11 Facts About Luis Spota

Luis Mario Cayetano Spota Saavedra Ruotti Castanares was a Mexican writer, journalist, boxing official and film director.

Luis Spota was a busy screenwriter for the Mexican film industry.

Luis Spota was a close friend of the Mexican president Miguel Aleman Valdes.

Luis Spota was the first president of the World Boxing Council.

Luis Spota was the son of an Italian father and Mexican mother and ran away from home when he was 11.

Luis Spota wrote his first book, Los Metaleros, at age 13.

Luis Spota began as a staff reporter at the Mexico City newspaper Novedades de Mexico, where he later became a columnist.

Luis Spota wrote more than 30 books, many of which were translated abroad.

Luis Spota directed several action films and the anthology film Amor en cuatro tiempos, starring Arturo de Cordova, Marga Lopez, Jorge Mistral, Silvia Pinal and Ariadne Welter.

Luis Spota was president of Mexico Boxing and Lucha libre Commission from 1959 until the day of his death in 1985.

Luis Spota was the first President of the World Boxing Council from February 1963 until September 1968.