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  IBHOF / Antonio Cervantes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Over the next eight years, Cervantes went 27-2, engaged in 19 title fights with his only losses coming at the hands of Hall of Famers Wilfred Benitez and Aaron Pryor.
Cervantes' WBA reign lasted until Aug. 2, 1980 -- 10 title defenses -- when he was knocked out by Pryor in four rounds in the challenger's hometown of Cincinnati.
Cervantes, who fought five more times before retiring in 1983, also scored noteworthy wins over future world champions Esteban DeJesus and Saoul Mamby, and top contender Hector Thompson.
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  Antonio Cervantes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cervantes immediately became a national hero in Colombia, and many enterprises made him their spokesman in the coffee producing country, most notably Sanyo, whose name the popular champion advertised on his clothing and fight trunks (boxer's shorts).
Cervantes made nine defenses, including a knockout in nine of Loche in a rematch, a knockout in five of Frazer, also in a rematch, a 13th.
Cervantes was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998, and in 2000, he was declared by the Colombian Boxing Federation and National Association of Professional Boxing as Colombia's Fighter of the Century.
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 Antonio Cervantes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Cervantes, who is Black (Blacks are a minorityin Colombia), was born in Palenque, also known as the first site of a slave rebellion in Latin America.
Cervantes immediately became a national hero in Colombia, and many enterprises made him their spokesman in the coffeeproducing country, most notably Sanyo, whose name the popular champion advertised on hisclothing and fight trunks (boxer's shorts).
Cervantes was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998, and in 2000, he was declared by the Colombian Boxing Federation and National Association ofProfessional Boxing as Colombia's Fighter of the Century.
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 Antonio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antonio is an Italian and Spanish first name.
After the Spaniards discovered the new world, many of them settled in the area, and, as a consequence, Antonio is one of the most popular Spanish first names in Latin America, as well as among Hispanics, and, to a small degree, North Americans in the United States.
Antonio de los Reyes Correa, Puerto Rican military hero
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 Cervantes Project 2001
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, fourth child of the surgeon Rodrigo de Cervantes and of Leonor de Cortinas, is born in Alcalá de Henares.
Cervantes is stricken with malaria but, in spite of high fevers, fights heroically from the bow of the ship, in the "greatest moment that past centuries have seen and which those to come have no hope of seeing,"
Cervantes attempts to accompany don Pedro Fernández de Castro, Earl of Lemos, to his viceroyalty in Naples, but Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola, who was responsible for putting together the retinue, leaves out both Cervantes and Góngora.
www.csdl.tamu.edu /cervantes/english/ctxt/cec/chron.html   (3017 words)

  
 ( Max Members Only) Boxing Coverage updated 24/7 at MaxBoxing.com
Cervantes was not the first to challenge for a world title, and if not for the greatness of Brazil's Eder Jofre (perhaps the best bantamweight of all time) Bernardo Carrabello might have won the world bantamweight title eight years earlier in 1964.
Cervantes is undoubtedly the Godfather of Colombian boxing, but he has Rodrigo Valdez nipping at his heels for the status of most popular Colombian boxer of all time.
Cervantes is one of those guys you have to see to appreciate, and like Jose Napoles, his greatness lay in the nuances of his offensive outbursts and tactical adaptations to any given situation.
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 Antonio María Gercía Español
Intentó todavía Cervantes conseguir la chantría o el deanato de la catedral de México, pero el rey tenía ambas prebendas reservadas a los inquisidores, y a Cervantes le sorprendió la muerte sin lograr pasar de canónigo a pesar de sus muchos méritos.
Herrera copió a Cervantes, este a Gómara, y este último a su vez a Motolinía o Fernández de Oviedo; y mientras todos fueron añadiendo nuevos datos a las noticias que les proporcionaban sus fuentes, Herrera fue casi exclusivamente un compilador que ordenó los materiales que le llegaron.
CERVANTES DE SALAZAR, F.: Life in the Imperial and Royal City of Mexico in New Spain and the royal and pontifical University of Mexico as described in the Dialogues for the study of the latin language.
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 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Estudios Bibliografía
Cervantes y los casticismos españoles, nota preliminar a cargo de Paulino Garagorri, Madrid, Alianza, 1974.
Cervantes y Avellaneda, estudio de una imitación, México, Colegio de México, 1951; Margit Frenk Alatorre, trad.
Cervantes, creador de la novela corta española, introducción a la edición crítica y comentada de las Novelas ejemplares, Madrid, C.
www.cervantesvirtual.com /bib_autor/Cervantes/bibliografia.shtml   (1071 words)

  
 Rosamunda: A Cervantine Mingling of History and Fiction in Persiles, by Karen Lucas
Cervantes' anachronistic placement of Rosamunda in the sixteenth century may appear to some extent as a disturbing element, in that it violates the romance convention of maintaining plausibility.
Cervantes allows us the opportunity to observe the lustful courtesan in action in the climactic scene where she attempts to seduce Antonio when they are alone together in the wilderness.
Cervantes' squire is a striking representation of the medieval and Renaissance carnival spirit, a spirit which conveys a sense of ambivalence toward the body.
www.h-net.org /~cervantes/csa/artics90/lucas.htm   (1895 words)

  
 Latino Boxing — Noticias y estadisticas del boxeo hispano — news and statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Antonio Cervantes was thin as a rail and woven out of tough fiber.
Antonio Cervantes 'Kid Pambelé' captured the unclaimed WBA junior welterweight title a second time after knocking out Carlos Giménez on June 25th, 1977, in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Cervantes dominated his division from 1972 to 1980, excepting 1976, the year in which he lost to Puerto Rican boxer Wilfredo Benítez, who was later stripped of his title because he refused to give Colombian boxer 'Kid Pambelé' a rematch.
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 Cancun Grille - Mexican Restaurant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Born in Lima, Peru, Antonio continued to show an interest in cooking and was invited to work with cooks and the head chef at his aunt’s restaurant preparing tasty Peruvian dishes.
However, at the urging of his parents, Antonio attended college to study Journalism where he eventually earned his four-year degree and landed a job working at a radio station interviewing politicians and other prominent figures in the government.
Antonio was fortunate to travel to the United States to train under several popular chefs working at leading restaurants and hotels such as Ricardo’s in New Orleans for six years.
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 A wish come true - News
Knowing that cheerleading is what Cervantes loves to do, the Make--A--Wish Foundation helped grant her wish, just like it does for thousands of children every year.
Cervantes' wish was only a small way to help her handle the everyday struggles of leukemia.
With a little help from the Longhorns, Cervantes is now back on track for not only her cheerleading career, but also for life.
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 Teodosia's Dark Shadow? A Study of Women's Roles in Cervantes's Las dos doncellas, by Linda Britt
Another important difference in the stories of the two women is that while Marco Antonio indeed seduced Teodosia, and physically dishonored her, he did not appear for his appointed rendezvous with Leocadia and left her, as it were, waiting at the bedroom door.
Not only does Cervantes reunite Teodosia and Marco Antonio; he also makes Rafael, Teodosia's brother, a central figure so that in the end he can marry Leocadia and restore her lost pride, and thus tie up all loose ends.
Marco Antonio makes the decision he must, according to the expectations of the epoch, and marries Teodosia as he had promised, while Leocadia also has the opportunity for happiness in her marriage to don Rafael.
www.h-net.org /~cervantes/csa/artics88/britt.htm   (2506 words)

  
 Salinas Californian - www.thecalifornian.com - Salinas, CA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Antonio "Adrian" Cervantes, 60, of Marysville, Wash., died Friday, July 1, 2005, at his residence in Marysville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Emeterio and Maria Cervantes and sisters, Martha Reyes and Eugenia Gastelum.
Survivors:Wife of 20 years, Barbara Cervantes; brother, George Cervantes of Marysville; daughters, Elena and Erin; sisters, Susana Rodriguez of Meza, Ariz., Clara Paterson of Elk Grove, Nancy Quiane, Esther Figueroa, Celia Cervantes and Gina Cervantes, all of Salinas.
www.californianonline.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050722/OBITUARIES/507220333/102   (140 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Cervantes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Even Cervantes was in the windmill act, having his famous Don Quixote’s tilting after them across Holland’s countryside as a knight errant in his own mind.
Jorge Cervantes, 22, was being held in the Lucas County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond.
The trial of Keri Ann Cervantes, 25, a mother accused of murdering one of her daughters and trying to murder the other one is due to begin Jan. 12.
www.nametraq.org /Jan04/C/Cervantes.shtml   (2334 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Cervantes was a classy boxer with the ability to hurt anyone who got careless.
Cervantes would hold on to the crown for 8 years, facing all worthy contenders.
Cervantes was 34 when he lost his title to Aaron Pryor, he would fight on but never again reach a world class level.
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 The Bad Neighbor | Dollars & Sense
San Antonio is entirely dependent on the aquifer for its drinking water and uses about 175,000 acre-feet per year; the city's water use is expected to reach more than 375,000 acre-feet by 2050.
But San Antonio need not wait so long to see just how short its end of the stick really is. Once Sandow has closed as a lignite mine, very little of the water Alcoa would supply to San Antonio would be directly tied to lignite mining.
The announcement of San Antonio's contracts with Alcoa came as a surprise to area residents, according to Brown, and "ignited a firestorm" of protest.
www.dollarsandsense.org /archives/2004/0704cervantes.html   (4443 words)

  
 bonmf6
Antonio Gurulé mentioned that he received no dowry from his marriage with Antonia Quintana and that he had inherited what he owned from his parents.
In addition, Antonio Gurulé and his wife Antonia Quintana were also enumerated in the 1750 census of Albuquerque with the following children: Juan Antonio, age 17; Fabiana, age 16, Seraphino, age 11, Elena, age 9; and Francisca, age 7.
Manuel Velarde was not a son of Juan Antonio Pérez Velarde and Juana Valverde y Cosio since records indicate that all of their children died as children and none of them were named Manuel.
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 Hopkins-Taylor: When Young and Old Collide | TheSweetScience.com Boxing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The fight — Wilfredo Benitez W15 Antonio Cervantes, 1976: Cervantes, 30, met the 17-year-old Benitez at the famous Hiram Bithorn baseball stadium in Puerto Rico.
While the Cervantes camp might argue that Benitez's split decision win was aided by fighting in his hometown, it was clear that this kid could fight.
Locche, Cervantes, Benitez and Pryor are all in the Hall of Fame.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/2372/hopkins-taylor-when-young-old-collide   (1337 words)

  
 The Chronicle: February 2, 2001: The New Geography of Classic Spanish Literature
In a panel on Cervantes and cultural studies, young scholars gave papers on masculinity and on ritual.
Antonio de Villasenor, a Spanish character who travels to far-flung countries but always returns home, marries a foreigner -- a so-called barbarian woman, whom Cervantes may have modeled on an American Indian -- and converts her to Christianity.
Cervantes "creates an image of this town as a utopian possibility for Spain -- a place of harmonious convergence between a Christian Spaniard, an Amerindian, but also Jews and Moors," the scholar said.
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 Christopher Marlowe, Miguel Cervantes, Lope de Vega and Micaela Lujan
Cervantes yearned to be a successful playwright, and several plays of his were produced in the corrales, his first in Madrid probably in autumn, 1583.
In mid-1610, Cervantes was set to go to Naples with the cultural entourage of his long-time patron, the 7th Count of Lemos, but at the last minute he was left in Madrid without money.
Cervantes said in Don Quixote II that all Sancho could bring home was a coral necklace for his wife and some bladder water-wings for the children.
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 The Winchester Star-Cervantes’ Murder Trial Delayed as Attorneys Confer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Juan Antonio Cervantes was scheduled to face a first-degree murder charge in a Frederick County Circuit Court jury trial set to begin at 9:30 a.m.
Translations from English to Spanish and vice versa during Cervantes’ interrogation were incomplete and inaccurate, the motion alleges, and much of the interrogation consisted of prejudicial and potentially confusing questions.
According to court records, Juan Cervantes has maintained his innocence, telling investigators he was sleeping at the time of the assault, and woke up just in time to see a group of men running from the trailer.
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 The Winchester Star-Suspect Pleads Guilty To Murder of Brother   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In his plea agreement submitted in Frederick County Circuit Court, Cervantes, 26, of White Post entered an Alford plea, which allows criminal defendants to maintain their innocence while acknowledging that the weight of the evidence against them would probably be sufficient for a conviction.
For Juan Cervantes’ sentence the commonwealth recommends 20 years in the penitentiary, with time in excess of between six years and six months to 10 years suspended, according to the plea agreement.
Court records stated that Juan Cervantes has maintained his innocence, telling investigators he was sleeping at the time of the assault and woke up to see three men running from the trailer.
www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/000627/story_murder.asp   (550 words)

  
 Jason Probst
Consider the case of Benitez, who challenged a living legend in Antonio Cervantes at age 17, and beat him.
Benitez was damn near perfect, and although in retrospect he may not have physically peaked here, the composure and craftiness the 17 year-old showed against Cervantes will probably never be seen again from such a young fighter.
While the end of the fight is debatable, it’s fair to say that Chavez was the last of the 15-round champs, and over that distance he probably wouldn’t have needed Richard Steele.
www.maxboxing.com /Probst/Probst110204.asp   (1970 words)

  
 Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) : Library of Congress Citations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Author: [Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de] 1547-1 Title: Sancho Panza's proverbs, and others which occur in Don Quixote; with a literal English translation, notes, and an introduction by Ulick Ralph Burke.
Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, to which is prefixed some account of the author's life, by Dr. Smollett.
References: Mata Cervantes, Antonio Miguel Pberez Cervantes, Antonio Miguel Pberez Mata Notes: His La reforma administrativa en Mbexico...
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 Boxing: Remembering the Day Youth Got Served   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
But, Benitez was focused on another mission, which was to make sure Cervantes' punches did not land on his face.
Cervantes was barely able to land as the Puerto Rican teenager outmaneuvered him over fifteen rounds.
Cervantes used his experience very well, winning some rounds.
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Los Institutos Cervantes y Goethe en Estocolmo fomentarán la cultura de España y Alemania respectivamente, y celebrarán sus propias actividades culturales y docentes, así como organizarán actos de forma conjunta.
El Instituto Cervantes y la Fundación Jorge Luis Borges organizarán a partir de ahora múltiples actividades conjuntas para difundir en todo el mundo la obra del escritor argentino: congresos, concursos literarios, conferencias, exposiciones y otros actos relacionados con la vida y la creación de Borges.
César Antonio Molina, que fue nombrado por el Consejo de Ministros del pasado 14 de mayo, es autor de una treintena de libros y ha ocupado la dirección del Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid desde 1996 a la actualidad.
www.cervantes.es /seg_nivel/institucion/Fotos/ArchivoAC.asp   (4961 words)

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