Questions for Ruben Olivares?

It’s been a great week so far and we have a couple more events with him.

 

Yes, I’ll be sitting down with him over the weekend to get them answered and then post over the weekend or on Monday.

 

Here’s the answers to questions I put to him:


1. My question to Ruben is this:
At your peak as a bantamweight, when you were fully focused and had trained your hardest, is there any other bantamweight who you think was capable of beating you? For example, how do you think a fight between you and Eder Jofre would have gone?

He simply answered that Chucho Castillo could beat him in his prime because he did beat him in his prime.

2. Ask him what he remembers about the Jose Luis Ramirez fight Chris.

He said he remembers it being a tough fight but he caught Ramirez with a great shot and that changed the fight.

3. Can you ask him did he expect to beat a top contender like Alan Rudkin who’d gave Harada and Rose fits inside 2 rounds.

He said not really, but also felt this was the peak of his career where he would start fights quickly and hurt opponents quickly. He felt this was his absolute peak as a boxer, the Rose and Rudkin fights.

4. if I may ask a few questions, could you ask about his offesive training; IE: was it all intuitive, or was it taught by one coach or even by a team of coaches. Was he taught how to throw that shot as a kid/before he turned pro or was it something he fine tuned later on?

Manuel Chilero Carrillo is the man that taught him everything he said. He taught him boxing and was the man who made him a fighter. He doesn’t seem to give Cuyo Hernandez too much credit as a “trainer” much as Carlos Zárate didn’t. They say he was a good manager, but both says others were far more impactful on their boxing.

5. Yes, this: Was he surprised to see JLR become a world champ and major factor in the years after they fought?

Not really. He said he felt he was good when he fought him and then saw he was always improving. He was a very good fighter he said.

Same with Bobby Chacon — what were his original impressions of Bobby and what did he see in Chacon at the time they first fought?

He knew Chacon had what it takes. He said he had a lot of skill and emphasized he had a lot of “balls.” He knew he’d continue to be successful.

6. The Kanazawa fight was rough. Did he think Kanazawa was fighting dirty purposely and was it getting to him as much as it looks to in the video of the fight, and was it his toughest successful defense of the BW title?

Yes, it was his toughest fight, but he did not feel Kanazawa was dirty. He just said he was very tough and had a lot of balls and really wanted to win the title.

7. Who were his favorite fighters as a kid?

local fighters. The first name out of his mouth was Toluco López. He also said he liked Medel and after he beat Medel and many other Tepito boxers he said they liked him in Tepito and always recognized him even to this day.

8. Who was his favorite fighter during his time?

Mantequilla Napoles, who was also a very good friend of his. He loved fighting on the same shows as him and being around him.

9. Who does he feel made the biggest impact on his boxing life and why?

Again, Carrillo. He was the biggest impact on his life.