Yamil Chade

Yamil Chade (born c. 1921 - died April 25, 2009) was a part Lebanese, part Cuban and Puerto Rican sports team owner and athlete manager.

Yamil Chade was born in Lebanon. He spent his teenage years in Cuba, but by his 20s he had moved to Puerto Rico, where some of his ancestors came from. By the late 1940s, he became interested in boxing; although he himself had no interest in getting into boxing as a participator, he gained a license to manage boxers while still a relatively young man. One of the first boxers that Chade managed was Kid Gavilán. On May 17, 1951, Gavilán became Chade's first world boxing champion when he defeated Johnny Saxton by a decision in fifteen rounds to win the world Welterweight title. By then, he had become a fixture around boxing circles on the East Coast of the U.S.

Two decades later, Chade met a young Puerto Rican prospect, Wilfredo Gómez, whom he signed when Gómez was still an amateur fighter. Gómez won the professional, WBC world Jr. featherweight title in 1977. Chade's relationship with Gómez soured after Gómez's fight with Lupe Pintor in 1982. Gómez went through a transitional period in 1983, becoming a Featherweight, and he only had two, non-title bouts that year. He won the world Featherweight title in 1984, beating Juan Laporte. Chade signed a contract to try to revive Wilfred Benítez's career during that same year. After Benítez lost to Davey Moore in Monaco, retirement seemed imminent. However, with training from Chade, Benitez returned with three wins, including two over world ranked boxers: Elio Díaz in two rounds at Venezuela, and Kevin Moley, who was ranked among the top ten junior middleweights at the time, in ten rounds at Madison Square Garden. Benítez lost his next two fights and was left stranded in Argentina after his passport was stolen; Chade then concentrated on Carlos De León, four times world Cruiserweight champion.

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