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BAD MEDICINE: An Interview With Tony Baltazar
Destructive West Coast bomber Tony "The Tiger" Baltazar was a fixture on network television during the early 1980s. Best known for his 1983 Pier Sixer against streaking lightweight Robin Blake, Baltazar, who first donned gloves as a small child, also made the ring uncomfortable for Howard Davis, Jr., Miguel Angel Dominguez, and Pedro Laza. Armed with a short left hook as hard as a swinging derrick, Baltazar was a feared contender for years. Not long after scoring the biggest win of his career, however—a decision over Roger Mayweather—Baltazar was convicted of vehicular manslaughter. Read more From The Living Daylights
