#8 OF 440 FAVS THE MEXICAN (PT 2) by JACK LONDON
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Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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This was the #8 listener favorite of 440 episodes. (Actually part two was #2 but I set up our best of based on part one rankings if there were two parts). "The Mexican (pt 2)" by Jack London is the exciting conclusion to the story of an 18 year-old Mexican boy who tries to avenge the murder of his parents by winning a prize fight so he could get guns for the revolution.
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| 0:00.0 | And the I'm going to be. Welcome to Part 2 of Jack London's thriller, The Mexican. |
| 0:36.2 | A true story based upon the exploits of Joe Rivers, a quiet man who lost his parents |
| 0:41.5 | in the Mexican Revolution when they were murdered by the corrupt government. |
| 0:46.0 | As we join part two, the terms of the upcoming fight between the quiet challenger Rivera and the loud boisterous pro and 10 to one favorite Danny are being |
| 0:55.8 | negotiated and Rivera wants a winner-take-all contract. His opponent finally |
| 1:01.4 | agrees if he Rivera will agree to a 10 a.m. way in, which was a huge |
| 1:06.4 | advantage for the larger and more muscular Danny, as he would be entering the ring that night, |
| 1:10.8 | well hydrated, and in the fullness of his strength and now part |
| 1:15.4 | two of the Mexican by Jack London. You think for a second you can lick me? |
| 1:21.9 | Danny blurted in. Rivera. You think for a second you can lick me? |
| 1:22.8 | Danny blurted in. |
| 1:24.4 | Rivera nodded. |
| 1:26.6 | Ah, calm, listen to reason, Kelly pleaded. |
| 1:29.6 | Think of the advertising. I want the money was Rivera's answer. |
| 1:35.1 | You couldn't win for me in a thousand years. |
| 1:38.3 | Danny assured him. Then what are you holding out for? Rivera countered. |
| 1:44.3 | If the money's that easy, why don't you go after it? |
| 1:47.2 | I will so help me! Danny cried with abrupt conviction. |
| 1:52.2 | I'll beat you to death in the ring my boy you monkey with me this way |
| 1:56.8 | Make out the articles Kelly winter take all play it up in the sporting columns tell Tell him it's a grudge fight. |
| 2:03.7 | I'll show this fresh kid a few." |
| 2:06.4 | Kelly's secretary had begun to write when Danny interrupted. |
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