Osvaldo Ocasio, ( born August 12, 1955 ), better known as Ossie Ocasio and nicknamed Jaws, is a Puerto Rican who was a boxer and world Cruiserweight champion.

Montañez, like singer Daniel Santos and boxer Ossie Ocasio, is a native of the Tras Talleres area of Santurce San Juan.

Billy Ocasio is a senior advisor to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn appointed to work on social justice issues.

As alderman, Ocasio fought for the construction of the new Ames School ; helped bring a YMCA to the 26th ward ; and worked for the construction of the Humboldt Park Public Library.

Ocasio also led a $ 16 million rehab for Humboldt Park which included renovating the boat house and lagoon.

Ocasio, during his championship run, was able to buy a house in Trujillo Alto, where he maintained a large farm.

Ocasio then travelled to Australia, where he was outpointed by the erratic Mike Hunter.

Estremera developed his talent as a singer while residing in Residencial Las Casas, a public housing complex in the area of Santurce, not far from Trastalleres, where Daniel Santos, Andy Montañez and Ossie Ocasio were raised.

Although Ring En Español covered every boxing event worldwide, it concentrated more than anything else on Hispanic boxers, helping boxers like Wilfred Benítez, Wilfredo Gómez, Julio César Chávez, Eusebio Pedroza, Roberto Durán, Santos Laciar, Antonio Cervantes, Pipino Cuevas, Ossie Ocasio, Lupe Pintor, Rafael " Bazooka " Limón, Edwin Rosario, Héctor Camacho and many others become household names.

Cook County Commissioner and 26th Ward Committeeman Roberto Maldonado was tapped to replace Ocasio in the Chicago City Council in 2009.

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Los Chicos ' most popular members were Chayanne ( now an international super-star ), Migue Santa ( now an helicopter pilot ), Tony Ocasio and Rey Díaz.

In August 2012, Los Chicos released their tell all book named " Los Chicos ~ Mil Recuerdos Sus Historias " written by Joana Acevedo Ocasio with the help of original group members Tony Ocasio, Rey Diaz and Migue Santa.

Members of the Borough Council are Council President Herbert Littles, Karen Chew, Russell Hirn, Margo Ocasio, Bill Ross and Waltha Webb.

In his first two title defenses, Holmes easily knocked out Alfredo Evangelista and Ossie Ocasio.

Ocasio campaigned in the Heavyweight division, turning pro in 1976 and putting together 10 wins before signing with Don King and making a name for himself outpointing King fighter Kevin Isaac.

In 1978 on the undercard of the Larry Holmes / Ken Norton title fight Ocasio scored a major upset when he outpointed the highly regarded Jimmy Young, who'd outpointed George Foreman only a while back.

In a rematch, Ocasio underlined his superiority by again outpointing a this time in-shape Young, in Puerto Rico.

Attempting to become the first Hispanic to win the world Heavyweight championship, Ocasio was badly outclassed and lost to Holmes by a knockout in seven rounds.

However a rematch saw Ocasio surprisingly knocked out in 1 round.

Ocasio became a world champion by beating Williams by a 15 round unanimous decision.

Ocasio made three successful defenses, winning 15 round decisions over Young Joe Louis and Randy Stephens, and knocking out John Odhiambo in the 15th round in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

The crowd jeered Ocasio for his negative style, but it was the intelligent strategy to use on a short bomber like Qawi.

One last comeback in 1992 resulted in a dreary points loss to ex-contender Carl Williams, but it was hard hitting Hispanic prospect Alex Garcia who convinced the usually durable Ocasio to retire-he decked Ocasio several times before knocking him out in the 8th.

After he knocked out Camel in 8 in a rematch, countryman Ossie Ocasio won the WBA world title, becoming the second pair of Puerto Ricans to share world titles in the same division at the same time, after Alfredo Escalera and Samuel Serrano had achieved the feat in the 1970s at Jr. Lightweight.

The only fellow Puerto Ricans to challenge for the heavyweight championship are Ossie Ocasio, Fres Oquendo and John Ruiz, who later became the only Latino to hold a version of the heavyweight championship.

Ossie Ocasio and Fres Oquendo also challenged for the world's heavyweight championship, both are also from Puerto Rico.

Poor condition let him be outpointed to prospect Ossie Ocasio.

They seek a new understanding of celibacy that is focused on God rather than a future marriage or a lifelong vow to the Church.

It is the oldest gay student organization in the world, founded as the Student Homophile League in 1967 by students including lifelong activist Stephen Donaldson.

NCRL ’ s essential mission is to promote reading and lifelong learning.

His ministry affirms the divine inspiration of the Bible, the authority of Tradition, and says "... that there is a place within the full life and ministry of the Christian Church for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Christians, both those who are called to lifelong celibacy and those who are partnered.

Thus, he implicitly emphasized that it is God-made (" God has joined together "), " male and female ," lifelong (" let no one separate "), and monogamous (" a man ... his wife ").

Marriage is intended to be a faithful, exclusive, lifelong union of a man and a woman.

The SCA mission is to build a new generation of conservation managers by inspiring lifelong stewardship of the environment and communities by engaging high school and college-age volunteers in hands-on service to the land.

The risk of the tendency to have seizures is lifelong ; however, the majority have well-controlled seizures with anticonvulsant medication and avoidance of seizure precipitants.

His first foray into television was a documentary for NBC's Omnibus, Dancing is a Man's Game ( 1958 ) where he assembled a group of America's greatest sportsmen – including Mickey Mantle, Sugar Ray Robinson and Bob Cousy – and re-interpreted their moves choreographically, as part of his lifelong quest to remove the effeminate stereotype of the art of dance, while articulating the philosophy behind his dance style.

Though he is not related to Allen Whipple, who described the Whipple procedure and Whipple's triad, the two were lifelong friends ..

A major expected side-effect of radioiodine in patients with Graves ' disease is the development of lifelong hypothyroidism, requiring daily treatment with thyroid hormone.

This is a complex virus that can cause leukemia, but in most cases it lies dormant and people end up being lifelong carriers of the virus.

Such a practice through lifelong work towards oneself is called as observing the Mahavrata (" Great Vows ").

My Best Buy is a tiered, digital loyalty and customer engagement program that is designed to build a lifelong relationship with the customer by providing a personalized experience through which they can manage their digital and technology needs.

Lemmy is well known for his lifelong large intake of alcohol.

It is argued that increasing cholinergic stimulation also acts through subtle trophic effects on brain developmental processes and particularly on oligodendrocytes and the lifelong myelination process they support.

Though the influence of his mother's Calvinist religiosity is evident throughout Weber's life and work, and though he maintained a deep, lifelong interest in the study of religions, Weber was open about the fact that he was personally irreligious.

Smith is a lifelong fan of Rolls Royce cars, buying his first Silver Shadow at Brighton Racecourse from an advert in Sporting Life for £ 5, 000.

There is a brief epilogue sequence in which the fates of the six only known survivors are shown: Sydney underwent surgery on his kneecap injuries and lives as a horticulturist with his son Seymour, Arthur received an OBE for lifelong service to the theatre and retired to the country, Sebastian wrote a book about the film's events and is currently negotiating the film rights.

Neil Kinnock is a lifelong Cardiff City F. C.

Washington in particular maintained a lifelong pattern of church membership and attendance, and there is conflicting testimony from those who knew him.

Since the 1970s, the introduction of a recovery approach to mental health, which has been driven mainly by people who have experienced psychosis ( or whatever name is used to describe their experiences ), has led to a greater awareness that mental illness is not a lifelong disability, and that there is an expectation that recovery is possible, and probable with effective support.