ezzard Charles Curtis Cokes Billy Conn Pipino Cuevas George Dixon Flash Elorde Jeff Fenech George Foreman Bob Foster Joe Frazier Gene Fullmer Khaosai Galaxy Victor Galindez Kid Gavilan Joey Giardello Mike Gibbons Tommy Gibbons Wilfredo Gomez Billy Graham Rocky Graziano Harry Greb Emile Griffith Marvin Hagler Fighting Harada Tom Heeney Beau Jack.
Deaths in 2003 - 26 The Honourable Rosemary Brown, Canadian politician (NDP), first black woman elected to a provincial legislature and first black woman to run for the leadership of a major federal political party 26 Caroline Newhouse, arts patron; widow of Theodore Newhouse 26 Max Nicholson, environmentalist 26 Peter Stone, Oscar-and-(3-time)Tony-winning writer 25 Hidefumi Minorikawa, a Diet of Japan member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party 23 Bernard Katz biophysicist, Nobel Prize winner 23 James H. Critchfield, CIA Cold Warrior 22 Martha Griffiths, Congresswoman, women's rights proponent 21 Rocco Theunissen, Rally Driver 21 Nina Simone, jazz singer, "High Priestess of Soul" 19 Conrad Leonard (aged 104), British musican and composer 19 Norberto Longo, Telemundo sportscaster 18 Daijiro Kato, Japanese 500cc MotoGP Star, former 250cc Champion 18 Edgar F. Codd, computer pioneer 17 Earl King,.
Carmen Basilio - in nine. In his last fight before returning home, he lost by a decision in 10 to Eddie Giosa. For his next seven bouts, Basilio only went 3-3-1, but he was able to avenge his loss to Giosa by winning a ten round decision over him in Syracuse. In 1952, Basilio went 6-2-1. He beat Jimmy Cousins among others that year, but he lost to Chuck Davies and Billy Graham (boxer). The draw he registered that year was against Davies in the first of the two meetings they held that year. But things started to change in 1953. Basilio started winning big fights and soon found his name climbing up the Welterweight division's rankings. Soon, he found himself in his first world title fight, against Cuba's Kid Gavilan for Gavilan's world.
Sugar Ray Robinson - made 28 fights before challenging for his first world title, winning 27 and drawing one, versus Jose Basora of Puerto Rico. Then, on December 20, 1946, he and Tommy Bell were matched in New York, New York, for the vacant world's Welterweight title. Robinson became a world champion by beating Bell by a 15 round decision. In 1947, he toured the United States, boxing 10 times in different locations from Miami to Los Angeles, but only one of them was a world title defense. In 1948, he fought five more times, but once again,with only one defense. However, among the fighters he defeated in non title bouts was another former world champion, Cuba's Kid Gavilan. In 1949, he boxed 16 times, including 12 sanctioned bouts (in which he went 11-0-1) and.
List of boxers - Marcel Cerdan Bobby Chacon Julio Cesar Chavez Kid Chocolate George Chuvalo Kermit Cintron Gerrie Coetzee Billy Conn John Conteh Gerry Cooney Henry Cooper James J. Corbett Billy Costello Miguel Cotto Herbert Crossley Carlos Cruz Leo Cruz Donald Curry Bobby Czyz Alberto Davila Oscar De La Hoya Tony DeMarco Jack Dempsey George Dixon Leonard Dorin Doroftei Champion Jack Dupree Roberto Duran Yvon Durelle Flash Elorde Alfredo Escalera Sixto Escobar Clifford Etienne Luis Firpo Bob Fitzsimmons George Foreman Bob Foster Joe Frazier Acelino Freitas Gene Fulmer Joe Gans Arturo Gatti Kid Gavilan Joey Giardello Mike Gibbons Tommy Gibbons Andrew Golota Wilfredo Gomez Rocky Graziano Harry Greb Emile Griffith Yoko Gushiken Marvin Hagler "Prince" Naseem Hamed Mustafa Hamsho Gene Hatcher Thomas Hearns Tom Heeney Matthew Hilton Larry Holmes Evander Holyfield Julian Jackson Rene Jacquot.
List of Cubans - actress and singer, half-Cuban Sissy model Pedro Zamora AIDS activist, was in The Real World Mauricio Zeilic television gossiper Sports Bert Campaneris baseball player Jose Canseco baseball player Joel Casamayor world champion boxer Jose Raul Capablanca world champion chess player Kid Chocolate world boxing champion Martin DiHigo baseball player Mary Joe Fernandez tennis player Kid Gavilan world boxing champion Andres Guilbert, NBA basketball player Juan Hernandez amateur boxer Livan Hernandez baseball player Orlando Hernandez baseball player, Livan's brother Alberto Juantorena track and field Jose Legra Cuban born, Spaniard nationalized world champion boxer Minnie Minoso baseball player Jose Mantequilla Napoles Cuban born, Mexican nationalized world champion boxer Tony Oliva baseball player and three time batting champion Rafael Palmeiro baseball player Benny Kid Paret world boxing champion who had tragic end Tony Perez.
List of pseudonyms - -- Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker Eric Morecambe -- John Eric Bartholemew Mary Pickford -- Gladys Smith Queen Latifah -- Dana Owens Vic Reeves -- Jim Moir The Rock -- Dwayne Douglas Johnson Seal -- Sealhenry Samuel Sandie Shaw -- Sandra Goodrich Charlie Sheen -- Carlos Irwin Estevez Martin Sheen -- Ramon Estevez Shania Twain -- Eileen Regina Edwards Slash -- Saul Hudson Snoop Dogg -- Calvin Broadus Ringo Starr -- Richard Starkey Sting -- Gordon Sumner Sugar -- Stephanie Beard Ritchie Valens -- Ricardo Valenzuela John Wayne -- Marion Michael Morrison Ernie Wise -- Ernest Wiseman Stevie Wonder -- Steveland Morris Other Kid Gavilan -- Gerardo Gonzalez (world champion boxer) Sugar Ray Leonard -- Ray Charles Leonard (world champion boxer) Joe Louis -- Joseph Louis Barrow (world champion.
List of people by name: Ga - mathematician Gauthier, David, philosopher Gauthier, Jean-Robert, Canadian senator Gav Gavaskar, Sunil, Indian cricketer Gavazzi, Artur, (1861-1944), geographer Gavilan, Kid, (1926-2003), world champion boxer Gavin, John, (born 1928), actor Gay Gaye, Marvin, (1939-1984), musician, singer-songwriter Gayheart, Rebecca, (born 1972), US actress Gay, John, (1685-1732), songwriter, poet Gayle, Crystal, (born 1951), country music singer Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis, (1778-1850), physicist Gaynor, Gloria, (born 1949), US singer Gaynor, Janet, (1906-1984), actor Gaynor, Mitzi, (born 1931), actress Gaz Gazzara, Ben, (born 1930), actor Gazzelloni, Severino, (1919-1992) Italian flautist.
Kid Frost - Kid Frost Kid Frost is a popular (and probably the first) Chicano (i.e. Mexican-American) rapper. He was first signed to an indie label and later moved to Virgin Records[1] (that's where his biggest hit, "La Raza", came out ? "Chicano, and I'm brown and proud"), in 1995 he was signed by Ruthless Records (Eazy E's label) (distributed by Relativity and later on by Relativity/Epic/Sony), in 1999 Frost was signed to a small independent label. Style-wise Frost moved from Electro Funk to a Latin-tinged kind of Gangsta rap that he's basically still into, although now often inspired by G-Funk (a more melodic kind of gangsta rap pioneered by Dr. Dre). 2002's 'Still up in this $#*+!' featured more Latin-tinged raps and G-Funk tracks as well as a.
Kid Icarus - Kid Icarus Kid Icarus is the title of a game for the Famicom Disk System in Japan. In other markets, it was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System game console. Kid Icarus was designed by Gunpei Yokoi (1941-1997), famous for designing ROB and Metroid. The main character in Kid Icarus was a small boy with wings named Pit, on a quest to rescue his goddess Palutena and free the Angel land from the grasp of Medusa. The game was based on the Metroid engine and contained both side and verticle scrolling action sequences. The music was composed by Hirokazu 'Hip' Tanaka..
Kid Rock - Kid Rock Kid Rock is a performer of rap music - notably combining rapping with the sounds of more traditional rock - sarcastically described as a hybrid of ZZ Top and Public Enemy. The performer, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, was born in Romeo, Michigan. He began his hip-hop career at the age of 15. He became well-known in the Mt. Clemens housing project because of his unique style of rapping. He later moved to New York City, where he was said to have lived just below Queen Latifah. He got to know a lot of the areas rappers and landed a tour deal with Ice Cube and Too $hort when he was only 18 years old. In 1989, his first album, on the.
Kid 606 - Kid 606 Kid 606 (born Michael Depedro) is an American musician associated with the IDM and electronica scenes. His music is known for its high tempo breakbeats and a liberal mix of noise and sampling. Notable releases include Don't Sweat the Technics (1998) and P.S. I Love You (2000)..
Kid Ory - Kid Ory Edward "Kid" Ory (c. 1886 - January 23, 1973) was a Jazz trombonist and bandleader. He was born in Woodland Planation near LaPlace, Louisiana. Had one of the best bands in New Orleans in the 1910s, hiring many of the greats, including Joe King Oliver, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Mutt Carey, Louis Armstrong. He moved to California in 1919 and made his first recordings there around 1921. In Chicago for most of the 1920s, he was very active in recording studios, with bands of Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Joe King Oliver, and others. After this he returned to California and in the 1940s and 1950s his band was an important force in reviving interest in New Orleans style jazz, making popular radio broadcasts.
Kid programming language - Kid programming language Kid is a kernel language for Id. A refinement of P-TAC, used as an intermediate language for Id. Lambda-calculus with first-class let-blocks and I-structures. Reference "A Syntactic Approach to Program Transformations", Z. Ariola et. al., SIGPLAN Notices 26(9):116-129 (Sept 1991). This article was originally based on content from FOLDOC, used with permission. Update as needed..
Kid Chocolate - Kid Chocolate Eligio Saldana (January 6, 1910-August 8, 1988), better known as Kid Chocolate, was a Cuban boxer who enjoyed wild success both in the boxing ring and in society life during a span of the 1930s. Chocolate, nicknamed The Cuban Bon Bon, learned how to fight by watching old fight films in Cuba. He later sparred with boxers such as Joe Gans, Benny Leonard and Jack Johnson, all world champions, before beginning an amateur boxing career. As an amateur, he won all 100 of his fights, 86 by knockout. His professional boxing debut, officially, occurred on December 8, 1927, when he beat Johnny Cruz by a decision in six in Havana. Whether that was his actual debut or not has been a point of contention,.
Kid A - Kid A Radiohead's fourth studio album, released in 2000. It came as a surprise for all of those who was waiting for an "OK Computer 2". Instead of following the old recipe, Radiohead experimented with electronic landscapes. They had worked on "Kid A" for over a year, and the group was nearly disbanded. Anyway, they didn't disband. On "Kid A", you can hear electronica, post-rock, indie, art-rock, and jazz. Most important for the sound is no longer Thom Yorke's alarmed vocals or Jonny Greenwood's guitar, but Greenwood's electronic effects. The follow-up for Kid A, Amnesiac (2001), was recorded during the same period. No singles were released from "Kid A". Tracks "Everything in its Right Place" "Kid A" "The National Anthem" "How to Disappear Completely (And Never.
Kid - Kid Kid may refer to: a human child a young goat a collection of poems by Simon Armitage: Kid This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix the link, so that it points to the appropriate page..
Kid Koala - Kid Koala Eric San (born 1975), who records under the name Kid Koala, is a Toronto, Canada based DJ and turntablist. He is signed to the Ninja Tune record label and also tours and performs with a jam band, Bullfrog..
Kid's Story - Kid's Story "Kid's Story" is one of 9 short films in The Animatrix series that reveals more about the world of The Matrix. It was written by the Wachowski brothers and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, with animation and production design by studio4oc, Tokyo. Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers Plot The Kid gets a personalized invitation from Neo, The One, to escape The Matrix. He is the first character in the series who achieves "self substantiation" (removing himself from the Matrix) through what seems to be a combination of faith and death..
