“La Muerte en un Gallero,” or "Death at a Cockfight," is the song that boxing coach José "Torito" López plays to his boys during their training sessions at the Azteca Boxing Club in Phoenix, a gym where he trains several talented children in the West Valley. He says that song ignites the blood of boxers to give their all in their exercises, as well as during their matches. He is the best, there will be no one like him,” Benavidez said. Many times to train, go for a run, I listen to them. “All of Vicente's songs give you encouragement, hope, strength and motivation, but also joy. However, he admits, neither genre transmits as much force as mariachi. His songs convey that Mexican feeling to me, that strength that is needed to give the best in your training sessions, in your fights," the Seattle-based coach from Phoenix said.Īlthough his children are Mexican American, he said, they are very attached to Mexican music - they like banda and corridos. Through his lyrics and his unique interpretation of them, he has managed to encapsulate the Mexican essence, both for Mexican residents and those far from home.Īnd for many athletes, particularly boxers and mixed martial arts fighters, showing that love for their culture and identity through his songs helps them gain strength in the ring.įor famed boxing coach José Benavidez Sr., father of world champion David "Red Flag" Benavidez and former world champion José Benavidez Jr., Fernández has been an inspiration to both him and his children. "El Charro de Huentitán," as Fernández is commonly called, has created much more than ranchera music throughout his career. who use Fernández's music as a method of motivation - from the early hours of the morning when they start their training, to entering the ring just before starting a match for the world to view. Like Velásquez, there are athletes in Mexico and the U.S. His father, Efraín Velásquez, was a farmworker who was born in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, right on the U.S.-Mexico border, and who was deported seven times until he managed to stay in the United States, where he settled down and raised his three children. It's a song he plays in honor of his father. “Los Mandados,” or "The Errands," is the name of this mariachi melody that has transcended borders and that is used by the former UFC heavyweight champion Mexican-American Caín Velásquez every time he steps into the ring. Those are the roughly translated lyrics of one of Vicente Fernández's many songs that has become an anthem for Mexican immigrants living in the United States. Just press play next time it’s someone’s cumpleaños."La Migra a mí me agarró 300 veces (Border Patrol detained me 300 times) / digamos (let's say) / pero jamás me domó (but they never tamed me) / a mí me hizo los mandados (they did my errands for me)." But when Vicente Fernandez sings it, it becomes next level. Las Mañanitas is a classic song that everyone sings to their loved ones on their birthday. The stalks will talk about our romance.” “Las Mañanitas” That nothing is true, that they’re just words. You were the one who searched for the stalk I recorded your name on the stalk of an aloe
Like so many of Chente’s songs, it too speaks about lost love and being left with feelings that are now unreciprocated.
“La Ley del Monte” is a Vicente Fernandez song, and also the name of a film he starred in 1976.
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