My Farewell to Oscar De La Hoya

29.06.07 - By Jaime Castro-Núñez: When I was a child my parents used to spend much time talking about boxing. Kid Pambelé, Sonny Liston, Alexis Argüello, Jack Dempsey, Nicolino Locche, Héctor “Macho” Camacho, and Muhammad Ali were regular guests in our conversations. Whenever I had a question, I just had to ask.

“Mom, can you tell me who defeated Pambelé?”

“Aaron Pryor."

“Dad, what does phantom punch mean?”

I never saw any of them fighting, but thanks to my parents’ conversations I knew that Roberto Durán had heavy hands and that Locche had toyed with Pambelé the first time they met. continue