Efren "El Alacán" Torres
By kiki
In 1964 I went to the Olympic Auditorium to see the Efren "El Alacán" Torres vs. Hiroyuki Ebihara fight. It was a great and very close fight in which Ebihara was given the nod by a split decision. No sooner had the decision been announced by golden-voiced Jimmy Lennon Sr. when all hell broke loose, the fans started to riot. They began by ripping the seats off the floor and starting fires, then the chingosos (fistfights) started. I tried to stay clear of the action, but it was hard as just about everybody was throwing chingosos. As I was trying to keep out of the way, one guy asked me who I thought won the fight; he then punched me in the face when I told him that I thought Ebihara had won. The dude then ran like a deer after landing that sucker punch. I would never catch that guy, so I punched the nearest guy throwing chingosos, then ran like a deer!!
They fought again in 1965 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Ebihara won by TKO in seven rounds. That same night Jerry Quarry made his pro debut.
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