Was just bopping around youtube a while ago and happened upon something interesting; Kiko Bejines vs. Hurricane Teru........ Bejines, for those precious few here who might not know, met a sad early end following his title fight with Albert Davila in 1983, never regaining consciousness. I'd never seen him fight until just now, and came away somewhat impressed in some ways, and also saw glaring faults. he seems like a smaller Cuevas to me, winging fast, hard, wide shots at his opponent and simply expecting them to fall. That worked against Teru here, as you see, but his lack of nuance and defense would have plagued him against more multi-dimensional fighters had he survived. Still, one can easily see why he was so popular in the L.A. scene. Very exciting and boisterous, always ready to punch it out. What are your thoughts? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECVDkdByq8[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9QsxfH8-aI&feature=related[/ame]
I seen most of Bejines LA fight. He was a tough kid, but that was about it. You pegged him just right. I was at the Davila fight. Kiko was just not in Albert's class. I have some great photo of the Davila fight which I'll post here.
You're right, a sobering reminder of the game we love and some of us were/are a part of. It was a fear I lived with when my boys were fighting. Thanks to the Man upstairs that they finish their careers in good shape.
I saw a Bejines brother, Oscar, I think, fight Roger Mayweather at the Olympic. This was when Mayweather was fighting a lot in LA and beating the popular Mexican fighters. He won that night in the 6th round. Alberto Davila lived near me, both before and while he was champ. He drove a beer truck for the Budweiser distributorship in Pomona. I'd often see him coming home from work while I was walking my dog.
A program from the 1968 Los Angeles Junior Golden Gloves tournament that shows Davila fighting as a young kid. I ran the LA Jr gloves in those years. Did so for ten years. This content is protected
