Juan José Padilla is a Spanish torero ('bullfighter') at Plaza de Toros México dedicates his win to a 5 year old boy, Cristobal. Padilla became a matador de toros, 'killer of bulls’, when he was 21 years old. On October 7, 2011 he was gored by a bull in Zaragoza, almost dying from his injuries. From a single horn wound through his skull, he suffered multiple fractures to both jaw and skull, facial paralysis, loss of hearing in his right ear and of sight in his left eye. Five months later in March 2012, he returned to the bullring with an eyepatch - gaining the nickname 'The Pirate'.

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Location: Monumental Plaza de Toros Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Photo credit: © Christina Simons / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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