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Felipe 'The Flash' Torres
'A Good West-Coast Kid'
Interview from 1976
> Felipe, I guess the loss to Cesar Sinda was the end of the road for you. >
Yea. I really thought it over. And I wanted to quit after that loss on March 4, 1972.
I still worked out at the Gym {Main Street Gym}, and stayed in shape. I sparred
with some good Featherweights and Lightweights.
But, I wasn't looking to continue. I felt that I had gone as far as I could go.
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Felipe 'The Flash' Torres
'A Good West-Coast Kid'
Interview from 1976
> Felipe, you did come back for one more bout. >
Yes, I was just working out in the Gym to stay in shape. Then I got a call
for an offer to go to Portland, Washington for a bout on June 22, 1972.
It was to take on 'Lightning' Ray Lampkin who was managed by Mike Morton.
The Fight Promoter - Sam Singer offered me a nice fight purse, so I took it.
At the time, Ray was 16-0-1 {6 KO's} and he was the #7 WBA Lightweight.
They were expecting big things from Ray. He was lightning-fast, and was a
well-schooled 24 year-old boxer.
I hadn't fought in 3 1/2 months, so I was a bit rusty. But I figured that I just
might get lucky, and catch him late.
Well that was foolish thought. Ray was too good, and he boxed my ears off.
I never laid a glove on him, and he won 9 of 10 Rounds.
Felipe 'The Flash' Torres
'A Good West-Coast Kid'
Interview from 1976
> Felipe, everyone will remember you as 'The Flash' >
Well, that is nice. But I would like to be remembered as the 'tough little fighter'
from East Los Angeles.
I'm most proud of campaigning for 5-Years, and never being stopped in '40-Bouts'.
My overall record is not overly impressive at 25-14-1 with {11 KO's}, but I gave it
'my all' everytime that I stepped into the Ring. And I was a crowd favorite that was
always in an entertainging bout.
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> What were your toughest opponents. >
Well, I fought one World Champion {Shozo Saijo}, and '3' fighters who went on to
become World Champions {Ricardo Arredondo, Kuniaki Shibata and Roberto Duran}.
I fought those guys all in-a-row, and none of them could stop me. Only Shozo Saijo
'dropped me', but that was a 'flash knockdown'.
They were all tough and very good fighters.
I also can lay claim, to being the 1st-fighter to hurt {stagger} Roberto Duran. I really
had him in 'bad-shape' several times in our bout.