How much coverage did Monzon's legal issues?

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    How much coverage did Monzon's legal issues get in the mainstream American/British media? When Monzon was convicted of murder, how did you learn about it in the pre-internet age? Did it get any significant mainstream media coverage?
     
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  2. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    I read about it in the local sports page. He is one of my favorite fighters of all time, we crossed paths at a local boxing match in 1979, it was friendly. But to be clear, I do not think that a man has the right to strike a female at any time, the same for a female. I have never struck a female. But as far as coverage goes, there was very little.
     
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  3. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    amazing story, i agree with everything you said

    I guess Monzon was not a big enough name to generate mainstream coverage.
     
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  4. Rope-a-Dope

    Rope-a-Dope Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I read it in the newspaper sports pages, but it wasn't a big story. This was in NY though..I'm sure it was a huge story in Argentina.
     
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