Juan Olaguivel

Juan Olaguíbel Pedrós, the son of Juan Olaguível & Juana Olaguível Pedrós, became a big man and, in times of economic difficulty in his region, started earning money as an amateur boxer. He was trained by the French Casalonge (who had trained Georges Carpentier), at 13 Peña y Goñi, San Sebastian, the tourist beach resort of the Basque region. There, he was known as Juanito Olaguibel, possibly because of his younger age than most boxers. He was acquainted and became friends with Paulino Uzcudum,who would become the Spanish heavyweight champion, and met with success in an American tour. Back to Spain, on the morning of November 30, 1930, Uzcudun trained street running in Barcelona with his companion Juan Olaguivel, and in the evening he saw him lose his fight against Primo Carnera on the last round after having dominated all the other rounds, in a controversial match at the Olympic Stadium, Montjuïc (Barcelona, Spain). Uzkudun continued his career, and with him went Olaguivel: Paris (19