Does anyone have ant idea where I might be able to buy some footage of any of Keeny Teran's fights or even a program or some other memorabilia? His daughter, Sally, was the love of my life (she passed away a couple of years ago) but her son (Keeny's Grandson) is graduating from UC Berkley next month and I wanted to give him a special gift...thanks !
Frank Rodriguez
Keeny Teran footage or memorabilia?
Re: Keeny Teran footage or memorabilia?
YOU COULD TRY STEVE HOLDSWORTH (GOOGLE HIM) IF HE CANT GET IT HE MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN GOOD LUCKmyxytptlk wrote:Does anyone have ant idea where I might be able to buy some footage of any of Keeny Teran's fights or even a program or some other memorabilia? His daughter, Sally, was the love of my life (she passed away a couple of years ago) but her son (Keeny's Grandson) is graduating from UC Berkley next month and I wanted to give him a special gift...thanks !
Frank Rodriguez
Keeny Teran
Frank:
Frank Baltazar here, I have a short clip of Keeny's fight with Gil Cadilli.
E-mail me at "[email protected]" and I'll give you a copy.
Frank Baltazar
Frank Baltazar here, I have a short clip of Keeny's fight with Gil Cadilli.
E-mail me at "[email protected]" and I'll give you a copy.
Frank Baltazar
Keeny Teran
Name: Keeny Teran
Alias: Ignacio Teran
Nationality: US American
Hometown: Los Angeles CA
Born: 1932-04-10
Died: 1995-02-11
Age at Death: 62
Stance: Orthodox
Managers: Ray Luna and Irv Berman, Don Chargin and George Leonard (1955)
Teran who was from East Los Angeles, was a highly touted prospect in the Flyweight division during the 1950's. However he developed a heroin addiction that eventually ruined his boxing career and life.
Awards and Recogniton
Named 1951 Olympic Auditorium Fighter of the Year following his 4th round TKO over Tommy Rhett at the Olympic on December 18, 1951. The trophy was awarded by matchmaker Babe McCoy, with the trophy being presented by former Flyweight world champion Fidel LaBarba.
Alias: Ignacio Teran
Nationality: US American
Hometown: Los Angeles CA
Born: 1932-04-10
Died: 1995-02-11
Age at Death: 62
Stance: Orthodox
Managers: Ray Luna and Irv Berman, Don Chargin and George Leonard (1955)
Teran who was from East Los Angeles, was a highly touted prospect in the Flyweight division during the 1950's. However he developed a heroin addiction that eventually ruined his boxing career and life.
Awards and Recogniton
Named 1951 Olympic Auditorium Fighter of the Year following his 4th round TKO over Tommy Rhett at the Olympic on December 18, 1951. The trophy was awarded by matchmaker Babe McCoy, with the trophy being presented by former Flyweight world champion Fidel LaBarba.
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Keeny Teran
Keeny Teran
Sex Male
Nationality US American
Alias Ignacio Teran
Hometown Los Angeles CA
Division Flyweight
Date of Birth 1932-04-10
Date of Death 1995-02-11
Age at Death 62
Stance Orthodox
W 25 (14 ko's) | L 4 | D 1 | Total 30
Lb St:Lb Kg | Date | | Wiki
date Lb opponent Lb wld last 6 location
1955-05-18 111 Memo Diez 111¾ 7-4-2
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA L KO 3 15
~ Time: 1:22 | Referee: Frankie Van ~
North American Flyweight Title
1955-04-09 113 Henry 'Pappy' Gault 118 46-14-2
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W TKO 2 10
~ Time: 2:52 ~
1955-03-15 Hugh Riley 7-5-1
San Jose, CA, USA W KO 7 0
1955-03-05 James Buddy Baggett 4-17-3
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W PTS 10 10
1955-02-05 111¼ Johnny Ortega 108 18-8-3
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W TKO 10 12
~ Time: 1:14 | Referee: Abe Roth 58-41 ~
North American Flyweight Title
1955-01-08 114 Billy Peacock 118 21-9-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA L TKO 7 10
~ Time: 1:19 | Referee: Dynamite Jackson ~
Teran was down once in the 5th and 6th round.
1954-09-28 113½ Walter Caldwell 117 1-3-1
San Jose, CA, USA W PTS 10 10
1954-07-05 116 Kildo Martinez 114½ 2-3-4
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W UD 10 10
~ Referee: Joe Stone 59-51 | Judge: George Latka 58½-51½ | Judge: Lee Grossman 59½-50½ ~
1954-06-29 117 Tommy Rhett 115 6-15-0
Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA, USA W KO 4 10
~ Time: 2:59 ~
1954-06-08 115 Johnny Ortega 111 18-6-3
San Jose, CA, USA W PTS 10 10
1953-04-21 116½ Jesse Mongia 121 13-4-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA L KO 4 10
~ Time: 2:54 | Referee: Joe Stone ~
1952-12-09 118 Tommy Umeda 118 32-24-9
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W UD 10 10
~ Referee: Abe Roth 63-47 | Judge: Joe Stone 59½-50½ | Judge: Lee Grossman 60-50 ~
Teran was knocked down in the 6th round.
1952-06-24 117½ Tommy Umeda 118 31-20-8
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA L TKO 7 12
~ Time: 2:40 | Referee: Joe Stone 31½-34½ ~
Pacific Coast Bantamweight Title
Teran was knocked down for a nine-count shortly before being stopped.
1952-04-22 116 Tommy Umeda 120½ 31-19-8
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W UD 10 10
~ Referee: Frankie Van 59½-50½ | Judge: Reggie Gilmore 58½-51½ | Judge: Tommy Hart 58-52 ~
1952-03-18 115 Nick Sanders 117 0-0-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 5 10
~ Time: 2:14 | Referee: Reggie Gilmore ~
Sanders was knocked down for an eight-count in the 2nd round.
1952-03-07 114½ Johnny Ortega 110½ 14-3-3
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W PTS 10 10
1952-02-26 115½ Hugh Riley 117½ 6-1-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 6 10
~ Time: 1:30 | Referee: Mushy Callahan ~
Riley was knocked down for a nine-count in the 6th round.
1951-12-18 114 Tommy Rhett 114 6-12-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 4 10
~ Time: 2:01 | Referee: Frankie Van ~
According to the Los Angeles Times, Rhett was taking a one-sided pounding, and suffering from a very badly swollen left eye, when the bout was stopped.
1951-11-14 117 Bobby Garza 117 19-15-12
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W UD 6 6
1951-10-02 117½ Manuel Hernandez 123½ 16-26-15
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 3 6
1951-08-28 117½ Billy Evans 120½ 2-0-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 3 6
1951-08-21 116½ Tommy Umeda 120 30-15-8
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W SD 6 6
1951-07-27 115 Sammy Garcia 115 5-4-2
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W TKO 4 6
1951-06-22 116 Gil Cadilli 118 7-1-1
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA D PTS 6 6
1951-06-12 117 Armando Felix 119 3-4-1
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 4 6
1951-06-08 116 Rosie Caballero 117 1-5-1
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W TKO 2 4
1951-05-25 116 Armando Felix 116½ 3-2-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W PTS 4 4
1951-04-20 116½ Armando Felix 118¾ 2-0-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W UD 4 4
1951-04-17 118 Nick Ramos 118 0-3-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W KO 1 4
1951-03-20 115 Nick Ramos 115 0-0-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 3 4
~ Referee: Jimmy Wallace ~
Ramos was knocked down three times.
Sex Male
Nationality US American
Alias Ignacio Teran
Hometown Los Angeles CA
Division Flyweight
Date of Birth 1932-04-10
Date of Death 1995-02-11
Age at Death 62
Stance Orthodox
W 25 (14 ko's) | L 4 | D 1 | Total 30
Lb St:Lb Kg | Date | | Wiki
date Lb opponent Lb wld last 6 location
1955-05-18 111 Memo Diez 111¾ 7-4-2
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA L KO 3 15
~ Time: 1:22 | Referee: Frankie Van ~
North American Flyweight Title
1955-04-09 113 Henry 'Pappy' Gault 118 46-14-2
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W TKO 2 10
~ Time: 2:52 ~
1955-03-15 Hugh Riley 7-5-1
San Jose, CA, USA W KO 7 0
1955-03-05 James Buddy Baggett 4-17-3
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W PTS 10 10
1955-02-05 111¼ Johnny Ortega 108 18-8-3
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W TKO 10 12
~ Time: 1:14 | Referee: Abe Roth 58-41 ~
North American Flyweight Title
1955-01-08 114 Billy Peacock 118 21-9-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA L TKO 7 10
~ Time: 1:19 | Referee: Dynamite Jackson ~
Teran was down once in the 5th and 6th round.
1954-09-28 113½ Walter Caldwell 117 1-3-1
San Jose, CA, USA W PTS 10 10
1954-07-05 116 Kildo Martinez 114½ 2-3-4
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W UD 10 10
~ Referee: Joe Stone 59-51 | Judge: George Latka 58½-51½ | Judge: Lee Grossman 59½-50½ ~
1954-06-29 117 Tommy Rhett 115 6-15-0
Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA, USA W KO 4 10
~ Time: 2:59 ~
1954-06-08 115 Johnny Ortega 111 18-6-3
San Jose, CA, USA W PTS 10 10
1953-04-21 116½ Jesse Mongia 121 13-4-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA L KO 4 10
~ Time: 2:54 | Referee: Joe Stone ~
1952-12-09 118 Tommy Umeda 118 32-24-9
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W UD 10 10
~ Referee: Abe Roth 63-47 | Judge: Joe Stone 59½-50½ | Judge: Lee Grossman 60-50 ~
Teran was knocked down in the 6th round.
1952-06-24 117½ Tommy Umeda 118 31-20-8
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA L TKO 7 12
~ Time: 2:40 | Referee: Joe Stone 31½-34½ ~
Pacific Coast Bantamweight Title
Teran was knocked down for a nine-count shortly before being stopped.
1952-04-22 116 Tommy Umeda 120½ 31-19-8
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W UD 10 10
~ Referee: Frankie Van 59½-50½ | Judge: Reggie Gilmore 58½-51½ | Judge: Tommy Hart 58-52 ~
1952-03-18 115 Nick Sanders 117 0-0-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 5 10
~ Time: 2:14 | Referee: Reggie Gilmore ~
Sanders was knocked down for an eight-count in the 2nd round.
1952-03-07 114½ Johnny Ortega 110½ 14-3-3
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W PTS 10 10
1952-02-26 115½ Hugh Riley 117½ 6-1-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 6 10
~ Time: 1:30 | Referee: Mushy Callahan ~
Riley was knocked down for a nine-count in the 6th round.
1951-12-18 114 Tommy Rhett 114 6-12-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 4 10
~ Time: 2:01 | Referee: Frankie Van ~
According to the Los Angeles Times, Rhett was taking a one-sided pounding, and suffering from a very badly swollen left eye, when the bout was stopped.
1951-11-14 117 Bobby Garza 117 19-15-12
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W UD 6 6
1951-10-02 117½ Manuel Hernandez 123½ 16-26-15
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 3 6
1951-08-28 117½ Billy Evans 120½ 2-0-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 3 6
1951-08-21 116½ Tommy Umeda 120 30-15-8
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W SD 6 6
1951-07-27 115 Sammy Garcia 115 5-4-2
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W TKO 4 6
1951-06-22 116 Gil Cadilli 118 7-1-1
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA D PTS 6 6
1951-06-12 117 Armando Felix 119 3-4-1
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 4 6
1951-06-08 116 Rosie Caballero 117 1-5-1
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W TKO 2 4
1951-05-25 116 Armando Felix 116½ 3-2-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W PTS 4 4
1951-04-20 116½ Armando Felix 118¾ 2-0-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA W UD 4 4
1951-04-17 118 Nick Ramos 118 0-3-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W KO 1 4
1951-03-20 115 Nick Ramos 115 0-0-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA W TKO 3 4
~ Referee: Jimmy Wallace ~
Ramos was knocked down three times.
Keeny Teran was a fabulous boxer," said Leonard Castillon, 89, who recalled seeing the baby-faced ring assassin who fought during the 1950s and died in 1995. "All the women really loved him."
Teran had the speed and the looks, and was raised on the zoot suit streets of East Los Angeles. His first prizefight took place at the Olympic Auditorium, and he blitzed through 30 opponents with speed and power and looks that could kill.
Teran had the speed and the looks, and was raised on the zoot suit streets of East Los Angeles. His first prizefight took place at the Olympic Auditorium, and he blitzed through 30 opponents with speed and power and looks that could kill.
The Little One
Monday, Dec. 22, 1952 Article, The Little One Ignacio V. (for nothing) Teran was undersized from the day he was born in 1933. As he grew up in the slums of Los Angeles, where his mother supported the family as a railroad car worker, he was always too little and too good-looking to get along with the rest of the boys. So he learned to fight.
He learned other things. Accused of stabbing a boy in a brawl, he spent time in the Preston School of Industry (a reform school), where "I learned everything dirty there is to know about life." At Preston, he also learned about heroin. At the age of 16, soon after getting out of Preston, he took his first "pop" of heroin as casually as another youngster might take a bottle of soda. He did it because the bigger boys wouldn't take him to the beach with them unless he did.
But "Keeny" (a corruption of the Spanish for "little one") Teran, was also and up & coming bantamweight (118 lbs.) boxer. As an amateur, he was beaten only once. As a professional, Keeny was hailed as a coming champion (16 wins, one draw) ; last year he won the boxing writers' "Fighter of the Year" award. Then, one night, his heroin-ravaged body failed to respond. Keeny took a savage beating from Hawaii's Tommy Umeda, a man he had beaten twice before.
The beating put Keeny on heroin more heavily than ever. Soon he was pawning his possessions to buy the stuff. Although he was devoted to his wife Sally and daughter Celia, Keeny could not quit the habit. He decided to commit suicide. Then Los Angeles Mirror Reporter Lou Larkin, tipped off to the story, caught up with 19-year-old Keeny Teran.
Keeny had tried the wrenching, agonizing struggle to shake the habit once before, and had fled from a Texas cure center after two weeks. This time, with Reporter Larkin's encouragement, the little round-faced Mexican-American boy went to a boxers' training camp and fought himself back into shape. Last week, on the eve of his first comeback fight, the Mirror broke the story all over Page One.
Keeny was so ashamed and so frightened by the publicity that he threatened to punch Reporter Larkin. The afternoon before the fight, one of Keeny's cynical compatriots sneered: "Going to take some junk into the ring with ya?"
But that night, with 6,500 fans rooting for him, Keeny, his nose smashed, his left hand sprained, came off the canvas after a sixth-round, eight-count knockdown and won a unanimous decision over his old tormentor, Tommy Umeda. By week's end Keeny was swamped with offers from Chicago, Honolulu. Mexico and the Philippines. But Keeny, hoping he has the habit licked at last, is setting his sights on the top. Says Keeny: "I'd really like to fight in the Garden. That's it — the big apple. I'd die if I got to fight there."
Monday, Dec. 22, 1952 Article, The Little One Ignacio V. (for nothing) Teran was undersized from the day he was born in 1933. As he grew up in the slums of Los Angeles, where his mother supported the family as a railroad car worker, he was always too little and too good-looking to get along with the rest of the boys. So he learned to fight.
He learned other things. Accused of stabbing a boy in a brawl, he spent time in the Preston School of Industry (a reform school), where "I learned everything dirty there is to know about life." At Preston, he also learned about heroin. At the age of 16, soon after getting out of Preston, he took his first "pop" of heroin as casually as another youngster might take a bottle of soda. He did it because the bigger boys wouldn't take him to the beach with them unless he did.
But "Keeny" (a corruption of the Spanish for "little one") Teran, was also and up & coming bantamweight (118 lbs.) boxer. As an amateur, he was beaten only once. As a professional, Keeny was hailed as a coming champion (16 wins, one draw) ; last year he won the boxing writers' "Fighter of the Year" award. Then, one night, his heroin-ravaged body failed to respond. Keeny took a savage beating from Hawaii's Tommy Umeda, a man he had beaten twice before.
The beating put Keeny on heroin more heavily than ever. Soon he was pawning his possessions to buy the stuff. Although he was devoted to his wife Sally and daughter Celia, Keeny could not quit the habit. He decided to commit suicide. Then Los Angeles Mirror Reporter Lou Larkin, tipped off to the story, caught up with 19-year-old Keeny Teran.
Keeny had tried the wrenching, agonizing struggle to shake the habit once before, and had fled from a Texas cure center after two weeks. This time, with Reporter Larkin's encouragement, the little round-faced Mexican-American boy went to a boxers' training camp and fought himself back into shape. Last week, on the eve of his first comeback fight, the Mirror broke the story all over Page One.
Keeny was so ashamed and so frightened by the publicity that he threatened to punch Reporter Larkin. The afternoon before the fight, one of Keeny's cynical compatriots sneered: "Going to take some junk into the ring with ya?"
But that night, with 6,500 fans rooting for him, Keeny, his nose smashed, his left hand sprained, came off the canvas after a sixth-round, eight-count knockdown and won a unanimous decision over his old tormentor, Tommy Umeda. By week's end Keeny was swamped with offers from Chicago, Honolulu. Mexico and the Philippines. But Keeny, hoping he has the habit licked at last, is setting his sights on the top. Says Keeny: "I'd really like to fight in the Garden. That's it — the big apple. I'd die if I got to fight there."
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Collins2000
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Decagon wrote:Shit.
What's wrong now, Zack?
I'm enjoying these photos and pen portaits. Aren't you?
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Collins2000
- Heavyweight
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kikibalt wrote:The Little One
Monday, Dec. 22, 1952 Article, The Little One Ignacio V. (for nothing) Teran was undersized from the day he was born in 1933. As he grew up in the slums of Los Angeles, where his mother supported the family as a railroad car worker, he was always too little and too good-looking to get along with the rest of the boys. So he learned to fight.
He learned other things. Accused of stabbing a boy in a brawl, he spent time in the Preston School of Industry (a reform school), where "I learned everything dirty there is to know about life." At Preston, he also learned about heroin. At the age of 16, soon after getting out of Preston, he took his first "pop" of heroin as casually as another youngster might take a bottle of soda. He did it because the bigger boys wouldn't take him to the beach with them unless he did.
But "Keeny" (a corruption of the Spanish for "little one") Teran, was also and up & coming bantamweight (118 lbs.) boxer. As an amateur, he was beaten only once. As a professional, Keeny was hailed as a coming champion (16 wins, one draw) ; last year he won the boxing writers' "Fighter of the Year" award. Then, one night, his heroin-ravaged body failed to respond. Keeny took a savage beating from Hawaii's Tommy Umeda, a man he had beaten twice before.
The beating put Keeny on heroin more heavily than ever. Soon he was pawning his possessions to buy the stuff. Although he was devoted to his wife Sally and daughter Celia, Keeny could not quit the habit. He decided to commit suicide. Then Los Angeles Mirror Reporter Lou Larkin, tipped off to the story, caught up with 19-year-old Keeny Teran.
Keeny had tried the wrenching, agonizing struggle to shake the habit once before, and had fled from a Texas cure center after two weeks. This time, with Reporter Larkin's encouragement, the little round-faced Mexican-American boy went to a boxers' training camp and fought himself back into shape. Last week, on the eve of his first comeback fight, the Mirror broke the story all over Page One.
Keeny was so ashamed and so frightened by the publicity that he threatened to punch Reporter Larkin. The afternoon before the fight, one of Keeny's cynical compatriots sneered: "Going to take some junk into the ring with ya?"
But that night, with 6,500 fans rooting for him, Keeny, his nose smashed, his left hand sprained, came off the canvas after a sixth-round, eight-count knockdown and won a unanimous decision over his old tormentor, Tommy Umeda. By week's end Keeny was swamped with offers from Chicago, Honolulu. Mexico and the Philippines. But Keeny, hoping he has the habit licked at last, is setting his sights on the top. Says Keeny: "I'd really like to fight in the Garden. That's it — the big apple. I'd die if I got to fight there."
Great info, kikibalt. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you.Collins2000 wrote:kikibalt wrote:The Little One
Monday, Dec. 22, 1952 Article, The Little One Ignacio V. (for nothing) Teran was undersized from the day he was born in 1933. As he grew up in the slums of Los Angeles, where his mother supported the family as a railroad car worker, he was always too little and too good-looking to get along with the rest of the boys. So he learned to fight.
He learned other things. Accused of stabbing a boy in a brawl, he spent time in the Preston School of Industry (a reform school), where "I learned everything dirty there is to know about life." At Preston, he also learned about heroin. At the age of 16, soon after getting out of Preston, he took his first "pop" of heroin as casually as another youngster might take a bottle of soda. He did it because the bigger boys wouldn't take him to the beach with them unless he did.
But "Keeny" (a corruption of the Spanish for "little one") Teran, was also and up & coming bantamweight (118 lbs.) boxer. As an amateur, he was beaten only once. As a professional, Keeny was hailed as a coming champion (16 wins, one draw) ; last year he won the boxing writers' "Fighter of the Year" award. Then, one night, his heroin-ravaged body failed to respond. Keeny took a savage beating from Hawaii's Tommy Umeda, a man he had beaten twice before.
The beating put Keeny on heroin more heavily than ever. Soon he was pawning his possessions to buy the stuff. Although he was devoted to his wife Sally and daughter Celia, Keeny could not quit the habit. He decided to commit suicide. Then Los Angeles Mirror Reporter Lou Larkin, tipped off to the story, caught up with 19-year-old Keeny Teran.
Keeny had tried the wrenching, agonizing struggle to shake the habit once before, and had fled from a Texas cure center after two weeks. This time, with Reporter Larkin's encouragement, the little round-faced Mexican-American boy went to a boxers' training camp and fought himself back into shape. Last week, on the eve of his first comeback fight, the Mirror broke the story all over Page One.
Keeny was so ashamed and so frightened by the publicity that he threatened to punch Reporter Larkin. The afternoon before the fight, one of Keeny's cynical compatriots sneered: "Going to take some junk into the ring with ya?"
But that night, with 6,500 fans rooting for him, Keeny, his nose smashed, his left hand sprained, came off the canvas after a sixth-round, eight-count knockdown and won a unanimous decision over his old tormentor, Tommy Umeda. By week's end Keeny was swamped with offers from Chicago, Honolulu. Mexico and the Philippines. But Keeny, hoping he has the habit licked at last, is setting his sights on the top. Says Keeny: "I'd really like to fight in the Garden. That's it — the big apple. I'd die if I got to fight there."
Great info, kikibalt. Thanks for sharing.
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donutfights
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Re: Keeny Teran footage or memorabilia?
Hello, Frankmyxytptlk wrote:Does anyone have ant idea where I might be able to buy some footage of any of Keeny Teran's fights or even a program or some other memorabilia? His daughter, Sally, was the love of my life (she passed away a couple of years ago) but her son (Keeny's Grandson) is graduating from UC Berkley next month and I wanted to give him a special gift...thanks !
Frank Rodriguez
I have 2 photos I can send you copies of.
My Mother was related to Keeny.
[email protected]
J.S.Valencia