Luis Resto

Luis Resto (born June 11, 1955) is a former welterweight professional boxer from Bronx, New York. Luis Resto was born in Juncos, Puerto Rico and moved to the Bronx when he was nine years old. Late in his eighth grade year, he elbowed his math teacher in the face, and spent six months in a rehabilitation center for the mentally disturbed. Not long after getting out, an uncle signed him up for boxing lessons in a Bronx gym. A two-time New York Gold... more

Luis Resto (born June 11, 1955) is a former welterweight professional boxer from Bronx, New York. Luis Resto was born in Juncos, Puerto Rico and moved to the Bronx when he was nine years old. Late in his eighth grade year, he elbowed his math teacher in the face, and spent six months in a rehabilitation center for the mentally disturbed. Not long after getting out, an uncle signed him up for boxing lessons in a Bronx gym. A two-time New York Golden Gloves amateur state champion in the welterweight division, Resto trained at the Police Athletic Leagues Lynch Center. He won both the 1975 and 1976 147lb Golden Gloves Open Championships. Resto defeated Miguel Hernandez in the finals of the 1976 147lb Open Championship. Resto was defeated in the 1973 147lb Sub-Novice Championship by Victor Checo of the New York City Recreation Gym. The light-punching Resto made his professional boxing debut on February 4, 1977 with a points defeat of Julio Chevalier. He scored his first professional... less