By kiki
Back in the day when a Pócho (Mexican-American) was fighting a Mexican National at the Olympic Auditorium, you had to be ready for the unexpected - I remember back in 1980 when my son Tony Baltazar was making his 13th pro start against an old cagey veteran by the name of Chuy Rodriguez, Rodriguez, a Mexican national, was making his 43rd pro start. After the bell sounded to end the 4th round Rodriguez hit Tony, Tony hit him back, causing a nasty cut over Rodriguez’s right eye. The referee called Dr. Bernhart Schwartz up into the ring to examine the cut, the good doctor did so and he told the referee that Rodriguez couldn’t continue the fight. When the referee signal that the fight was over, all hell broke loose. The Mexican nationals started throwing cups full of cold beer and maybe even some hot piss into the ring. I told Tony, as he started to jump out of the ring, to yell "Viva Mexico" But it was clear that that wasn't going to work; so we jumped out of the ring before the 'No Decision' was announced, and with cops around us, we made it by the skin of our teeth to our dressing room. We stay in the catacombs until way after the last fight was over. We were saved to fight another day!
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