Alfonso Dantés

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Alfonso Dantés

Name	Alfonso Dantés
Real name	José Luis Amezcua Díaz
Nicknames	El Tanque (The Tank)
Name history	Edmundo Dantés (debut - ??), Dantés, Alfonso Dantés (1963? - retirement)
Family	Al Amezcua (father), César Dantés (son), Apolo Dantés (son), Septiembre Negro (brother), Indio Jerónimo (brother-in-law), Alberto Muñoz/White Man (brother-in-law)
Maestro(s)	Diablo Velazco
Birth date, location	April 13, 1943 - Guadalajara, Jalisco
Obituary date	July 30, 2008 - Manzanillo, Colima
Debut, location	1960 - Morelia, Michoacán
Lost mask to
Height	5'9"/176 cms
Weight	220 lbs/101 kg
Signature moves	No-hands tapatía, Gori Special, Backbreaker Submission
Titles:	Occident Middleweight Title, National Light Heavyweight Title (3), NWA Americas Tag Team Titles (3, w/ Mil Máscaras, Francisco Flores, El Médico), NWA World Light Heavyweight Title (5), National Heavyweight Title (2)

Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Member

One of the best luchadors in the history of Guadalajara, "the Tank" was a light heavyweight/heavyweight star of 60s, 70s and 80s. Believed to have run Arena Coliseo Guadalajara after his career came to an end. His sons Apolo Dantes & Cesar Dantes followed him into the lucha libre world.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
??/??/??	hair	Alfonso Dantés	El Faraón	Arena México - Mexico City
??/??/??	hair	Cien Caras	Alfonso Dantés	Arena Coliseo - Guadalajara, Jalisco
??/??/??	hair	El Faraón	Alfonso Dantés	Arena México - Mexico City
72/12/01	hair	El Solitario	Alfonso Dantés	Arena México - Mexico City
75/12/05	hair (1)	Enrique Vera	Alfonso Dantés	Arena México - Mexico City
77/02/22	hair (2)	Mil Máscaras	Alfonso Dantés	Arena México - Mexico City
78/04/22	hairs	El Faraón & Ringo Mendoza	Sangre Chicana & Alfonso Dantés	unknown
79/06/15	hair	Satoru Sayama	Alfonso Dantés	Arena México - Mexico City
80/12/05	hairs	Sangre Chicana & Alfonso Dantes	El Jalisco & Cobarde	Arena México - Mexico City
81/06/26	hair	Alfonso Dantés	Halcón Ortiz	Arena México - Mexico City
1985/08/09^[1]	hair	Satánico	Alfonso Dantés	Arena Mexico
(1) Triangle match w/ El Halcón; (2) Triangle match with El Halcon