Wilfredo Gómez, Carlos Ortíz, Edwin Rosario, Pedro Montañez, José Chegui Torres, Joe Cortez (referee), Herbert "Cocoa Kid" Hardwick, Felix "Tito" Trinidad, Hector "Macho" Camacho, Mario Rivera Martino (writer) and Miguel Cotto. Benítez (The youngest champion in boxing's history) as of May 23, 1981, was the youngest three-time world champion after knocking out World Junior Middleweight champion Maurice Hope. Hardwick, was a member of the feared "Black Murderers' Row". The late Mario Rivera Martino, served Puerto Rican boxing for more than 50 years as a writer and eventual commissioner. Other boxers from Puerto Rico which have excelled in the sport include: Carlos De Leon, Ossie Ocasio, Alfredo Escalera, Belinda Laracuente, John Ruiz who made history by becoming boxing's first Latin American world Heavyweight champion ever, after beating WBA world champ Evander Holyfield, Alex Sánchez, Samuel Serrano, Amanda Serrano (no relation), Ada Vélez, who is the first Puerto Rican Women's boxing world champion and Jose Miguel Cotto. In 2006, Puerto Rican Miguel Santana made boxing history by becoming the fighter who waited the longest after a title bout to have a losing world title bout recognized as a mistake by a major organization. The IBF recognized Santana's challenge of IBF Lightweight champion Greg Haugen (who originally beat Santana by an eleventh round technical decision) as erroneous because of a fight-fixing and betting scandal that took place during the era the contest happened, and gave Santana a special recognition. Chronological order of major events On January 15, 1899, the first boxing match was held in Puerto Rico. In 1917, Nero Chen became the first Puerto Rican professional boxer to gain international recognition. In May 1927, boxing was legalized in Puerto Rico by an order signed by US appointed governor Horace Mann Towner. On June 26, 1934, Sixto Escobar became the first Puerto Rican to win an undisputed world championship On June 11, 1937, Herbert "Cocoa Kid" Hardwick, a Welterweight, became the first Hispanic to win a title in the World Colored Championships. In 1948, boxer Juan Evangelista Venegas earned Puerto Rico's first Bronze Olympic medal. In 1956, José Torres won a Silver Olympic Medal for the United States at the junior middleweight division at the Olympics held in Melbourne. In 1972, Esteban De Jesús won a ten-round decision, in Madison Square Garden, over undefeated Lightweight champion Roberto Durán in a televised bout. On September 1, 1973, José Roman made sports history by becoming