Julian Lopez, the beginning of a career to the end

El Juli holds a special place for me in my bullfight fandom. This year he retired after 25 years as a professional bullfighter, one of the best bullfighters to ever live.

As the internet started taking off, say back in 1995 roughly, so did his career. And as I began to follow bullfighting thanks to the internet El Juli was everywhere, along with Enrique Ponce, Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza, and others.

El Juli has always been a constant, so it was hard to see him retire this year but I guess we are all getting older, sadly.