Bullfight gone wrong – A child aged only 12-years-old has become the youngest ever bullfighter in Mexico City’s main bullring, Plaza Mexico but was stretchered of after being gored.

Video of child bullfighter killing a bull and then getting gored during the second bullfight of the day

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Michel Lagravere aka Michelito (to his fans), a French Mexican successfully thought and killed a bull which was 405 kilograms (893lb) nearly ten times the child’s weight in front of his father and roughly 45,000 spectators.

However, the boy who is reported to be the youngest ever bullfighter to have performed at the Plaza Mexico, the world’s largest bullfighting ring, was gored by the second bullfight of day.

The young child lost his footing dropping onto his knees and hand, but acted smartly and put his feet towards the bulls head to stay away from the huge animals horns.

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A similar situation occurred just over two weeks ago in Spain where an adult bullfighter known as Julio Aparicio, lost his footing and was gored from under his chin which pierced through and came out of his mouth. Check the link — Bullfight injury, as matador gored through chin in Madrid, Spain

Other matadors and Michelito’s father rushed to the aid of the 12-year-old while the bull was pinning the child to the ground.

The young child was carried out of the ring and was taken to the hospital for X-rays for possible injury. The boy’s father, French-born former matador Michel Lagravere told the media that the young matador only suffered bruising and that he was ok.

The boy who was being filmed while in the ambulance said “I am very happy because I done great work with the first young bull (which weighed 405 KG) and I’m leaving with a good taste in my mouth,

“About being beaten, well the same thing happened yesterday with another young bull and today with this young bull weighing 400KG, but I’m leaving very happy.”

The boy’s father, a former bullfighter and owner of a bullfighting academy said “You can imagine I was scared because I was also a bullfighter, I know what it’s like, but I’m proud of my son to see him happy despite being beaten.”

Young Michelito has apparently started bullfighting when he was just five-years-old and has thought over 60 bullfights in mostly Mexico and other Latin American countries.

Michelito is not allowed to fight with bulls in Spain as there is an age restriction where you must be just 16-years-old and over to participate in bullfights.

The controversy surrounding bullfights and its savage nature has once again been debated after the 12-year-old child was almost seriously injured.

The young boy started bullfighting when he was just five-years-old in his father’s bullfighting academy in Mexico. His mother is also in the bullfighting business as she runs several bullrings around Mexico.

The young matador’s family was also heavily criticized by Animal right activists and child protection groups in 2009 after a World Record Attempt by Michelito involving the young matador facing six young bulls at the same time in the bullring. He was only 11-years-old.

Though Michelito successfully killed the six bulls, he failed to get into the Guinness Book of Records as they were not aware of such an attempt and that it was not recognized.

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