Well, that happens some times..myself, I'm a huge fan, and always have been of Monzon, Galindez and Locche AND Corro...the golden age of Argentine boxing...
This was a quality thread Boxer ears..take heart, I've seen so many of my threads sink like stone..much to my bewilderment.
Great stuff! I'm a huge fan of Argentine boxing myself. In fact I've recently finished an article on Eduardo Lausse that I will publish soon. Met Locche at the HOF a year or so before he passed. I think he was flattered that an American was so enthusiastic about his career and about Argentine boxing in general.
Hya Surf-bat..One of my favorite middleweights was Eduardo Lausse..He was a tornado on the loose..Great two handed puncher,and a great crowd pleaser in the 1950s.Should have been a champion, but the title evaded him somehow..I sa him once ,when he stopped an acquaintance of mine, Georgie Small in MSG in 1955... Looking forward to your article on Lausse...b.b.
Crazy stuff: Vilas recalls the story about when Monzon went to support Locche in his fight with the Colombian Antonio Cervantes in Venezuela in 1973. Locche lost (by TKO 9) and when they left and were walking a guy (with a gun) comes and says, Stop over there. Then Monzon opened his shirt (which Vilas mimes) and said, Shoot me. Or run. And the guy runs. And Locche said to him, How could you do that? Monzon said, When you take the gun out to shoot. You don't take the gun out to say, Hey Stop there. Vilas asked Monzon to explain what would have happened if the man fired. Vilas continued: Monzon replied, It would be a bad judgement on my part [laughter]. But he (Monzon) was right.
