Just watched a documentary on Owens/Pintor and Owens looks starved to death. He shouldn't have been allowed to fight that skinny.
............That was a good documentary. I don't know. Lots of frail-looking, painfully skinny guys in boxing. He proved his worth before that fateful day despite being so thin. He was never a big guy anyway, and was allowed to fill out; he started out as a flyweight, so it wasn't like they were trying to starve him.
Yeah. I'm ignorant on his background. Thought he starved down to that weight... BTW, Pintor was pure class in that documentary.
..........And one of the guttiest warriors inside the ring. Boxing was blessed to have him. I felt really good seeing how well he'd done for himself. If anyone deserves it.......
damn, i was just reading about pintor and this fight on wiki, lupe must of had a devastating right hand to KO someone out-cold. this is a picture of pintor in wales and owen's parents, in 2002. This content is protected
............Pintor was a good, but not devastating puncher. When he landed, he'd move you, but not a crusher in the mode of a Zarate or Olivares. I posted a four-part documentary about the reunion between Owens' father and Pintor in the Lounge. Have a look at it.
Hardly. He lived, breathed, and ate boxing, he was so dedicated to the sport. And always kept himself in marvelous shape. It was just his misfortune to have a paper-thin skull. I haven't seen that documentary, but I'd love to. I'd liek to get an insight on how Pintor felt and how he is today.
It's a wonderful documentary. All 4 parts are on youtube, just search Johnny Owen" and it's called The Long Journey.
You should check out Rick Broadbent's book 'The Big If'. The title comes from something Johnny wrote in his diary the day of the fight. here's a little description. So it is perhaps surprising that a full biography of his life has not appeared until now. The Big If, the Life and Death of Johnny Owen (its title comes from Owen's last diary entry, which reads, "Hope everything comes right on the night. If only. It's a big if.") by Rick Broadbent, not only traces Owen's life but also that of his last opponent, the Mexican Lupe Pintor. It contrasts the two fighters' contrasting upbringings and charts the paths they moved along that would eventually cross. Each of the chapters end with a round from their fight, building to its awful conclusion. It continues after that too with Johnny's dad visiting Pintor in Mexico and Pintor unveiling the statue in Wales. Tears and forgiveness. I challenge anyone to read it without it putting a lump in their throat. very good book
That's an interesting thought, anorexia in boxing. I honestly can't imagine very many if any boxers being legitimate anorexics/bulimics. They'd simply be left too weak to be effective. Weight draining will doom you badly enough, those two conditions, when you're flirting with organ failure... Ehhh.
He definately looked malnurished, its possible his thin skull was the result of a malnurished upbringing if it wasnt soley genetic