THE TORITO OF
MATADEROS
He was a boxer. He was the first sport idol in
Argentina. His real name was Justo
Suárez. He was born in 1909 and died when he
was 29 years old in 1938. He began to use the
nickname “torito” (little bull) after his fight agains
another boxer whose nickname was “the wild bull
of the pampas” There is a bust of the torito on
the corner of Alberdi Avenue and Murguiondo
Street.