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The Mexamerican
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This chapter discusses the background of Gaspar “Indio” Ortega. Perhaps the oldest aphorism of boxing is that poverty breeds pugilists. This is certainly the case for Ortega. His story begins in the dusty border town of Tijuana, which sits perched on the edge of the wealthiest nation in the world. From atop the hill above his neighborhood of Colonia Morelos, Tijuana, a young Gaspar Benitez at midcentury could gaze out across the border and over the sprawling farmlands beyond and wonder what life was like in Los Estados Unidos. Gaspar developed an interest in boxing in his teens. In 1950 he turned pro; he was fourteen years old. In 1953 Indio met American manager Nick Corby who would change his life forever.
Title: The Mexamerican
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This chapter discusses the background of Gaspar “Indio” Ortega.
Perhaps the oldest aphorism of boxing is that poverty breeds pugilists.
This is certainly the case for Ortega.
His story begins in the dusty border town of Tijuana, which sits perched on the edge of the wealthiest nation in the world.
From atop the hill above his neighborhood of Colonia Morelos, Tijuana, a young Gaspar Benitez at midcentury could gaze out across the border and over the sprawling farmlands beyond and wonder what life was like in Los Estados Unidos.
Gaspar developed an interest in boxing in his teens.
In 1950 he turned pro; he was fourteen years old.
In 1953 Indio met American manager Nick Corby who would change his life forever.