Linked to boxing since he was little, the name of Jorge Capetillo He became famous a few years ago, when he practically saved the career of world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, although now his attitude has generated some controversy.
On Saturday, he was in front of the corner of the Mexican Alma Ibarrawho faced the American Jessica McCaskill, in search of all the welterweight titles.
Before the fourth round of a fight largely dominated by the champion, cape He was preparing to put the mouth guard on Ibarra, who told him that he no longer wanted to go out in the ring, because his only wish was “go home“.
After a few seconds of discussion, cape finally agreed to the plea of the boxer, who was visibly upset by the attitude of the coach.
Native of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Capitol lives in The Vegas, Nevada, for a decade. In that city he has a boxing gym, where he trains various boys and some professional boxers, like Ibarra.
In addition to that, he also plays the role of “cutman” in other work teams. His job in those cases is to heal fighters’ wounds in combat, which he did with Tyson Fury three years ago.
In a fight between the British and the Swedish Otto Wallinexactly in Las VegasFury presented a huge cut on his eyebrow that predicted that they would stop the fight, but Capetillo entered and healed it, allowing him to continue and -ultimately- take the fight to maintain his undefeated.
That attitude allowed him to get an economic reward from Fury.
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Now he’s leading the corner from Ibarra, who begged him to stop their fight, which at first he didn’t seem so convinced to do.
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