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Bull fighter, 11, aims for record Bullfighter, 11, 'breaks record'
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An 11-year-old Mexican boy wants to break the world record for being the youngest bull fighter to kill six young animals in the arena this weekend. An 11-year-old Mexican boy has killed six young bulls in a single fight, apparently becoming the world's youngest matador to achieve the feat.
Michelito Lagravere Peniche is already an international star in the world of bull-fighting. A video of the contest is to be verified by Guinness World Records.
He first entered the ring when he was four, killed his first bull calf two years later and has since taken on dozens of animals around the world. "I'm happy to have achieved this great victory," said Michelito Lagravere Peniche as he left the ring in Merida.
Now he wants to enter the Guinness Book of records. The controversial spectacle was given a last minute go-ahead by the authorities despite pressure from child protection and anti-bullfighting campaign groups.
The venue for the battle is the ring in the south-eastern city of Merida where he was born. Merida's mayor had suspended the record attempt, saying it was illegal for youths under the age of 18 to take part in high-risk public performances.
The bullfighting opponents shouldn't stick their nose in things they don't like Michelito Lagravere Peniche But the state prosecutor's office overturned the ban just hours before the fight after Michelito's father - a former French bullfighter - launched an appeal.
Under pressure from the anti-bull fighting lobby and child protection groups, Merida's mayor had suspended the record-breaking attempt, saying it was illegal for youths under the age of 18 to take part in high-risk public performances. Courting controversy
But the state prosecutor's office overturned the ban after Michelito's family launched an appeal. As for the little bullfighter, he was very upset about the whole episode. Some 3,500 people, including many children, reportedly gathered to witness the fight at the ring in the eastern city of Merida in Yucatan state.
The young bull fighter caused a stir while on tour in France The child matador is already an international star in the world of bullfighting.
"The bull-fighting opponents shouldn't stick their nose in things they don't like," he said. "No one is forcing them to watch bull-fights or to keep informed about them. It's as if I told a boy who does motocross not to do it, it's very bothersome." Michelito first entered a bullfighting ring when he was fourHe first entered the ring when he was four, killed his first bull calf two years later and has since taken on dozens of animals around the world.
Last year, the child prodigy caused a public outcry in France while he was touring the bull fighting circuit there. His rise to fame has not been without controversy, but the little bullfighter has been defiant in the face of criticism.
Several cities banned him from killing animals during his appearances after anti-bull fighting activists waged a high profile campaign. "The bullfighting opponents shouldn't stick their nose in things they don't like," he said ahead of his record attempt.
"No-one is forcing them to watch bullfights or to keep informed about them. It's as if I told a boy who does motocross not to do it, it's very bothersome."
Last year, the child prodigy caused a public outcry in France while he was touring the bullfighting circuit there.
Several cities banned him from killing animals during his appearances after anti-bullfighting activists waged a high profile campaign.
They said they had targeted him over other younger matadors because "he fights in corridas [bullfights] aiming to kill".