José Manuel Ibar Azpiazu was born on May 14, 1943, in the
Basque town of Aizarnazabal. He was the second of ten brothers and became known
as Urtain, referring to the village of Cestona where he spent all his
childhood.
Since 1960, living in Cestona, José Manuel stood out in
typical Basque sports as aizkolari (cutting logs), Harri-jasotzea (stone lifting) and idi probak (stone dragging
by oxen).
Urtain enjoyed great fame and popularity in his time as a
boxer. Urtain became a household name in popular culture. In 2004 the writer
Juan Bas published the work La cuenta
atrás, loosely based on the biography of Urtain. In 2008 the theater
company Animalario premiered at the National Drama Center the work "Urtain", based on the life
of boxer.
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