Carlos "Macizo" Trujillo — Panama's former world title challenger and one of the Azuero region's boxing pioneers — has passed away in Panama. He was 66.
Trujillo's story started on the track, not in the ring: he ran track and field in the late '70s before lacing up gloves, making his pro debut in November 1980 — the same year Roberto Durán took Sugar Ray Leonard's welterweight crown. He fought his way to an 18-6-1 record (12 KOs) and a 1985 shot at the WBC welterweight title against Milton McCrory in Monaco, lost in the third round, but put Panamanian boxing on a big stage. He was the first major boxer born outside Panama City or Colón to make his name from the Azuero Peninsula — a quiet man who became a key figure in his country's fight history.
The DAOS take: every region has a fighter who opened the door for everyone behind them. For Panama's Azuero, that was Macizo. Rest in peace to a real one.
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Sources: Fight News
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