A FEW MINUTES AGO I RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT FLORENTINO FERNANDEZ DIED THIS MORNING. HE WAS A CHEERFUL HAPPY GUY WITH A BRUTAL LEFT HOOK WHO KAYOED JOSE TORRES, WENT 2-2 WITH HARD PUNCHER ROCKY RIVERO AND FOUGHT THE BEST OF HIS GENERATION INCLUDING LOSING A VERY TIGHT TITLE BID AGAINST GENE FULLMER IN WHICH HE BROKE FULLMER'S ELBOW.
RIP OLD FRIEND
FLORENTINO FERNANDEZ RIP
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elmersalsa
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Re: FLORENTINO FERNANDEZ RIP
May he rest in peace. He was one of Cuba's greatest fighters. And definately, one of boxing's pound per pound greatest punchers. Florentino Fernandez dead at 76.
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dillingham
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Re: FLORENTINO FERNANDEZ RIP
I remember seeing some of his fights on the BBC in the early sixties. An all-action boxer. R.I.P.Rover wrote:RIP.