The referee counted out Juan Gilesteban Rivera Mendez for the seventh time in seven fights.
Sitting up, the young battler looked fresh and relaxed. He showered quickly, collected his loser purse of $250.00 and walked to the Greyhound bus station in Hyannis.
Just 23 hours and 141 dollars later he was walking down the main street of a town near Agua Prieta, Mexico, heading for the office of Duro Boxing Promotions in the State of Sonora.
Inside, he spoke with a clerk and was directed to a seat in the chief promoter’s office.
“From what my clerk tells me amigo, I can get you lots of good fights here in my territory. What was your record again?”
“I had seven straight knockouts in the 7,000 seat Cape Cod Coliseum. You could look it up,” replied Juan Gilesteban Rivera Mendez, with a sly smile.
“Oh no amigo, I cannot do that. The fight game here is not computerized."
“Oh is that so? I did not realize this. Please get me some bouts,” chuckled Juan on the first day of his second chance to be on the winning end of a one to ten count.
The End