Felipe 'The Flash' Torres ~ 'A Good West-Coast Kid'

[Bill Paxtom]

Felipe 'The Flash' Torres

'A Good West-Coast Kid'



Interview from 1976

> Tell us about your Boxing contacts >

Well, I first started off at the Olympic Auditorium fighting 4-Round and 6-Round
Preliminary bouts.

The Olympic Auditorium Fight-Promoter was Aileen Eaton, and the Matchmaker
was Mickey Davies.

Mickey really liked me, and he loved my style. So they signed me up, and I fought
there '16-times' from June 1967 thru November 1968.

Many of the bouts were televised on KTLA ~ Channel 5. They called me a crowd
pleasing fan-favorite. I really had a good following of fans.

I had a 'great night' at the Olympic on November 14, 1968.

They brought in this 21 year-old 'bomber-kid' from Sonora, Mexico. His name was
Centavito Antonio Hernandez, and they called him 'The Sonora Slammer'. He had
an impressive record of 23-2-0 {17 KO's}.

He was supposed to be a 'real test' for me, and he was slightly favored {10 to 7}
by the Newspapers to beat me. He came in with about 200 of his relatives.

Well, it was a 'war' for 3-Rounds, but then he just 'gassed-out'. Then, I took
him apart and the Referee stopped it {TKO 5}. I got a big write up in the papers,
and they said I was a 'rising star'.

That made my record 15-3-1 {5 KO's}, and I got ranked as the #3 California
State Super-Featherweight in the 'new' December 1968 ratings.