Alfredo Angulo
Alvarez versus Angulo, the promotion behind such an event
This rant is meant for all the local boxing promoters, gym owners, equipment sales people, and venues where a boxing show has taken place. If you want to sell anything, you’ve got to get visibility and have people talking about you or your product. Hollywood has their previews, while grocery products introduce a product using […]
Canelo’s Press Conference/Workout turns into a lovefest
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Around 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, the insanely popular, former WBC and WBA Light Middleweight World Champion, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez along with his entourage of 10 or more people arrived in these two-4 door, 7-seat Cadillac Escalades, one white, the other black, for his Press Conference and workout at the House of […]
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez Barragan’s San Diego hideout still a mystery
As mentioned previously, more than a few people have either come up to me or called me with this simple request: “I heard a rumor Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was training at a nearby gym. Do you know where that might be?” In a vainglory attempt to hide my ignorance, I lied and answered, “Of course, […]
Headlines for the San Diego Boxing Community on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
On Tuesday, August 14, 2012, featherweight David Barragan, part-owner of the House of Boxing Gym on Reo Drive in San Diego, was on the undercard of the Mia St. John versus Christy Martin bout up at the Table Mountain Casino in Friant, CA. The heavy hitting Barragan wasted little time and soon opened a cut over the […]
Smorgasbord of Boxing & MMA this weekend
If you don’t have more than one TV or more than one recording devise, then you better get your remote control warmed up because you’re going to have some serious channel changing to do come Saturday. First, we have the IBF super middleweight title holder Lucian Bute defending his crown against Glen Johnson.