By Kiki
I am sure that most of us as boxing aficionados have a fight that we have watched, whether it was years ago, or yesterday that will forever be one of, if not the one fight that you will always say, "that's one of the best fights I've ever seen" - In my 70 years of watching fights I have a few fights that I can say that about. The Basilio/DeMarco fights and the Corrales/Castillo fights, et al. come to mind. But none stick in my mind like the two blood and guts wars Armando Cotero and Sal Flores fought at the Olympic Auditorium back in the early fifties. (watched the first one on TV, the second one live) Flores won both fights by stoppage, but that is not important as both men fought their hearts out as if a world title was at stake. The two journeymen fighters who will never be remembered as great fighters will nonetheless be remembered for fighting two of the greatest action fights ever fought at the Olympic Auditorium.
I was a teenager when Armando and Sal fought those memorable fights, 'memorable? You asked. I have never heard of these two guys; you say,' Well, yes, and that is the beauty of watching fighters fight on all levels for 70 years.
Armando Cotero from Los Angeles via Mexico left us a few days ago at age 88/89. May he rest in peace - Sal Flores, a local boy from La Habra: I have no idea what became of him.
Many thanks to Armando and Sal for their thrills to a young teenage kid who will never forget them.
I was a teenager when Armando and Sal fought those memorable fights, 'memorable? You asked. I have never heard of these two guys; you say,' Well, yes, and that is the beauty of watching fighters fight on all levels for 70 years.
Armando Cotero from Los Angeles via Mexico left us a few days ago at age 88/89. May he rest in peace - Sal Flores, a local boy from La Habra: I have no idea what became of him.
Many thanks to Armando and Sal for their thrills to a young teenage kid who will never forget them.
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