Andrés Roca Rey is widely regarded as one of the biggest stars in modern bullfighting — and also one of its most frequently injured. His latest brush with disaster, in the bullring at Arles in southern France, is only the newest entry in a decade-long list of narrow escapes that has earned him an unflattering nickname among some observers: the "world's worst matador." Tossed … [Read more...] about The “World’s Worst” Bullfighter? Andrés Roca Rey Has Survived More Gorings Than Almost Anyone In The Sport
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Bullfighter’s Chilling Final Words Before Death
Iván Fandiño was one of Spain's best-known bullfighters, admired for taking on bulls other matadors avoided. On June 17, 2017, he was killed in the ring at Aire-sur-l'Adour in southwestern France, in a death that stunned the bullfighting world and reopened a long-running debate. The Final Fight Fandiño, 36, was born in Orduña, near Bilbao in Spain's Basque Country, and … [Read more...] about Bullfighter’s Chilling Final Words Before Death