The Caraballo effect

NEWS broke last month that Bernardo Caraballo, the first Colombian to challenge for a world title, is under 24-hour observation for various ailments at the San Jose Torices clinic in Cartagena, Colombia.

Caraballo, 86, a stylish bantamweight in and out of the ring, became a Latin American sporting icon during the 1960s despite coming up short in title fights against Brazil’s Eder Jofre and Japan’s Fighting Harada. Wearing sequined trunks long before Hector Camacho did, and as many as six robes into the ring – peeling them off slowly, each