Jaime Bravo contemporaries, Bravo drew tremendous crowds who were mesmerized by his repeated flirtations with danger and death. As one journalist put it, "The bull was probably scared of Jaime." "Jaime was gored more than 50 times in his career." Larry Jones, an official of a Tijuana ring, said when informed of the bullfighter's death, "He was very daring and thought he had to get injured to please the fans. Bravo delighted in challenging the bull to the fullest extent. He was popular in Tijuana because he was flashy and colorful. Few bullfighters took more chances than Jaime." Fans thought that his
Jaime del Burgo Torres Navarrese town of Villava, according to another he was born in Pamplona. Nothing is known about his profession; politically he sympathised with the Carlists and at the age of 45 took part in street brawls. He married a pamplonesa, Paula Torres Jacoiste (1887-1973). Living in Pamplona, the couple had three sons and four daughters, all brought up in Traditionalist ambience and fervently Catholic atmosphere, at times bordering exaltation. Jaime Victoriano Martin was born as Percal y Torres and it is not clear in what circumstances the family changed their surname to del Burgo. Nothing is known about his early childhood;