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

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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.

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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.

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.

Poor condition let him be outpointed to prospect Ossie Ocasio.

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* March 14-Larry Holmes retains his WBC world Heavyweight title with a seventh round knockout of future WBA world Cruiserweight champion Ossie Ocasio in Las Vegas.

He had beaten the challenges of such fighters ( among others ) as Ossie Ocasio, Mike Weaver, Trevor Berbick.

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

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.

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* John L. Gardner, British boxer, who beat Ossie Ocasio.

In 1982 the World Boxing Association recognized Ossie Ocasio as their first cruiserweight champion when he defeated South African Robbie Williams ( although at that time the WBA called the division " junior heavyweight ").

During his winning streak he defeated some notable boxers: Ezra Sellers ( future world cruiserweight title challenger ), Ossie Ocasio ( former cruiserweight champion and heavyweight title challenger ), David Bey ( former world rated contender ), and Jose Ribalta ( former world title contender ).

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Osgood was commonly called " Ossie " and also earned the nickname " The King of Stamford Bridge " due to his exceptional skills as a player as well as his personality and status.

The film version also stars Ossie Davis as Jack, a black man who claims to be John F. Kennedy.

Ossie also became good friends with artist David Hockney during this period.

The label Ghost, known for its diaphanous gowns, has also been influenced by Ossie Clark.

In 1984, he also hosted an after-school children's show called The Ossie Ostrich Video Show, with co-host Jacki MacDonald.

Somers sometimes retaliated by calling Ossie names like ' Fiberglass Head ', but he also had more affectionate names, like his ' pink, feathered beakie '.

The film also stars Joy Bryant, Nia Long, Ossie Davis, Paul Rodriguez, Rainn Wilson, and Terry Crews.

* Ossie Davis – Granddad – Shown to be a gruff figure in the movie, he too helps Melvin take care of his children and also plays a minor role in the film.

Her husband Ossie Davis ( 1917 – 2005 ) also appeared in that episode.

During this period, 1955 – 1958, Antin worked in various projects on the stage, including a stint with Ossie Davis, and also supported herself modeling for painters.

He also starred in Ossie Davis's Cotton Comes to Harlem ( 1970 ) as the Reverend Deke O ' Malley, who is under investigation by the movie's main characters.

Ossie Davis starred in a television adaptation for the Kraft Television Theatre in 1955.

It was a major disappointment for this big-stage player yet ' Ossie ' returned from the injury an equally graceful – if tougher – player.

His vision and physical presence were recognised by new manager Dave Sexton playing him often as a midfielder, notably wearing the number 4 shirt for most of the 1968 – 69 season ( reference page 70 ' Ossie – King of Stamford Bridge ' written with Martin Knight and John King ), but it is as a goalscoring centre-forward, number 9, that he is best remembered.

Eckert's Pulitzer Prize-nominated book A Time of Terror: The Great Dayton Flood was adapted for the stage as 1913: The Great Dayton Flood by W. Stuart McDowell and Timothy Nevits in 1996 and performed at the Wright State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures, featuring recorded narration by Martin Sheen, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee.

Produced by Showtime starring academy-award winner Forest Whitaker, Ossie Davis, and Jonathan Silverman, the film is based on the struggle of the actual Deacons for Defense against the Jim Crow South in a powerful area of Louisiana controlled by the Ku Klux Klan.

This same group, known at the Scarsdale Citizens Committee, sued to prevent a benefit for the Freedom Riders from taking place at the public high school in 1963 because some of the performers ( Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Pete Seeger ) were allegedly " communist sympathizers and subversives.

" Ossie Clark and Ossie Clark for Radley clothes are highly sought after, and are worn by well known models like Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell.

Ossie's mother, Anne Grace Clark, was in labour with Ossie for seven days during an air raid in World War II.

Ossie and his brother John sang in the church choir at St Oswald's church in Winwick where Ossie won awards for his vocal talents.

Young Ossie would make clothes for his nieces and nephews.

The fashion press swamped Ossie with requests for photo-shoots and special order garments.

Ossie had been introduced to Pollock at his RCA show by Quorum's backer at the behest of Hockney and so taken with the young designer was she that she immediately decided to bring him in as co designer for Quorum.

Ossie was noted, from this period on, for buying six new record albums a week, all from the newest and most popular recording artists.

Ossie Clark is well known for his use of muted colours and moss crepe fabric.

Alfred Radley was keen to maintain what made Ossie special and so he continued to support Ossie's aspirations by developing the Ossie Clark brand and funding large annual fashion shows, expanding Quorum's retail business and distributing Ossie's dresses to leading retailers around the world through the introduction of the " Ossie Clark for Radley " collections.

In 1968 Clark designed his first of many diffusion lines for Radley, " Ossie Clark for Radley " that made his clothes available to a high street clientele.

This started a slow downward spiral for Ossie, who never recovered emotionally from the separation from Birtwell and his two children.

However in 1977 Ossie went into business with Tony Calder and Peter Lee and for two years Ossie enjoyed a revival with hugely successful fashion shows, rave reviews and commercial stability.