Rickin Sánchez
BornJune 5 1935
Canóvanas, Puerto Rico
DiedJanuary 17, 2023 (aged 87)
Occupation(s)Wrestling, boxing, and baseball television broadcaster, as well as a boxing promoter and television producer

Enrique "Rickin" Sánchez Betancourt (June 5, 1935-January 17, 2023) was a Puerto Rican wrestling, boxing, and baseball television broadcaster, as well as a boxing promoter and television producer. He was the main broadcaster and producer used by Capitol Sports Promotions when that company's shows, mainly the one named "Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre" ("Wrestling Superstars"), were broadcast island-wide in Puerto Rico on Canal 4, then known as WAPA-TV. He left the company in 1984 after a dispute with part owner of WWC Victor Jovica. He was substituted by Hugo Savinovich. He briefly ran a wrestling promotion in 1985.[1]

Sánchez studied surveying at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. He was also a boxing executive, being one of the organizers of the Puerto Rican Boxing Commission, alongside Héctor Cardona, Manolo Rodríguez, Tomás Ramos Librán and the famous singer, Felipe Rodriguez. He was a native of the northern city of Canovanas, where in 2016, he was the object of a municipal dedication.[2]

Sánchez was also formerly a radio show host, as he began his career hosting a show named "Tablero de los Deportes" ("Sports' Scoreboard"), where he joined to substitute the legendary Puerto Rican basketball player, Fufi Santori.[3]

Television channel founder

Sánchez was the founder of a popular but short-lived television channel in Puerto Rico, named "Videomax", based at WRFB channel 52.[3]

Personal life and death

in 2016 Sánchez was inducted to the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Sports Hall of Fame. He was married to Blanche Vidal. His son, Rickin Sánchez, Jr., who was born from his marriage to Vidal, was also a television producer and a television director, who died in 2007.[4]

Sánchez died on January 17, 2023. He was interred at the New Canóvanas Municipal Cemetery Canóvanas, Puerto Rico.[1]

Awards and accomplishments

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References

  1. 1 2 "Muere Rickin Sánchez, icónica personalidad de la época de oro de la Lucha Libre en la Isla". Primera Hora. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Honran hoy a Rickín Sánchez en Canóvanas". El Nuevo Día. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Fallece el productor Rickín Sánchez, padre". NotiCentro. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  4. ↑ ""Rickyn" Sánchez "sembró mucho en poco tiempo"". Primera Hora. 28 July 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2023.


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