Mario Rivera Martinó

Mario Rivera Martinó [note 1] (April 20, 1924 – September 13, 2017) was a journalist, sports writer and President of the Puerto Rico Boxing Commission.

[2][3][4][5][6] According to Rivera Martinó, on one occasion in 1935, Puerto Rican boxer Pedro Montañez came up him with scuffed shoes.

The Ring, an American boxing magazine, gave him the assignment of covering Joe Louis’s tour of Army camps.

Rivera Martinó also had a boxing sports column in The San Juan Star, a local Puerto Rican newspaper.

[2][3][4][5][6] Among the Puerto Rican boxers which he covered on the ringside were Jose "Chegüi" Torres, Carlos Ortiz, Esteban de Jesús, Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario, Wilfredo "Bazooka" Gomez and Félix "Tito" Trinidad.

[11] On February 4, 2009, Rivera Martinó incorporated the "MARIO RIVERA MARTINÓ FOUNDATION Inc." whose mission is to provide educational methods, such as tutorials, materials, fees, professional and amateur boxer exams to promote education and combat social problems.

[2][3][4][5][6] His funeral was held at the Funeraria San Juan which is located at 3189 South John Young PKWY in Kissimmee, Florida.