''Un Gancho Al Corazón'' (English title: ''A Blow to the Heart'') is a Mexican

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produced by

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for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

that aired from August 25, 2008, to June 26, 2009. It is based on the Argentine telenovela ''

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''. In the United States the telenovela aired on

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from June 22, 2009, to May 3, 2010. ''Un gancho al corazón'' came out on DVD on October 5, 2010.

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and

Sebastián Rulli Sebastián Oscar Rulli ( or , born 6 July 1975) is an actor and model. Born in Argentina, he has spent most of his professional career in Mexico, becoming a dual Argentine and Mexican citizen. Biography Rulli was born in Buenos Aires, the ol ...

star in the lead roles, while

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Roberto Blandón Roberto Blandon (born Roberto Blandon Jolly; March 8, 1961 in Mexico City) is a television actor in Mexico who starred in soap operas in that country in 1989, including the role of Henry in the soap opera "Mi segunda madre" producer Juan Osorio ...

Agustín Arana Agustín Arana (born Agustín Arana Flores on August 27, 1968) is a Mexican actor and singer. He was a member of the Mexican singing group, Garibaldi. This was the second Garibaldi group that succeeded the first group of the same name. He grew ...

and

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starred as antagonists.

Raúl Araiza Raúl Araiza (; born Raúl Araiza Herrera on 14 November 1964) is a Mexican actor and television presenter. He studied drama in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A m ...

Margarita Magaña Margarita Magaña (; born Margarita Magaña Amillategui on 11 July 1980) is a Mexican actress and model, best known for her roles in the Mexican television series '' Al diablo con los guapos'', '' Un gancho al corazón'', and ''Teresa''. Car ...

and Ana Martin starred as stellar performances.

Plot

Valentina López is a young professional boxer known as "La Monita". Roberto "Beto" Ochoa is her trainer and boyfriend, who puts her under pressure to train and win so he can get money for himself and his mother, Nieves. Nieves raised "Monita" because her own mother, Isabel, abandoned her. In another place within the city is an enterprise called Sermeño Group, a realty enterprise owned by Mauricio Sermeño, an ex-car racer who wants to retire and have a family. Mauricio is engaged to Constanza, a selfish and rude woman. Mauricio is convinced that Constanza is the love of his life, even though her foul attitude and bad manners bother him. After a hand injury, "Monita" decides to find a different job in order to sustain her lazy boyfriend and her "mother-in-law". With the help of her best friends Estrella and Paula, she goes to an interview at Sermeño Group, and after an eventful day, is hired as a secretary. Mauricio is convinced that "Monita" is honest and warm hearted and is attracted to her personality. With each day they spend together, they begin to fall in love, but because they are both in relationships, they hide their feelings in order to not hurt their significant others, unaware of their actions and unequal disregard for their feelings. Mauricio is sure he wants to have a family, so he adopts three orphans named Aldo, Luisa, and Danny. Mauricio's cousin, Jeronimo, and Constanza disapprove of his decision. They try to make Mauricio change his mind but he is adamant he wants the kids in his life and says he will not abandon them. The children like "Monita" because she is kind to them and treats them as if they were her own children. They all quickly establish a close friendship and this captivates Mauricio, seeing Valentina as a potential partner. Unlike Valentina, Constanza hates the children, and since she is not kind, the kids reciprocate her feelings toward them. Constanza, Jeronimo, and Óscar, an unloyal employee of Sermeño Group, join forces to split Mauricio, "Monita", and the kids apart. Even though Valentina and Mauricio fall in love with each other, they do not act on their feelings. Beto starts to fight in lucha libre as "El Fantasma Vengador" in order to bring in income so that Valentina feels better about him. He and Constanza meet and have sex, later trying to keep it a secret from their significant others, especially after they realize that Mauricio and Valentina are in love with each other. They will do anything to keep them apart.

Cast

Main

as Valentina López "La Monita" *

as Mauricio Sermeño *

as Roberto "Beto" Ochoa *

Ana Martín Ana Beatriz Martínez Solórzano (born 14 May 1945), known professionally as Ana Martín, is a Mexican actress and model. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won the Miss Mexico title in 1963, whic ...

as Nieves Ochoa *

Otto Sirgo Otto Sirgo (, born Otto Sirgo Haller; December 19, 1946 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban actor and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Cuban actor Otto Sirgo and Mexican actress Magda Haller and was married to Maleni Morales ...

as Salvador Ulloa *

Eugenia Cauduro Eugenia Cauduro () (born Eugenia Cauduro Rodríguez on December 20, 1968, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal) is a Mexican actress and former model. Life Eugenia Cauduro is the daughter of Ernesto Cauduro Gemoets and Silvia Rodríguez Porras, and ...

as Gabriela "Gaby" Palacios *

as Constanza "Conny" Lerdo de Tejada Moncada / "La Momia" *

Úrsula Prats Úrsula Prats (born July 26, 1959), is a Mexican actress. She is the best known for playing Jacqueline Moncada de Lerdo de Tejada in ''Un gancho al corazón'', and Luisa Duran in ''Tormenta en el paraíso'' recently. Some internet portals credit he ...

as Jacqueline Moncada *

Eric del Castillo J. Eduardo Eric del Castillo-Negrete Galván (born 22 July 1934) is a Mexican actor of theater, film and television who has dabbled as a screenwriter, director and arguer film, beginning his career in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early yea ...

as Marcos Lerdo de Tejada

Also main

as Óscar Cárdenas Villavicencio *

as Jeronimo Sermeño *

Verónica Jaspeado Verónica Jaspeado Martínez (born September 6, 1976) is a Mexican actress and voice actress. Biography She was born in Puebla, Mexico on September 6, 1976. Veronica studied at the Centro de Capacitación Artística de Televisa (CEA). She al ...

as Ximena Sermeño de Klunder * Alex Sirvent as Rolando Klunder *

Lorena Enríquez Lorena Enríquez (born February 22, 1980) is a Mexican actress and hostess. She recently featured in the Mexican soap opera Un Gancho al Corazón. Career Theater *''La Sirenita'' Role: Ariel *''Blanca Nieves y los 7 enanos'' Role: Blanca Nie ...

as Paula Méndez *

Pablo Valentín (17 October 1972), known professionally as ''Pablo Valentín'' is a theater, film and television actor best known for his role as Pedro in ''Vecinos''. Early life Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Valentín has appeared in telenovelas such ...

as Tano *

Irma Lozano Irma Lozano (24 August 1943 – 21 October 2013) was a Mexican actress. She appeared in more than twenty soap operas. Selected filmography References External links * 1944 births 2013 deaths Mexican television actresses Deaths fr ...

as Teresa García *

Raúl Padilla Raúl "Chato" Padilla Mendoza (17 June 1916 – 3 February 1994) was a Mexican actor, and a member of Chespirito's comedy troupe, famous for his character in ''El Chavo del Ocho'', Jaimito, el Cartero ("Jaimito, the Mailman").Chaves: foi sem qu ...

"Chóforo" as Don César *

Raquel Pankowsky Raquel Pankowsky (July 10, 1952 – March 28, 2022) was a Mexican Jewish film and television actress. Early life Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she grew up in Narvarte, Mexico City. Pankowsky never married and did not have children. She was the ...

as Bernarda * Susana Lozano as Lorenza de Ulloa * Ricardo Fastlicht as Lic. Marcos Bonilla *

Alejandro de la Madrid Alejandro de la Madrid (born March 23, 1977, Ciudad de México, México), is a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the the ...

as Ricardo * Carlos Ignacio as Mario * Edgardo Eliezer as El Costeño *

Manuel Ojeda Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film '' Romancing the Stone''. ...

as Don Hilario Ochoa *

as Estrella Falcón *

Raquel Morell Raquel Morell ( Spanish pronunciation: akel moɾeʎborn Raquel del Rosario Ruiz Morell on February 4, 1959, in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico) is a Mexican actress who appeared in many telenovelas. She is probably best known for her role of Blanc ...

as Gertrudis * Vilmatraca as Dorita * Malillany Marín as Anastasia *

Luis Gatica Luis Gatica (born February 25, 1961) is a Mexican actor, son of the Chilean singer Lucho Gatica and the Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortés. He is the uncle of fellow actor Alfredo Gatica. Biography Luis Gatica was born in Veracruz, Mexico. He g ...

as El Colmillos *

José Luis Reséndez José Luis Reséndez Santos (born October 14, 1978 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actor and model. He won the national male pageant El Modelo México and represented his country in Mister World 2003, held in London, England, wh ...

as Fausto Buenrostro *

Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez Martínez (born 17 October 1946) is a Mexican actor and comedian who has appeared in over 140 films and television shows in Mexico. Biography Manuel Ibáñez Martínez was born on 17 October 1946, the youngest of fou ...

as Dr. Lefort *

Karla Álvarez Karla Álvarez (; 15 October 1972 – 15 November 2013) was a Mexican actress best known for her roles including '' Maria Mercedes'' and '' Alma Rebelde'' and as a contestant for Big Brother VIP in 2003. Her last TV appearance was ''Qué Bonito ...

as Regina * Norma Herrera as Alicia Rosales *

as Isabel López *

Xavier Ortiz Xavier Ortiz Ramírez (June 29, 1962 or 1972 – September 7, 2020) was a Mexican actor, singer, model, producer, TV host, dentist/surgeon and entrepreneur and owner of bar-restaurant La Santa Bar in Guadalajara, Mexico. A former member of the ...

as Lalo Mora * Mike Biagio as Cristián Bermudez *

Ricardo Margaleff Ricardo Margaleff (born Ricardo Margaleff García; January 1, 1977, in Mexico D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actor known for his roles in ''Al diablo con los guapos'', '' Una familia de diez'', ''Llena de amor ''Llena de amor'' (English: ''Filled ...

as Arnoldo Klunder * Martha Ofelia Galindo as Bruja Bartola * Jorge De Silva as El Lobo * Luis Uribe as Jairo * Jaime Lozano as Jimmy

Recurring

* Ricardo Abarca as Aldo Hernández / Aldo Sermeño Lerdo de Tejada * Felipe Sánchez as Iván García *

Renata Notni Renata Martínez Notni (born January 2, 1995 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model. Early life Notni was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. As a child, she attended acting lessons at CEA Infantil, the children's ve ...

as Luisa Hernández / Luisa Sermeño Lerdo de Tejada * Nicole Casteele as Daniela "Danny" Hernández / Daniela "Danny" Sermeño Lerdo de Tejada * Lucia Zerecero as Katia Lerdo de Tejada Moncada * Aldo Gallardo as Hector

Guest stars

Mariana Juárez María Anastasia Trejo (born 29 January 1980), better known as Mariana Juárez, is a Mexican professional boxer. She is a former two-division world champion, having held the WBC female flyweight title from 2011 to 2012 and the WBC female bantam ...

as herself * Ana María Torres as herself *

Cibernético Octavio López Arreola (born April 12, 1975) is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known under the ring name Cibernético and for working for the Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) promotion in Mexico. During AAA's short partnership with t ...

as himself

Production

Production officially began on July 28, 2008. To prepare for her role,

received advice from several boxers like Jesús Martínez,

and Ana María Torres.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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