Draft:Estanislao Loayz

Estanislao Loayza Aguilar — known in English as Stan or Stanislaus Loayza — (born May 7, 1905, in Iquique, Chile – died May 15, 1981, in the same city) was a Chilean boxer and senior non-commissioned officer of the Chilean Gendarmerie.

Biography
Loayza excelled in American rings. On January 2, 1925, he made his debut at the Madison Square Garden in New York and won by points against local boxer Moe Gambers in the lightweight category.

He then had eight successful fights against American, Italian, Cuban, and Mexican boxers. He fought for the world champion title on July 13, 1925, in New York against Jimmy Goodrich in the middleweight category, but lost because the referee accidentally stepped on him and injured him.

Known as Tani, he was the first Chilean boxer to contest a world title. He married Amanda Nieto, with whom he had two children, Stanley and Amanda. He was also the uncle of Humberto Loayza, Rubén Loayza, and Mario Loayza, who would later become Chilean champions.

He was a boxing instructor for the Chilean Air Force and later joined the Prison Service, where he retired as a senior non-commissioned officer.

Book
Bernardo Guerrero, a writer of folk articles in the newspaper La Estrella de Iquique, released the book and documentary about the life of Estinislao Loayza on March 12, 2008. The book, titled Tougher than Tani, provides a brief insight into the unpublished details of Tani's life, including a 20-minute DVD documentary containing some photos, narration of his biography, and an excerpt from one of the boxer's fights in 1926.

As a curious fact, Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño mentions him in the novel 2666.