Who was the journalist who beat José Ramón Fernández for calling him an “alcoholic and avid”

Jose Ramon Fernandez is one of the most controversial sportscaster of all time. His voice always resonates with force and generates an impact impossible to ignore; However, there was an occasion when his words cost him dearly, to such a degree that he suffered a physical assault.

In an interview with the YouTube channel Goal and Gate, Ignacio Suarez He recounted how the incident took place and why he decided to hit Joserra. It all started when Aztec TV ventured into Mexican soccer through the purchase of the Veracruz. The Ghost, who at that time worked in Televisa, criticized the Sharks for him decline suffered, and sent a hint to Jose Ramon:

“I remember they said it was going to be giant killers. I gave him everything, I broke Veracruz to pieces “, Suárez recalled about the fall of the Shark to the silver division in 1997.

Fernández’s response was immediate. In the star program of that time, Joserra he went with everything against him Ghost. “At six in the afternoon in DeporTV José Ramón Fernández dedicated twenty minutes to me. He told me to be an alcoholic, he told me about everything. Twenty minutes telling me everything. Maybe the alcoholic, but everything else … ”, he highlighted about the origin of the fight.

Suárez let the moment cool down, even though Alejandro Burillo, hierarch of Televisa at the time, he wanted to sue Jose Ramon, but he never forgot what happened and everything exploded in the World Cup France 98. Both journalists stayed at the same hotel and there the meeting was inevitable. “I am going down and suddenly I see that the entire entourage of Aztec. Arrives Rafa Bridge, Gómez Junco, Francisco Javier González, André Marin and José Ramón. “

“I go up to him and grab the little hair he had, I pepe it, and I say:” Do you know who gave me AIDS? Your fucking mother, you bastard ”, the Ghost recalled about that fight in France

José Ramón could not do more than ask the journalist to calm down, according to the Ghost. “(He told me) Suárez, please, calm down. Rafa Bridge He worked with me on the radio, I got along well with him, he pretended not to see. Gómez Junco too ”.

He also recalled that the only one of the companions of Joserra who tried to intercede for him was André Marín, who thought it was a television lawsuit. In the incident was also present Juan Pablo Fernandez, son of José Ramón. André Marín pulls me too. (I tell him) then you for him ”.

“There was his son, Juan Pablo, who later became great friends. Let’s see, tell me, tell me what you told me four years ago. You don’t feel sorry for it ”, he mentioned about the final moments of the fight.

Suárez received the threat of missing the World Cup. “There was a fucking scandal. I arrive Jessie Espinoza, Pepe’s sister. He told me: We are going to accuse you and we are going to remove your accreditation. It made a mess with the confrontation I had with José Ramón ”. It was not all that he lived Joserra in that World Cup, because according to Suárez, also Carlos Reinoso he faced and attacked the communicator.

Despite the antecedent, the Ghost and José Ramón smoothed out rough edges over time and forged a respectful relationship that led to the arrival of Suárez to ESPN from the hand of his former rival. “Later, with time, you forget. We had a great relationship afterwards. In fact he invites me to work at ESPN. They are things of anecdotes that remain ″.

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