Luis Spota
Luis Mario Cayetano Spota Saavedra Ruotti Castañares 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 .
He died of pancreatic cancer in Mexico City.Filmography
Other films based on his work include Roberto Gavaldón's acclaimed drama En La Palma de Tu Mano , which won all the top Ariel Awards of 1951; The Empty Star, directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring María Félix in 1960; Ismael Rodríguez's The Paper Man with a performance by Ignacio López Tarso that won him the Golden Gate Award for Best Actor at the San Francisco International Film Festival; and Arturo Ripstein's Cadena perpetua.
Spota also directed several action films and the anthology film Amor en cuatro tiempos, starring Arturo de Córdova, Marga López, Jorge Mistral, Silvia Pinal and Ariadne Welter.Boxing & Lucha Libre
He was president of Mexico Boxing and Lucha libre Commission from 1959 until the day of his death in 1985.
He was the first President of the World Boxing Council from February 1963 until September 1968.
