Search results
Arthur Benjamin Aragon (November 13, 1927 – March 25, 2008 [1]) was an American boxer in the lightweight class from New Mexico. [2] Early and later life. Aragon was a native of Belen, New Mexico, but grew up in East Los Angeles. His family was of Mexican descent. He was married four times and engaged a fifth time. He had six acknowledged children.
Mar 28, 2008 · Art Aragon, the lightweight and welterweight boxing contender of the 1950s known as Golden Boy for his flamboyant ring presence and love for the Hollywood life, died Tuesday in Northridge, Calif....
Mar 27, 2008 · Art Aragon, boxing's original "Golden Boy," who never won a world title but whose brashness, good looks and celebrity lifestyle made him one of the sport's biggest drawing cards of the 1940s and...
Mar 26, 2008 · Art Aragon, the charismatic “Golden Boy” boxer who steadily drew standing-room-only crowds at Los Angeles and Hollywood venues in the 1940s and ‘50s, died Tuesday at Northridge Hospital ...
May 8, 1988 · When Papa Aragon realized he had more kids than steers, 2-year-old Art was packed off to an aunt in Albuquerque. He wound up in East Los Angeles, and was a 1946 graduate of Roosevelt...
The The Ring, June 1955, page 51. reported a W 10 for Aragon, however the El Paso Herald-Post reported a KO 3 win for Aragon, with Muniz going down three times in the round. Aragon was down once, Trigo three times in the 5th round.
Sep 2, 2022 · A look back at the original 'Golden Boy', Art Aragon, who was the biggest draw on the west coast in the 1950s.
- 33 min
- 39.1K
- Rich the Fight Historian
