The year was 1971 and Erbito Salavarria, the lanky, sharp-shooting Filipino WBC flyweight champion from Manila, had come to face Betulio Gonzalez in the challenger's hometown of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Salavarria, who had taken the 112 lb. title from Thailand's Chartchai Chionoi eleven months earlier, lacked the power to walk through his opponents, so most of his bouts were … [Read more...]