Browsing Tag Mexico
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Two Is Enough
The end of a champion’s career is naturally a time for reflection, and it so happens that the boxing journeys of two linked fighters appear to be winding ...
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Plaster of Torrance (Part Two)
Plaster of Torrance: Unwrapping the Meaning of Antonio Margarito, Part Two. Excerpted from The Bittersweet Science. There are times when boxing matches resemble more a bullfight than they ...
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Plaster Of Torrance (Part One)
Last week we marked the anniversary of the legendary first battle between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. To pay further tribute to this remarkable fight, we would like ...
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July 7, 1985: Chavez vs Mayweather
It’s 1985 and everyone south of the border already knows who the next great Mexican boxer will be. The only problem is pretty much no one north of ...
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Boxiana 1
June 4, 1971: Napoles vs Backus II
Cuba’s messy political issues in the last half-century have made for countless stories of struggle and triumph, though more the former than anything else. From rafting across shark-infested ...
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Boxiana 4
April 23, 1977: Zarate vs Zamora
In 1977, boxing’s two best bantamweights were both tremendous punchers, both undefeated, both champions, and both Mexican. A showdown was inevitable. It was a match everyone knew could ...
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Features 5
When Thunder And Lightning Struck
One of my earliest boxing-related memories happened when I was seven. On a warm Saturday night my parents took me to my favorite restaurant, the one that served ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Berchelt vs Valdez
The Event There’s something cartoon-like about watching certain feats of human strength or endurance. Sitting on your couch, you exclaim, “Did you see that?” when you know they ...
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Feb. 20, 1993: Chavez vs Haugen
When Joe Cortez stopped the fight, even Haugen must have felt like things were in their right place. He took on the role of villain with Chavez, years ...
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Boxiana 5
Feb. 19, 2000: Morales vs Barrera I
No one can really pin down how the animosity began. Perhaps it was a regional rivalry with Erik Morales hailing from the working class region of Zona Norte, ...
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The Sting Of The Scorpion
Regardless of anyone’s opinions of the state of boxing in the 21st century, there’s no denying that with some seventeen different weight divisions, four major sanctioning bodies, and ...
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Feb.3, 1996: Barrera vs McKinney
It’s 1996 and HBO has decided to start a new series of live boxing, providing fight fans with more excitement and their prizefighters with more exposure. At that time, ...
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Boxiana 1
Feb. 2, 1980: Sanchez vs Lopez I
Danny “Little Red” Lopez had won the WBC version of the featherweight crown in 1976 and no one begrudged him the title. This was because Lopez, contrary to ...
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Salvador Sanchez: Counterpunch
“I’m convinced that Salvador Sanchez was the best Mexican fighter of all time. Even better than Julio Cesar Chavez.” — Wilfredo Gomez “The greatest Mexican fighter of all-time ...
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2020 Fight Of The Year
Fight Of The Year Nominations: Jose Zepeda KO5 Ivan Baranchyk Juan Francisco Estrada TKO11 Carlos Cuadras Roman Gonzalez TKO8 Kal Yafai Alex Povetkin TKO5 Dillian Whyte Masayoshi Nakatani ...
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Boxiana 1
Dec. 3, 1982: Gomez vs Pintor
On this date back in 1982, Wilfredo Gomez and Lupe Pintor helped write another thrilling chapter in the long saga of glorious violence that is the rivalry between ...
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Nov. 21, 1987: Chavez vs Rosario
No one questions the fact that Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. is an all-time great and, for me at least, the best Mexican pugilist ever, though my editor, Mr. ...
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Fight City Reviews 2
Las Glorias del Gran Puas
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.” — George Best The Northern Ireland footballer’s famous quip is less ...
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Boxiana 4
Sept. 19, 1980: Pintor vs Owen
For those who had never seen Johnny Owen perform, the impossibly thin and impossibly pale man who made his way to the ring in the Olympic Auditorium in ...
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Sept. 12, 1992: Chavez vs Camacho (Part One)
The ring, like the arena that housed it, was filled to capacity. The final bell had rung and dozens of people climbed through the ropes for the rituals ...
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Sept. 6, 1997: Zaragoza vs Morales
It was the classic confrontation: age and experience vs youth and raw talent. Southpaw Daniel Zaragoza was the grizzled veteran, a survivor of 65 professional battles and some 21 ...
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Boxiana 5
Aug. 21, 1981: Sanchez vs Gomez
One of the always frustrating things about boxing is that so many of the obviously great match-ups just never happen. It’s a shame Jack Dempsey never faced Harry ...
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Stuck in Time: Manny, Marquez and Me
“Hard right hand by Marquez and for the first time in four fights Manny Pacquiao has been knocked down!” “Are you fucking kidding me?!” So I screamed at ...
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Boxiana 2
Oct. 11, 1992: Lopez vs Lin
Ricardo Lopez’s nickname in Spanish was ‘El Finito,’ which translates as ‘The Fine One.’ Sometimes a boxer’s nickname does not aptly reflect the nature of its bearer, but ...
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Cinco De Mamadas
“I have not let you down. I respect the sport and I will always be a clean fighter.” By uttering these words—with a straight, if contrite, face—Saul ...
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Getting Set For SUPERFLY
In a truly excellent year for boxing, this weekend’s SUPERFLY card is in a class of its own. The world’s top five super flyweights will be in action, ...
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Adios, Dinamita
Greatness has a soft spot for grit. In the ring, Juan Manuel Marquez had grit in spades. He showed it practically every time he stepped between the ropes. ...
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Canelo vs Chavez: Junior Grows Up
Okay, I admit it: I’ve always had something of a soft spot for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Yes, I know, he’s acted like a punk sometimes, but to ...
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Boxiana 1
August 23, 1997: Lopez vs Sanchez
“Before each round Ricardo looks up at the heavens, then goes out to kill, kill, kill. It’s like he’s asking permission from God to annihilate the other guy.” ...
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Top Men: Greatest Mexican Boxers
Fight fans are avidly looking forward to this Saturday night as we have what should be an amazing all-action, all-Mexico showdown between two blood-and-guts warriors, Orlando Salido and ...
