Pastrano died Dec. 6, 1997 from liver cancer. "Willie Pastrano was without doubt one of the greatest athletes to graduate from Warren Easton," said local sports historian Bob Remy, who graduated from ...

Teen-agers on the streets of New Orleans’ Vieux Carré can still remember when their pal Willie Pastrano was a fat little five-foot butterball, the butt of all their jokes. Lately they have stopped ...

> Willie Pastrano, 28: a sixth-round TKO over Gregorio Peralta, in a light-heavyweight (175 Ibs.) championship bout at New Orleans. Stablemate of Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay (both are trained by ...

Hopes for an L.A. showdown between Cassius (The Great) Clay and Argentine Alejandro Lavorante brightened quickly here Monday night when promoter John Horn revealed he has wired $20,000 offers to each ...

A boxing tale from Jim Skelly, of Pearl River County, Mississippi: "Willie Pastrano, former light heavyweight champion and a friend of mine, told me this story: "'One day while training, Angelo Dundee ...