Pipino Cuevas fighting at 14 years old (60%+ as a Southpaw)

fourteen? he sure had it rough as a kid

 

he wasnt bad. I bet he kicked a lot of ass in street fights

 

At 7:55 Cuevas nails his opponent with a left hook to the liver, a left hook to the head and a chopping right hand and he goes down and stays down for 20 seconds. Although I don't speak Spanish, there is no doubt he must have been complaining of being hit low because the ref is not counting. But rewatch it like i did. There was nothing low. Cuevas was blocking our view of the left hook to the body, but one can see the trajectory beforehand and where it likely landed. It was landing towards the liver, unless Senor Oropeza's twins were rather unique in their development. Looks like his complaining gained him a respite (because Cuevas had strayed low earlier) but he should have been counted out.

 

Converted southpaws always seem to have a brutal left hook . Like Gerry Cooney. This would explain the extraordinary power Cuevas generated in his left hook.