29 years ago José Miguel Arroyo ‘Joselito’ (Madrid, 1969) He wrote one of the brightest pages in the history of modern bullfighting. It was a solo Goyesca run in which the right -handed Madrid triumphed against a crowded sales square.
Joselito managed to cut six ears of four bulls and dispatch to the six of many other strokes. An unprecedented success that was registered in the video libraries thanks to the run was broadcast by Telemadrid.
“That May 2, 1996 has passed to the history of bullfighting Modern because an authentic repertoire of what bullfighting and fighting was offered. With a wide variety of passes, especially with the cape. It was a complete fight, “he explains to elcierredigital.com The teacher Javier López-Galiacho, president of the Luis Mazzantini University Circle.
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“Rarely in history has offered a fight as complete as that May 2. José Miguel Arroyo issued a lesson of what six bulls is dealing with knowledge of all the luck of bullfighting,” adds López-Galiacho.
“In these last 30 years there have only been two equal events: that of Joselito and José Tomás in Nymes. Just as we talk about the bullfighting of Cúchares, one can already talk about the bullfighting of José Miguel Arroyo ‘Joselito’. An afternoon for the memory of all the fans,” he concludes Javier López-Galiacho.
A bullfighter made to himself
José Miguel Arroyo Delgado was born in Madrid on May 1, 1969 and is Adoptive son of Adela and Enrique Martín Arranz. Are Biological mother abandoned him when he was three years old and when his father was died.
Being young he understood that bullfighting could be a solution for his life. Thus, he entered the Bullfighting School. Joselito stood out as a novillero since his appearance on July 3, 1985 at a festival for the benefit of those affected by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia) volcano.
On April 20, 1986 he took the alternative with Dámaso González de Padrino, Paco Ojeda of witness and livestock of Carlos Núñez. A month later, on May 26, his confirmation took place in Madrid, With only 17 years. Soon he began to call the attention of fans and the general public.
A year later, on May 15, 1987, the bullfighter suffered an important fuck, which caused him a serious neck and broke his clavicle. The following year, the May 22, 1988 suffered another terrible and very serious fuck in the neck.
On May 2, 1996, as we have told, in a solo run, he made the deed of cutting six ears of four and dispatching the six of many other strokes.
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Six years later, on May 17, 2002, he suffered a fuck in the French square of Nimes by fracturing the femur. Because of this, he spent a year retired from the squares. His return lasted little, since in February 2004, he decided to retire and become livestock.
He dressed again on June 15, 2014 in a single run in the French square of Istreswhere he gave the alternative to Cayetano Ortiz. That day he cut 4 ears and 2 rabos.
Today is out of the ring, although its continuous linking. The owner of the livestock ‘del Tajo’, which pasta in his farm of Cáceres.
