Israel Crespo

Israel Omar Crespo (12 February 1986 – 15 September 2007) was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Amateur career

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

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.

Death

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

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans

References

1. "Former Lancaster boxer killed". Intelligencer Journal. 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2008-01-05.

External links

• Boxing record for Israel Crespo from BoxRec (registration required)