In the years after the Durán was considered to be one of the toughest, meanest sons of bitches in the history of boxing—and someone intimately acquainted with both sides of theNeither man intended to make it a grand gesture. He became Puerto Rico's most popular boxer. Fu il primo pugile a sconfiggere Roberto Durán e lo … De Jesús tested positive for the virus, and symptoms began to appear.After returning to spend his last days with his family, de Jesús was visited by many celebrities, including hall of fame baseball player Esteban de Jesús died one month after being released at the age of 37. De Jesús defeats Roberto Duran in 1972. "Esteban was beloved by the fans," said Jorge Perez, a boxing columnist for the newspaper Primera Hora. "It has been De Jesús' dream to fight in Madison Square Garden and we will win the fight one way or another. He even visited a local Twice he was arrested for drug related offenses, but De Jesús skirted charges both times. But the most important meeting between the two men came outside the ring, in 1989, when Duran visited De Jésus when he was dying of AIDS in a clinic in San Juan, Puerto Rico. "He was the biggest fighter in Puerto Rico at the time. Nobody outside of his close friends and family had even known that de Jesús was an addict. Durán's other rival, Leonard, The story shocked the boxing world. Esteban de Jesus, the World Boxing Council lightweight champion from 1976 through 1978, died of AIDS yesterday at his home in San Juan, P.R. De Jesús … Jump to:navigation, search. De Jesús blamed the incident on cocaine use. He knew how to box. In 1976, De Jesús won the WBC lightweight title from Guts Ishimatsu. "It hit me very hard. And Puerto Rico's decade-long economic crisis, which has resulted in mass emigration and unemployment rates over 12 percent, have left the government without the funds to effectively deal with the growing drug problem. In the year 2000, there were 26,336 people of Hispanic/Latino origin in the United States with the surname De Jesus, … "Durán's title wasn't on the line, but the fight still drew 10,000 fans—most of them cheering on the Puerto Rican De Jesús, who was the kind of fighter who did everything well. He began by smoking marijuana, then snorted cocaine, and by the end of his career, he was shooting up "speedballs" of cocaine and heroin. Esteban de Jesús (Carolina, 2 agosto 1951 – 12 maggio 1989) è stato un pugile portoricano. De Jesús died on May 12, 1989. "I injected myself with it," he said during a 1989 interview. You're already addicted. "After the Durán fight, De Jesús beat Ray Lampkin in San Juan for the vacant NABF lightweight title. Shortly afterward, De Jesús tested positive for the virus. In April of 1980, he lost a chance at the WBC super lightweight title to Saoul Mamby. "Nonprofit groups have tried to fill in the gaps left by shrinking government programs, but they too are struggling to come up with enough resources to actually make an impact.De Jesús spent less than two months in the treatment center before his death. He was sentenced to life in prison. "De Jesús was not alone in his addiction—certainly not alone in the world of boxing.

He faced the possibility of dying in prison until his sentence was commuted on March 28, 1989. "They seemed to be boxing on even terms, so to speak, in the middle of the round, and all of a sudden he threw that left hook and caught Durán in the jaw and Durán was sitting on his rear end looking up at De Jesús. Afterward, he gave an interview to a Puerto Rican television show in which he opened up about his addiction and disease. Rozpoczął karierę boksera zawodowego w 1969. "His skin was wasted. Durán had a relatively rough time in the 1980s. Il se fait connaitre du grand public en infligeant sa première défaite à Après trois nouveaux succès avant la limite contre Hector Julio Medina, Buzzsaw Yamabe et Vicente Mijares Saldivar, il tente de réunifier les titres WBA et WBC en affrontant à nouveau Roberto Durán le 21 janvier 1978 mais perd ce combat par arrêt de l'arbitre à la En 1981, il est accusé du meurtre d'un adolescent de 17 ans au cours d'une altercation liée à un trafic de drogue. "He was a great boxer and a great human being," said Manny Siaca, who trained De Jesús later in his career. Esteban De Jesús. "He just came out of the corner and took it right to Roberto Durán," said HBO boxing analyst Harold Lederman, who was one of the judges that night. De Jesús, De Jesus or capitalized as de Jesús, de Jesus (/ d ə h eɪ ˈ s uː s /; Spanish: , Brazilian Portuguese: [dʒi/di ʒeˈzu(j)s]) is a Spanish and Portuguese surname (meaning of Jesus) and a common family name in the Hispanic and Portuguese-speaking world. The champion wanted to see his old rival one last time.This was two years before Magic Johnson would announce that he was HIV positive, and deep in an era when HIV and AIDS were still painfully stigmatized and largely misunderstood.

De Jesús debuted as a professional in 1969, beating El Tarita by a knockout in round three in San Juan. (Viruet still blames De Jesús' promoter at the time, Don King, for putting in the fix.) He said he still sees one of De Jesús' older brothers, Victor, around the Bronx, where they both live. "I expect my man to knock out Durán by the eighth round," De Jesús' trainer Gregorio Benitez had told the media before the fight.

He won six fights in a row, including a twelve round knockout win in a third fight with Marquez, and a ten round decision over In 1973, he was rewarded for his efforts, receiving a chance to challenge In 1975, he went up in weight briefly, and after beating De Jesús admitted publicly to using drugs during his boxing career.1978 began with the third and final chapter of his trilogy with Durán.

But not nearly enough is being done to prevent people from needing those tests in the first place. They ate up his life. Then I left in my wife's car." His matchup that night against the heralded Robert Durán had the potential to catapult his career to stardom. Lavoe also found international success and celebrity, particularly in New York. "My wife told me that I had killed someone," he said.

His former nemesis gave him a hug and a kiss. "The knockdown set the tone and allowed De Jesús to control the rest of the fight.