The Forgotten Fight

Bunce's Tales of the Extraordinary by BBC

Dec 29, 201721:30Society & Culture

Zamora v Zarate met one night in Little Mexico, a fearsome quarter of Los Angeles, in a fight of extraordinary quality. Veteran broadcaster and journalist Steve Bunce tells Caroline Barker about two fighters with some of...

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