Background
Baltazar was born in Los Angeles, California and is the brother of former boxers Robert Baltazar and Frankie Baltazar.
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Tony Baltazar
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Career
Baltazar has been a contender at the Lightweight and Junior. Welterweight divisions. Baltazar grew up in Louisiana Puente, Calif, Baltazar now resides in Phoenix.
He was one time the holder of a WBO regional title, the North American Boxing Organization Junior.
Welterweight championship. Two years later, the disease was diagnosed and Baltazar and his family started travelling constantly to Rochester, Minnesota for treatment.
After constant improvement and fall backs, Baltazar"s son died in 2001, at the age of 6. Retirement.
Achievements
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After an amateur career during which he won various titles, he turned professional in the late 1970s, and boxed the likes of Robin Blake, former world champion Roger Mayweather, Hector Macho Camacho and Carlos Bolillo Gonzalez, the last two of which Baltazar fought for world titles. Baltazar"s activities have been attended by several celebrities, such as world champion boxers George Foreman, Evander Holyfield and Carlos Palomino, as well as a varied list of Hollywood actors. In 2001, the auction charity was attended by Alice Cooper, former world boxing champion Michael Carbajal, daredevil Spanky Spangler and others
