Gil King vs. Frank Flores (1st meeting)

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Gil King beat Frank Flores by TKO at 2:45 in round 9 of 10

"Gil King, the former 10th ranked junior welterweight in the world, snapped Paco Flores' unbeaten professional string at 11 by scoring a TKO at 2:45 of the 9th round Saturday before a sellout crowd at the Tucson Sports Center. King showed Flores that being the All-American Boy type is risky business in the square jungle. He used his head like Tony Galento, his elbows like Sandy Saddler and rubbed Paco's face with the laces of his gloves with all the finesse of Willie Pep. He was warned by referee Joe Vozdik for his tactics, but did not lose any points in the scoring. The end came when Flores, pinned on the ropes following a King charge, was caught with a combination of punches unloaded from a flat-footed position following a right to the body. Flores didn't go down, but was offering no defense, save bobbing his head." -Tucson Daily Citizen

  • App. 300 fans were turned away due to a misunderstanding between Promoter Ben Osuna and the Tucson Fire Dept., who stated that the arena could hold 1,800 max. However, Osuna thought they meant fans, but the Fire Dept. also counted vendors, fighters, handlers, etc.


Post fight comments

  • "We knew that Flores liked to retreat and bait his opponent to lead so he could counter. We had Gil move at him a faster than usual pace so that he would be kept in the process of retreating and countering without ever being set." -Suey Welch, King's manager
  • "I beat him with body punches in the infighting. That's what slowed him down. Suey told me after the 8th round that there was no way I was going to win a decision in Tucson. So I won the only way I could win - stop him." -Gil King
  • "I saw every punch coming, but there was nothing I could do about it. I remember feeling paralyzed after he hit me with that body punch. That's the first time I've been stopped. It was really weird - not being able to do what I knew had to be done." -Paco Flores
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