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Who Is The Greatest Mexican Boxer In History?

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. FanHouse visited the Goossen Gym in Van Nuys, Calif., to speak with trainer, Jorge Diaz, concerning some upcoming bouts, as well as whom he believes to be the premiere Mexican boxer in...

Salvador Sanchez Loses Decision to Tomas Villa

Featherweight (126 pounds) prospect Tomas Villa scored what is to be considered a mild upset victory over eight rounds against contender Salvador Sanchez at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Tex., on Saturday night. In victory, Villa rose to 23-7-4, with 14 knockouts, and Sanchez slipped to 19-4-2, with nine knockouts. Villa...

WBC Urges Boycott of Arizona

WBC president, Jose Sulaiman, will no longer authorize Mexian boxers to leave their country to fight in Arizona, in accordance with a statement released by the organization today. Sulaiman's move, which has been agreed to "unanimously" by the WBC Board of Governors, and, the Federation of Boxing Commissions of Mexico,...

It's Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-John Duddy On June 26; Marco Antonio Barrera On Undercard

When undefeated middleweight (160 pounds) prospect, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (pictured above, at right, with Freddie Roach), of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mex., enters the ring on June 26 against Ireland-native, John Duddy, of New York, it will have been seven months since the 24-year-old last fought. That's when the son of the...

The Legacy of Salavdor Sanchez

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Salvador Sanchez died at the age of 23 in a car accident, but not before becoming a ring legend with a mark of 44-1-1, with 32 knockouts. FanHouse caught up to Sanchez's nephew by the same...