One of the most beloved sports commentators in Mexico is, without a doubt, Tono de Valdeswho has narrated several highly relevant sports fairs, including the Olympic Games, World Cups, Superbowls and even World Series.
It does not matter if you are a sports fan or not, any Mexican with open television has heard his voice at least once, which continues to recount the best moments of the sport.
Although what few know is that, despite his great potential, at first his salary was barely significant and his role in TelevisaAlthough he was not a minor, he did not deserve to have a direct relationship with Emilio Azcárraga Milmobetter known as ‘The Azcarraga Tiger’a character she met in person until she decided to invite him to her wedding.
An event that took place in mid-1987, the year in which Tono de Valdes He considered his boss among the guests at his wedding, without imagining that just making an appointment to give him his invitation would be a real adventure.
Well, before managing to invite him, he went to his office several times, but for one reason or another, he couldn’t find him, until one day his secretary told him that he could wait for him to return from an engagement, to which the commentator happily accepted. , not knowing that I would end up waiting two hours to see ‘The Azcarraga Tigerwho had apparently had to leave due to the death of a close person.
“I arrived at his office and (his secretary) told me ‘you know what, the man is not going to come because a very close person died and I say ok. (Then she told me) ‘oh look, I have it on the phone,’ he says that if you wait for him’ and there you have his pendej *, because there is no other word”, he confessed Tono de Valdes in an interview for ‘Entre Comrades.
In addition, he added that once he managed to deliver the invitation, The Azcarraga Tiger went to his wedding, and gave an unexpected gift to him and his wife, because although he used to give away televisions, he gave them a slightly different present.
It was so that already at the wedding they talked a lot and after Azcarraga show him his cordless phone and recommend integrating one into his house, it was clear to Tono Valdes that his boss had no idea how much he earned. And yet, he gave her a thousand dollars as a wedding gift, which at that time symbolized a millionaire sum.
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