José María Gatica
Argentine boxer
- Born
- 25 May 1925, Villa Mercedes
- Died
- 12 November 1963, Buenos Aires
- Citizenship
- Argentina
- Sport
- boxing
- Occupation
- boxer
José María Gatica (25 May 1925 – 12 November 1963) was an Argentine boxer, one of Argentina's most famous sports idols. Gatica fought 96 times, winning 86 (72 by KO).
However, Gatica's boxing career was surrounded in controversy due to his support of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón. He was portrayed in the biopic Gatica, el mono, directed by Leonardo Favio in 1993.
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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