The caption as it ran in GEO: The picture of the enraptured Christ in Joe Colón’s apartment is respectfully decorated with his passes to Golden Gloves tournaments.
1979
1979
The caption as it ran in GEO: Lily Maestre is Cisco’s wife. Their bedroom overlooks East Fourth Street at Avenue D. Boxing has become Lily’s passion, too. Tonight Cisco will fight uptown, and Lily will be at ringside, as usual.
1979
1979
The caption as it ran in GEO: A Hispanic fighter on the Lower East Side is a local celebrity and a considerable hero. In the lobby of his apartment building, on his way to a midwinter match, Cisco [Francisco Maestre] collects the well-wishes of a young neighbor. But tonight Cisco’s career will falter.
1979
The caption as it ran in GEO: Cisco and Lily have three children: Carlos, five; Marcelina, four; and Lillian, three. With a friend, they watch televised fights, using two sets so as to miss nothing. Family life in the four-room apartment is close and warm and easygoing.
1979
1979