40: On the Ropes (Carlos Monzón) | Argentina

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🗓️ 17 March 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Carlos Monzón was Argentina’s golden son: a man with a humble background who managed to win the boxing World Middleweight Championship – a title he defended 14 times. But his violence did not stay inside the ring. On the morning of February 14th 1988, in a domestic dispute, he murdered his wife, then threw her half-naked body over the railing of a second floor balcony. Yet, this brutal event did not change his fan’s opinion of him. With the mother of his son no longer alive, he was no less of a hero in their eyes.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the evidence locker.
0:08.8	Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials. It deals with true crimes and real people.
0:14.4	Each episode is produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families,
0:18.8	and loved ones. lines. almost looking like a skater, this tall fellow, he reminds me I would have thought of actor
0:34.1	Anthony Quinn playing the part of a young prize fighter, doesn't he?
0:37.5	He really has a swarthy handsome guy, really a tough bull of the pampas, who's fought his way out of poverty and he's found out
0:44.4	that the quickest way from poverty to plenty is in the prize ring and he's tagging
0:49.2	Nepales he's got Nepales in a lot of trouble he wants to, he's hardly missing with a punch,
0:55.0	and Napole is bravely trying to battle it out with him there.
0:59.0	What an effective show this is from the Middle-Aid champion Munzon, but we're getting to the countdown at the end of the fifth round.
1:07.5	No, then the bell has saved NAPLUS! Carlos Monson, the Golden Son, whose life started in the slums of Santa Fe,
1:24.9	rose to become one of the country's jet set with money, women, and all the trimmings.
1:31.2	He was given the nickname Escopeta or Shotgun.
1:35.0	At the height of his boxing career, he was the undisputed middleweight champion of the world for seven years,
1:41.0	a title he defended 14 times. This is a quote by
1:46.2	respected boxing historian Ted Spoon. Carlos was a beast of a fighter, a bit nasty.
1:53.4	He was not one who relied on intimidation, but he was the school bully in there, as he
1:57.7	swatted his opponents about until they crumbled.
2:01.6	Sadly, the boxer did not have the ability to keep his aggression inside the ring.
2:06.8	On the morning of Valentine's Day in 1988, his rage turned to his wife, Alicia
2:12.3	Muniz.
2:14.0	Slender and Petit, this former model had no defense against the attack from the former boxing champion.
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