Ever since I was a kid growing up in Ogden Utah back in the early 80's, I've been fascinated by the Spanish bullfight. I even searched out books on bullfighting at the Weber County library, where I found and read "Death in the Afternoon" by Ernest Hemingway. I'm probably the only kid in Utah to have ever read that book. Now here we are 40 years later and I still enjoy learning about and keeping up with the bullfights.

November 5, 2023

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.

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