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Dennis Chavez, a ring announcer and a highly popular figure in the Albuquerque boxing community, died Wednesday from complications of COVID-19. (Courtesy of Cagedminds.Com)
To say Dennis Chavez was well-liked in the Albuquerque boxing community is like saying Hagler-Hearns was a pretty good fight, or that the young Mike Tyson punched kind of hard.
Use of the word “beloved” would not be a stretch.
“He was the kind of person that would just brighten up a room,” said Steve Garcia, an Albuquerque trainer and administrator. “You could have the worst day you could have and once you get with him … he’d lift up your spirits.”