{"id":889552,"date":"2026-09-09T18:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/889552\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:58:11","slug":"another-legendary-boxer-has-died-ismael-laguna-was-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/889552\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Legendary Boxer Has Died: Ismael Laguna Was 83"},"content":{"rendered":"

The boxing<\/a> world has lost another legend. Ismael Laguna, the Hall of Fame fighter known as “The Tiger of Col\u00f3n,” has died at 83.<\/p>\n

The Panamanian Sports Institute announced Laguna’s death Wednesday, saying, “Panamanian boxing is in mourning.”<\/p>\n

Laguna had reportedly been hospitalized before his death in his native Panama. A cause of death has not been announced.<\/p>\n

Born in Col\u00f3n, Panama, Laguna became one of the country’s most important boxing figures during a professional career that spanned from 1960 to 1971.<\/p>\n

His signature moment came on April 10, 1965, when Laguna defeated Carlos Ortiz over 15 rounds to capture the world lightweight championship.<\/p>\n

Ortiz regained the title in a rematch later that year, but Laguna eventually returned to the top of the division. He defeated Mando Ramos in 1970 to become lightweight champion for a second time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Laguna retired with a record of 65-9-1, including 37 victories by knockout.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed “The Tiger of Col\u00f3n” for his aggressive and fearless fighting style, Laguna helped fuel boxing’s growing popularity in Panama and became one of the nation’s most celebrated fighters.<\/p>\n

His accomplishments were eventually recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame<\/a>, which inducted him in 2001. He is one of only a handful of Panamanian fighters to receive the honor.<\/p>\n

Laguna was also inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

More than six decades after he first became a world champion, he remained an important figure in Panamanian boxing history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boxing world has lost another legend. Ismael Laguna, the Hall of Fame fighter known as “The Tiger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-889552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}