Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Where do we begin?
Well, you know, I tell you, it was when my brother asked me, would you want to fight Tai?
And I said, what's Tai?
He said Muay Thai.
And I said, I'll fight him.
Honestly, I thought that was his name.
I had no idea what Muay Thai was at the time, and so we took it on.
Matter of fact, it was at the Olympic Auditorium when we first fought.
In Los Angeles?
Yes.
Ernest Hart fought the first Thai champion, and that was the main event.
And I'll tell you what, when I first got kicked in the legs—
And my eyes bulged out of my forehead.
I said, I mean, I have strong legs, but I've never had anybody try to break my legs.
And so it was a rude awakening, but it was the best thing that ever happened to me because he took me to the streets.
He really did because when he started abling, kneeing to my face, and I said, oh, you want to fight that way?
Okay.
I didn't understand it.
I just thought that...
No.