In 1951 I was a fifteen year old kid going to the Teamsters Gym in downtown L.A. to spar with Keeny Teran as he was getting ready for his fight with Gil Cadilli. Keeny and Gil were two hot prospects at the time, back then prospects didn’t shy away from fighting each other once they reach the six round class.
Fight nite came, June 22, 1951. Keeny and Gil are fighting the six round semi. The main was Enrique Bolanos vs. Eddie Chavez in a twelve rounder. The Teran/Cadilli fight was between two cross-town rivals, a fight that on its own would have sold out the Legion, but being that the Bolanos/Chavez fight was the 1951 “Fight For Life” where some of the gate proceeds go to the City Of Hope Cancer Hospital and that the Fight For Life was a big yearly event it was decided to put the fight in a six rounder. It was a good idea, because as my uncles and I walked into the sold out, smoke filled Hollywood Legion Stadium you could feel the electricity in the air and we knew we were in for a good nite of boxing.
The fight was an exciting fight that ended in a draw, in the main Bolanos won a decision.
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