[scribbs]

California was rocking. It was the summer of 1960 and nothing could be finer than watching big time boxing in the Golden State. The exciting fights kept coming and so did the exciting fighters.

George Parnassus, matchmaker at the Olympic Auditorium and known as the Silver Fox of boxing, was using all of his flair and imagination to give fight fans what they wanted to see. Los Angeles was the magical candy store of boxing where all sizes and flavors of goodies were on sale. Parnassus was celebrating his third anniversary as the Olympic's matchmaker and he couldn't have invented a better track record for himself.

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[Flea Man]

Cheers that was a decent read.

Didn't like Casey implying it was a given that Becerra hit harder than Medel though, although I might be reading into it a little bit too much. Both phenomenal punchers and a toss-up IMO, though of course we have much more footage of Medel wasting people.

His win over Harada might be the best win by a Mexican fighter ever. Maybe.

 

[Vic]

Great article, Mike Casey is class.....
Jofre told that he was close to hit the canvas before the stoppage btw.....he said that Medel landed a left hook to his body and that the pain was appalling. He only could recover from it because his dad in the corner talked about his mom and he then was just way too much motivated to feel the pain.....

 

[Yiddle]

Great article, Mike Casey is class.....
Jofre told that he was close to hit the canvas before the stoppage btw.....he said that Medel landed a left hook to his body and that the pain was appalling. He only could recover from it because his dad in the corner talked about his mom and he then was just way too much motivated to feel the pain.....

Spot on vic

 

[Vic]

Spot on vic

He spoke about it in that doc we are talking about the other day, didn´t he ?
IIRC he actually gets very emotional in the doc when he says about how his old man made him motivated to stop Medel in the next round..talking about his mom and all....

 

[Yiddle]

Yes vic he did I liked how proud he seemed to become when talking of his family and his country . Came across as a genuinely honest man that at times wears his heart on his sleeve

 

[Vic]

Eder´s wife died recently btw...he was very close to her, not sure how he´ll deal with that loss...

 

[Yiddle]

Eder´s wife died recently btw...he was very close to her, not sure how he´ll deal with that loss...

that's sad to hear vic I am sure it will hit him hard lets hope he tough's it out and comes back fighting

 

[AlFrancis]

Sad news.
Nice article and some nice insights @Vic

 

[Phantom]

Great article, Mike Casey is class.....
Jofre told that he was close to hit the canvas before the stoppage btw.....he said that Medel landed a left hook to his body and that the pain was appalling. He only could recover from it because his dad in the corner talked about his mom and he then was just way too much motivated to feel the pain.....

Jofre was a truly great fighter and champion...with the heart of a lion.

 

[Vic]

He was, man. I wish I could post on yt with english subtitles the part where he talks about the Medel fight.....I will try to see how I can do that, you know, the english subtitles.... that way you guys can hear what he says because it´s very interesting......

 

[Vic]

Jofre is in the hospital, not well, apparently he has alzheimer. Sad.

 

[Phantom]

Jofre is in the hospital, not well, apparently he has alzheimer. Sad.

Hate to hear that.

 

[Vic]

And people say that he was very depressed lately too .

 

[Royal-T-Bag]

Jofre is in the hospital, not well, apparently he has alzheimer. Sad.

terrible news, an unsung great

he was magic in the ring