Argentina's heros': Victor Galindez & Jorge Castro.

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  1. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I love South American culture, lifestyle, food and----Narcotics.... Yes, I am guilty there......... BUT! The overall question is: "Who does Argentina favor the most when reflecting on their sports heros?" We WILL EXCLUDE Carlos Monzon because we ALL know he is the countries GRAND champion...... But what's the score or take between the late Victor Galindez or the more modern but aging Jorge Castro??? I'm certain the people of Argentina speak and praise the late Galindez, but what is the story of Castro these days down south.?.? Anyone thoughts? Does anybody care??
    :huh:shock::rasta:bbb:deal

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  2. MRBILL

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    I have "Galindez vs. Marvin Johnson" rolling from '79..... Johnson KO'd Galindez.... Galindez was only age 31, but slipping by then..... Galindez got killed in a racing accident in the Fall of 1980....... R.I.P.

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    The hell is Johnson doin' these days..... Is he still living in Indiana? Who knows??
     
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  3. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wasn't Castro in some kind of serious car accident recently? I seem to remember him being in a coma and/or in very serious condition. After that I believe he was forced to retire, though I think I also heard he'd made another comeback or was planning to.

    Could be confusing him with someone else though.
     
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  4. MRBILL

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    Maybe.? Is Argentina unsafe to drive in??? Christ, "Monzon & Galindez" were killed in freak car crashes, and Roberto Duran was seriously injured around 2001 in a wreck there, or so I was told it was in Argentina.... I'm not sure about Castro..... However, Jorge Castro would be 40 yrs old these days...... His days as a serious fighter have got to be over with......

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  5. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    i actually heard Monzon was hated in Argentina before he won the world title and i mean detested in Argentina
     
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  6. MRBILL

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    I didn't know that.... But, I think he lost some fans after he offed his wife in the late 80s.... He tossed her out the window for swan dive.....
    :patsch:shock:

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  7. red cobra

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    I've always held the Argentine greats in the highest esteem, most notably Monzon, whom I'll refrain from mentioning because he obviously is an alltime great who transcended just being "Argentine". Galindez was another favorite whose defenses I watched avidly in those good ol' days back in the 70's on free tv. He was capable of being a powerful strong slugger type, but adopted a rather effective points-earning, patient counterpunching style which I appreciated, like some fans appreciated Saad Muhammad's very different, rock'em sock 'em dramatic ko style. I was also, peculiarly enough, a fan of the not very popular Hugo Corro, whose style even disgusteed Galindez, who was ctitical of Corro in the way he captured the middleweight title from the faded Rodrigo Valdez, by retreating constantly and only counterpunching until the last 3 rounds of their 15 rounder, when he suddenly switched tactics and became the aggressor. Corro was from Mendoza, I think, and the fighters who came from that city were all known to use a similar box, retreat and counterpunch style like Corro.
     
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  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Monzon may have been hated for a while, but have you ever seem a tape of his funeral? It rivalled the feverish mobs that surrounded the funeral procession of the Ayatollah Khomeini. Monzon ended up being a hero again in death.
     
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  9. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    no i think it was something to do with winning the Argentine MW title from a Argentine Hero but he made up for it winning world honours

    dont really watch funerals but heard it was full,
     
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  10. Russell

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    He was in a very bad car accident early on or even before his career started. He was told he would never fight again.

    Fast forward almost 20 years and the guys eating Cruiserweight punches like nothing. :happy
     
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  11. MRBILL

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    Since Monzon had a struggle making weight, it's too bad the boxing world didn't have a 168 lb. division back in Monzon's heyday..... I think Monzon would've fit right in and would've been even stronger there...... 160 was killing him to make after 1975.....

    "Carlos Monzon vs. Victor Galindez" at 175 lbs. would've sold zillions of tickets in South America, but I think 175 would've been too much weight for Monzon..... At 175, he prolly loses pretty badly to Galindez........ Cheers.....

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  12. MRBILL

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    To this day, I think "Jorge Castro vs. John D. Jackson" down in Mexico back in 1994 is one of the wildest 160 lb. title fights you'll ever see in recent memory....... That was the type of fight that would make Stanley Ketchel rise up for a gander........ Castro cameback to KO Jackson while on the brink of defeat...... I got it on tape.....

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  13. My2Sense

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    Yes, because he beat Jorge Fernandez who was Argentina's #1 boxing hero at the time. Similar to how many British fans hated Joe Bugner after he beat Henry Cooper. It wasn't until Monzon won the world title that Argentines mysteriously changed their attitudes toward him. :lol:
     
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  14. MRBILL

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    What's Jorge Castro's cash flow like down in Argentina? With over 120 pro fights and a world title on his resume, he best be doin' good and livin' in a nice house there.... I don't wanna here he's in the streets eating out of a trash can.... But Latin fighters are known to be big spenders and support big ass families..... Most seem to end up broke.....

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  15. My2Sense

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    I'm almost certain something happened to him recently though. I remember him being in very critical condition, and perhaps not likely to pull through (though he obviously did). Believe he was in a coma at one point.
     
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