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Boxing in Mexico
A Culture Embodied by Sport
Greatest Fights
2007-2010, Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vazquez: The two Mexican boxers fought a series of 4 matches that all ended in knockout. Both fighters traded vicious shots evenly throughout their contests. The first fight in particular was an all-out brawl with Vazquez fighting several rounds with a badly broken nose. The third fight was so violent that the two fighters required a years worth of rest after the fight to fully recover. 2 of their matches won the Fight of the Year award.
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2000-2004, Erik Morales vs Antonio Barrera: Both world champion Mexican boxers on the card in one of boxing's most famous fight trilogies. The fights between them predictably turned into intense brawls. Two of their contests won the Fight of the Year award.
The Greats of Mexican Boxing
More Facts
192 of boxing's world champions hail from the country of Mexico. There have been more professional world champions in boxing born in Mexico than any other country but the United States. However, Mexico has produced the most champions within the past 30 years.
Widely regarded as the greatest Mexican fighter of all time, Julio Cesar Chavez amassed a career record of 107 wins to 6 losses; winning world titles in multiple weight classes.
Mexican dominance in boxing has been most significant within the Flyweight to Middleweight divisions.
Flyweight Salvador Sanchez was never beaten during his short career which included a world title. Tragically, Sanchez died at the age of only 23 years old in a car crash. Many in boxing circles believe that he was the most talented boxer in Mexico history.
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Juan Manuel Marquez, a current active boxer, has won titles at the featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight, junior welterweight and welterweight divisions. This is a feat rivaled by only the greatest boxers in the sports history.
Facts about Mexican Boxing
Francisco Cabañas Pardo was the first Mexican boxer to earn an Olympic medal at the Olympic games of 1932 in Los Angeles, California,
Much like baseball, boxing has classically been defined as a poor mans sport. Great boxers frequently arrise out of backrounds or hotbeds of economic inequality or deprivation. Boxing is a sport not for the faint of heart, a trait that many people of the Mexican culture can identify with.
Characteristics
Mexico's heiritage has connections with it's pride in boxing. Prominent Mexican boxers often dress in the colors of their country or display their countries heiritage in other ways, such as this boxer wearing a a skeleton Mariachi outfit.
Mexican fighters pride themselves as being warriors in the ring, they are commonly more aggressive fighters willing to trade punches. Mexican fighters are also reknown for thier toughness, being able to take punches and withstand punishment and finish a fight.
Boxing historian and expert Burt Sugar once said: "Mexican boxers take two punches to the face to give one in return."
While boxing has lost a substantial amount of popularity with the United States, in Mexico, boxing is more popular than ever. This was evident on September 14th, 2013, when Floyd Mayweather Jr fought Saul Canelo Alverez, Mexico's rising young star. The fight generated the highest television rating in Mexico history, with 8 out of 10 households having turned into the fight.
Origins
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Boxing in Mexico began on an amateur level around 1920 in multiple cities such as Tampico along the Gulf of Mexico. Fighters wrapped napkins around their fists for protection. Fisherman on leave comprised most of the audiences in the early days. Combatents were often paid by money collected in a hat that was passed around.