El Torito -Tony Ayala Jr.

[THE REAL NINJA]

Ayala was a bit overrated as a prospect, I thought.
He would have been badly beaten by Leonard, hearns, Hagler, & McCallum.

He could punch, & was very aggressive, ferocious. But, he was hittable, & hurtable.
The four above were far too skilled for him.

As for him facing Duran back in say '83-'84 ? Duran would have gotten up for that fight like no other, & took him to school !

i have a mag that said duran hated him like no other would have been a hell of a fight ....would love to see the guy try to spit in duran's face like he did all the others

[whdempsey]

This is off-topic and ignorant, but is he related to Paulie?

[American_Ninja]

This is off-topic and ignorant, but is he related to Paulie?

No relation, he did have a relative who was a fighter but I'm not sure who. Anyone know who it was?

[Yogi]

No relation, he did have a relative who was a fighter but I'm not sure who. Anyone know who it was?

He had an older brother, Mike, who campaigned pretty successfully in the Jr. Featherweight division back in the late 70's/early 80's. Mike was also involved in the "Fight of the Year" from 1979, when he tried challenging Little Red for his Featherweight title...He also had his fair shair of out-of-the-ring troubles with drugs & whatnot, and he even got into some trouble with the law in his early pro days when he shot a man (didn't kill him though, and Mike was given a very long 10 year probabtion sentence instead of going to prison).