Canelo Undisputed Victory over Charlo
With this unanimous victory, Canelo has a career record of 60 victories, two losses and two draws
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On the Mark: Canelo Dominates Golovkin in Third Fight
By MARK LORENZANA The third and final fight between Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez and Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin on the night of Saturday, Sept. 17, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas wasn’t as close as their first two fights, but still provided a lot of fireworks, and ended in a unanimous-decision victory for the Mexican IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO
Read moreOn the Mark: Why It’s Called ‘Soccer’ in the United States
By MARK LORENZANA There has been a lot of soccer news lately. Two columns ago, I wrote about a particularly bad stretch for Mexican soccer: how the Mexican Women’s National Soccer Team went winless in the recently concluded CONCACAF W championship despite hosting the tournament here in Mexico, about how Mexico’s U-20 National Men’s Soccer Team suffered a shocking defeat
Read moreOn the Mark: Valdez Drops WBC Title in Lopsided Bout against Stevenson
By MARK LORENZANA “I want to be one of the greatest Mexican fighters of all time.” This was the confident answer of Óscar Valdez Jr. — a two-time Olympian who represented Mexico in Beijing 2008 and again in London in 2012 — when asked at a pre-fight interview before his scheduled bout against World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight champion
Read moreThe Deadwood of Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane
By RICH GRANT “Wild Bill” Hickock was such a romantic figure, it is hard to believe he really existed. Of course, through dime novels, movies, HBO, television shows and merchandising for 155 years, his image has become a caricature of the real thing. But look back at what contemporaries wrote about him, and you can understand why he became so
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO The 2020 Census Is On On Monday, March 3, over 151,000 employees of the National Geography and Statistics Institute (Inegi) took to the task of visiting approximately 45 million homes throughout the nation to conduct the 2020 national population census. The resulting figures will be used by federal, state and municipal governments for planning and decision-making. The
Read moreWhat Happens in Europe, Stays in Vegas
BY RICH GRANT It was winter and I’d had enough of it. Too much snow; too much cold. I needed a summer in Europe. I needed to walk in twilight past splashing fountains, to linger over a good meal at an outdoor cafe, to see flowers and statuary and history and art, all placed around me, for no reason except
Read moreMemories of an Afternoon with a Las Vegas Showgirl
By RICH GRANT … “Jubilee!” — which closed on Feb. 11, 2016 — was pure Vegas – the longest running show in town, running continuously for 35 years…
Read moreMexico Doesn’t Need More Guns
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There are many parts of the U.S. Constitution that Mexico would do well to model its own magna carta after. The Second Amendment is not one of them. The heavily debated U.S. constitutional provision that allows for civilians to “keep and bear arms” – part of the 10-amendment Bill of Rights ratified by the U.S. Congress in
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