Salvador was an amazing boxer who consistently beat better boxers. He died in a car crash in '82
Pancho Villa had an ulcerated tooth going into a fight, the morning of he had it pulled and was told not to fight, but he did. Villa spent most of the fight using one hand to protect his face and lost. A few days later he went to get his tooth checked and they found three more infected, so they pulled them and told him to take it easy, he instead went around town drinking and a few days later ended up in the hospital and died at 24 years old.
Benny Paret fought Emile Griffith and during the sixth round took a massive pummeling he never recovered from he slipped into a coma and ten days later died. Because of that Boxing wasn’t shown on network TV for 10 years
Truth be told I think its better acoustic, gets the full weight of the song
additional info about pancho villa, he fought a Total of 104 fightswinning 92 of it and he got never knocked out.. some of his defeats were questioned.. he also knocked out kimmy wilde. and he was only 23 when he died, imagine 104 fights and just 23y/o.. could have doubled that..
additional info about pancho villa, he fought a Total of 104 fightswinning 92 of it and he got never knocked out.. some of his defeats were questioned.. he also knocked out kimmy wilde. and he was only 23 when he died, imagine 104 fights and just 23y/o.. could have doubled that..
So here's some info on those boxers in the song.
Salvador was an amazing boxer who consistently beat better boxers. He died in a car crash in '82 Pancho Villa had an ulcerated tooth going into a fight, the morning of he had it pulled and was told not to fight, but he did. Villa spent most of the fight using one hand to protect his face and lost. A few days later he went to get his tooth checked and they found three more infected, so they pulled them and told him to take it easy, he instead went around town drinking and a few days later ended up in the hospital and died at 24 years old. Benny Paret fought Emile Griffith and during the sixth round took a massive pummeling he never recovered from he slipped into a coma and ten days later died. Because of that Boxing wasn’t shown on network TV for 10 years
Truth be told I think its better acoustic, gets the full weight of the song
Agreed. Love the "Pancho Villa" version. Blows me away. Mark sure does love boxing.
Agreed. Love the "Pancho Villa" version. Blows me away. Mark sure does love boxing.
additional info about pancho villa, he fought a Total of 104 fightswinning 92 of it and he got never knocked out.. some of his defeats were questioned.. he also knocked out kimmy wilde. and he was only 23 when he died, imagine 104 fights and just 23y/o.. could have doubled that..
additional info about pancho villa, he fought a Total of 104 fightswinning 92 of it and he got never knocked out.. some of his defeats were questioned.. he also knocked out kimmy wilde. and he was only 23 when he died, imagine 104 fights and just 23y/o.. could have doubled that..