Eighty years ago one of the greatest boxers of all time was born in Argentina: difficult childhood, the double epic challenge with Benvenuti, the murder of his wife. And premature death, after a life beyond the rules
They called him “Escopeta”. In the Spanish of the Argentines, it is the rifle. But, to make the concept even better with an almost vernacular Italian, the shot. The one that makes you dry. And there is no better synthesis to describe the effectiveness of his blows, which technically could also seem dirty, dealt with a style that is not textbook, but on the effect of which all those who received them should be consulted: to the liver, to the spleen, cheekbones, temple.