José Torres, 1936-2009

José Torres, a boxer who won a silver medal in the 1956 Olympics, and the author of Sting Like a Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story, has died. He was 72 years old. 

According to his New York Times obituary, Torres achieved a record of 41-3-1 in his 11 years of professional fighting. Later, he served as the chairman of the New York state Athletic Commission, and was also the biographer of Mike Tyson. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997.

You can read his full obituary here.