Before Good Friday, when the final crisis began that took him out of this world with his belt on, Jack Veneno shook one of Paula’s hands and said goodbye to the tenderness he always produced for her: “My pretty little girl, I love you . “
The sad scene occurred on Thursday, the second of this month, the day when the legendary fighter preferred that the National Cancer Institute Rosa Emilia Tavárez (Incart) give him the medical discharge that allowed him to spend the last hours of his life in the company. of the eight surviving children and Gisela Bonetti, his wife.
“This was the last conversation I had,” reveals Paola Sánchez, who was not delicately asked about her age, after waking up that, from this afternoon, Wednesday, she is officiated in room one of the funeral home Blandino, on av. Abraham Lincoln, where athletes, politicians, businessmen and other areas of national life paraded to say their last goodbyes.
“When it entered gravity, it communicated with us by shaking hands. “My pretty little girl” will remain in my memory forever. “Thank God for allowing the children to fire the World Ball Champion, the champion of our hearts,” he said.
Jack Michael, another child of Rafael Sánchez, a figure with a zero rejection rate, admired by young children, adults and the elderly who turned the “International Fight” into a descent nest, which every Saturday at noon, broadcast channels 9 and 2 from Color Vision, you will remember him as the champion he always was.
“I will keep him in my memory as a father concerned about the well-being of his family, his children, as a hardworking father and as a champion who fought to the end,” said Jack Michael, who four decades ago accompanied Veneno to the dates. back on the track of the Olympic Stadium in a new red convertible car.
He highlighted the pride that Jack Veneno always had wearing the national flag as a cape and the three colors of his farms in his great fights with “Rick Flair”, “Iron Fist”, “El Monge Loco” and “Relámpago Hernández”. “El Genius of Evil”, his last great rival, among others.
“El Hijo de Doña Tatica”, who died in the early hours of Tuesday, at the age of 78, was also a natural trader who rose in popularity and sales of all products that sponsored the professional fight, including a few bitter medicinal drinks.
Among those who came to see him for the last time and offer condolences to his relatives were the Minister of the Environment, Orlando Jorge Mera; Dr. Alejandro Vargas, President of the Superior Administrative Court; Deputy Minister of Sports, Franklin De la Mota; the holder of that sports portfolio, Felipe -Jey-Payano, and the Olympic medalist Gabriel Mercedes.
Also, fighters of different generations, some masked, who give a pleasant note to the funeral services of Rafael Sánchez, who keeps his forehead high, impeccable, with his lush beard.
Among them are “El Bronco” and “El Rayo de Nueva York”, who came from the United States to say goodbye to the human being who inspired him to join this show over 50 years ago. athletic and then helped him take his first steps.
The family, to fulfill the wish of the idol of the twelve ropes, will be cremated today and part of its ashes will be scattered in the early afternoon in the Caribbean Sea, in front of Eugenio de Hostos Park, where he fought the main battles of the 70s and 80.
The rest in the Puerta del Cielo cemetery, where the family will again have to be next to the protagonist “Tertulia Induveca”, the main sponsor of one of the most popular Dominican athletes of all time.
“Forever champion. We will remember you forever “, says the ribbon that borders the green floral arrangement, adorned with white roses sent by” La Familia Induveca “.