Cuadrilla de enrique ponce biography

Four days after celebrating the 50th anniversary of José María Manzanares padre’s alternativa, the taurine world was hit by unexpected news.

With the following short message Enrique Ponce, one of the most respected and revered bullfighters of his generation, announced his retirement: “To those who have accompanied me in the past 30 years: The first thing I want to tell you is that I want to thank you for your kindness and unconditional support, especially during the last year of the pandemia in which I decided to defend tauromaquia, put my foot forward and return to the world of bullfighting and all it has given me.

At this moment in my taurine career, , I have decided to temporarily retire from bullfighting.” At once speculations arose about the reason the matador, who had been one of the top names in the international world of bullfighting for so long, had taken this decision.

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