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

[Bill Paxtom]

Felipe 'The Flash' Torres

'A Good West-Coast Kid'

Interview from 1976

> Who were your Manager/Handlers >

That would be Larry and Memo Soto of the Main Street Gym. They moved me
well, and got me a lot of bouts.

They hooked me up with Mickey Davies who was the Boxing Matchmaker at
the Olympic Auditorium. That is where I had nearly all of my early fights.
By fighting all those bouts at the Olympic Auditorium, I built up a pretty good
following real fast.

Then they got me a deal with the Monarch Boxing Club, with Promoter - Pete Kokon
and Matchmaker - Hal Benson. They promoted bouts at the 'new' Valley Music Theatre
in Woodland Hills, California. I fought there '5' times, and they paid me well.
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> Who labeled you 'The Flash' >

It was 'The Van Nuys Valley News'. They said that I was a 'flashy fighter' after I beat
Bobby Valdez in January 1969. After that, 'The Flash' became my nickname.