Luis Spota

Luis Mario Cayetano Spota Saavedra Ruotti Castañares (13 July 1925, Mexico City — 20 January 1985) was a Mexican writer, journalist, boxing official and film director.

Although he never finished primary school, Spota became a highly successful author and journalist in his lifetime, appearing frequently on TV and radio. He was also a busy screenwriter for the Mexican film industry. He was a close friend of the Mexican president Miguel Aleman Valdes.

He was the first president of the World Boxing Council (WBC) (February 1963 - September 1968).

He died of pancreatic cancer in Mexico City.

Early life He was the son of an Italian father and Mexican mother and ran away from home when he was 11. He wrote his first book, Los Metaleros, at age 13. He began as a staff reporter at the Mexico City newspaper Novedades de México, where he later became a columnist.