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Video: Ak and Barak: Abner Mares reveals his top Latino boxers

Who’s the best Latino fighter of all time? The list of candidates is long, with strong representatives from the Americas – north, central, south – as well as Europe. In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Akin Reyes and …

Who’s the best Latino fighter of all time?

The list of candidates is long, with strong representatives from the Americas — north, central, south — as well as Europe.

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Akin Reyes and Barak Bess ask Abner Mares to weigh in on the debate.

Mares was a highly successful Latino boxer himself, winning major titles in three divisions. And he’s a television analyst, which means he keeps close tabs on the sport in general.

Here’s what Mares had to say.

The Ak & Barak Show is available on DAZN and Sirius XM Fight Nation, Channel 156.

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Julio Cesar Chavez challenges old rival Oscar De La Hoya to fight

Julio Cesar Chavez has challenged his rival Oscar De La Hoya to meet him one more time in an exhibition.

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Julio Cesar Chavez III? Could happen.

Chavez, the 58-year-old Mexican icon who lost two fights to De La Hoya in the 1990s, has challenged his rival to meet him one more time in an exhibition.

De La Hoya, who says he’s returning the ring at 47, specifically said he didn’t want to take part in an exhibition but anything is possible if the money is right.

Chavez is scheduled to face Jorge Arce in an exhibition on Sept. 25.

“It would be the last exhibition I would do,” Chavez said during an interview on the ESPN Deportes program Ahora o Nunca. “But I want to do it in front of fans, not without.

“I want everyone to see the [beating] I’m going to give him.”

The unbeaten De La Hoya bloodied and knocked out an aging Chavez in the fourth round in June 1996, only Chavez’s second loss. “The Golden Boy” stopped Chavez in eight rounds in September 1998.

Chavez last fought in a sanctioned bout in 2005, when he failed to come out for the sixth round against Grover Wiley.

De La Hoya retired after he was beaten up and stopped by Manny Pacquiao in eight rounds in December 2008.

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Julio Cesar Chavez challenges old rival Oscar De La Hoya to fight

Julio Cesar Chavez has challenged his rival Oscar De La Hoya to meet him one more time in an exhibition.

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Julio Cesar Chavez III? Could happen.

Chavez, the 58-year-old Mexican icon who lost two fights to De La Hoya in the 1990s, has challenged his rival to meet him one more time in an exhibition.

De La Hoya, who says he’s returning the ring at 47, specifically said he didn’t want to take part in an exhibition but anything is possible if the money is right.

Chavez is scheduled to face Jorge Arce in an exhibition on Sept. 25.

“It would be the last exhibition I would do,” Chavez said during an interview on the ESPN Deportes program Ahora o Nunca. “But I want to do it in front of fans, not without.

“I want everyone to see the [beating] I’m going to give him.”

The unbeaten De La Hoya bloodied and knocked out an aging Chavez in the fourth round in June 1996, only Chavez’s second loss. “The Golden Boy” stopped Chavez in eight rounds in September 1998.

Chavez last fought in a sanctioned bout in 2005, when he failed to come out for the sixth round against Grover Wiley.

De La Hoya retired after he was beaten up and stopped by Manny Pacquiao in eight rounds in December 2008.

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Julio Cesar Chavez to face Jorge Arce in exhibition on Sept. 25

Julio Cesar Chavez reportedly will face Jorge Arce in an exhibition – his third with his countryman – on Sept. 25 in Tijuana, Mexico.

Julio Cesar Chavez is ahead of Mike Tyson when it comes to the senior circuit. And he’s at it again.

The Mexican Hall of Famer reportedly will face Jorge Arce in an exhibition – his third with his countryman – on Sept. 25 in Tijuana, Mexico. The event, which will take place behind closed doors, was announced on a World Boxing Council conference call, according to BoxingScene.com.

It will be available on superboletos.com. Proceeds will benefit those affected by the coronavirus in Tijuana and Culiacan, Chavez’s hometown, as well as those battling addiction.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Omar Chavez, the elder Chavez’s sons, will take part in the event. Chavez Jr. also will take part in an exhibition. Omar will fight in a sanctioned eight-round bout.

Chavez Sr. said on the call that Chavez Jr. is planning to take part in a sanctioned fight in October in Mexico. Junior is suspended in the U. S. for allegedly refusing to take a drug test late last year.

“If they want to resume their careers, this will serve them for when there is … an audience,” Chavez Sr. said about his sons. “Let’s see how Julio develops and how Omar looks. Julio plans to fight in October in Monterrey, but he is going to do the exhibition on September 25, and Omar will fight professionally over eight rounds.”

Chavez Sr. is 58. Arce, the popular former four-division titleholder from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, is 41.

Julio Cesar Chavez reflects on Cinco de Mayo fights and more

Julio Cesar Chavez spoke to host Jessie Vargas on a special holiday episode of the new Matchroom Boxing Spanish-language show “Peleamundo.”

Julio Cesar Chavez fought often in May – including on Cinco de Mayo weekend a number of times – and, he said, it always had special meaning for him.

The Mexican Hall of Famer, now 57, spoke at length with host Jessie Vargas on a special holiday episode of the new Matchroom Boxing Spanish-language show “Peleamundo” about that subject and more.

The episode will be available at 5 p.m. ET today on the Matchroom YouTube channel.

Among Chavez’s translated comments:

“It’s a very special day for all Mexicans,” Chavez said. “I fought many times in May representing all Mexicans. It’s something very, very special, something very beautiful feeling the love, the support from all the Mexican Americans that lived in the United States.

“Above all, the Mexicans, [they] truly are the ones who support other Mexicans who go and triumph in the United States. For them it’s something great that one can represent them. I always tried to represent them in the best way. Fortunately, I gained their respect, but above all, I won the love of the people. Nobody can take it away from me.

“They were great, they were huge for me because I always had the support of all the Mexicans that moved [to the U.S.]. I don’t even remember any more if I won or lost, I think I won more than I lost!

“The one thing I’m left with is with the joy that I gave to the Mexicans there, the euphoria with which they received me, they presented me, and they followed me. I always have that. …

“There are opponents that are complicated for us. The truth is that for me, Frankie Randall’s style was always complicated for me. Even in the third fight, because in the second fight, even though I beat him, the truth is that if it weren’t for the head butt no one knows how it would have gone for me because I was already really tired.

“Honestly in that fight, I had prepared like never before. My addiction was already very far along. But I stopped for a bit there because I had lost, I wanted to avenge my loss. I stopped a bit, despite the fact that my addiction was already very advanced. I stopped a bit, I tried to stop a bit in order to take back my title and that’s how it went. I think I went a bit too far, I prepared so well, that I went into the fight over-trained. In the second round, I felt that my arms were already falling.

“Fortunately, thank God, based on pure experience I took the fight. I had another fight against him in Mexico City where I already knew his style and there, I beat him more easily.”

Vargas also was joined by WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman.

NSAC cleared to discipline Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for refusing drug test

A judge on Tuesday cleared the way for Nevada officials to discipline Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for refusing to submit a urine sample.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission can discipline Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for refusing a urine test after all.

A judge on Tuesday dismissed a restraining order won by Chavez and upheld a motion to dismiss his case, which has taken a number of turns since Chavez, scheduled to fight Daniel Jacobs in Las Vegas, refused to submit a sample to the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency on Oct. 24, according to a report on BoxingScene.com.

BoxingScene.com’s Thomas Hauser laid out this timeline:

Oct. 30 – The NSAC suspends Chavez temporarily pending the results of a commission meeting on Nov. 20.

Nov. 20 – The suspension is extended by a unanimous vote until a final disciplinary action is brought against Chavez. The Chavez-Jacobs fight, set for Dec. 20, is subsequently moved to Phoenix.

Dec. 17 – A Nevada court grants Chavez’s request for a temporary restraining order preventing the NSAC from proceeding with the disciplinary action.

Jan. 15 – The NSAC files a motion to kill the restraining order. Chavez, according to Hauser, responds by filing a motion to change the restraining order to a preliminary junction.

March 5 – The NSAC files a motion to dismiss Chavez’s case against it.

April 28 – A judge grants both of the NSAC’s motions and denies Chavez’s request via a conference call. That allows Nevada officials to discipline Chavez  for refusing to submit a sample for the drug test.

Classic fight replays — led by Ali-Frazier trilogy — do strong ratings on ESPN

ESPN’s replay of the “Thrilla in Manila” was the sixth-most-watched sports-related show of the past week.

Fans are watching boxing even when there’s no boxing.

ESPN’s replay of the third fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975 – The “Thrilla in Manila” – was the sixth-most-watched sports-related show of the past week, according to ShowBuzzDaily. An average of 699,000 people watched the fight, Forbes reported.

As Forbes pointed out, that figure is higher than the 683,000 who viewed the Wednesday episode of the new professional wrestling outfit AEW Dynamite.

Classic boxing shows made up eight of the 20 most-watched sports programs this past week. That also included Ali-Frazier I, Mike Tyson-Michael Spinks and Oscar De La Hoya-Julio Cesar Chavez.

An ESPN boxing analyst Tweeted: “Amazing numbers on ESPN Linear. … Boxing Library works amazing! Perhaps better than any other Sport.”

ESPN devoted 11 hours to boxing on Saturday, including the first time the first Ali-Frazier has been televised since 1991. That fight had an average audience of 641,000. The second Ali-Frazier fight averaged 607,000.

The only live card on ESPN this year — headlined by Eleider Alvarez vs. Michael Seals — averaged 704.000 viewers.

Live sports have been sidelined as a result of the corona virus pandemic.

Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier I to air on U.S. TV (ESPN) for first time since 1991

For the first time since 1991, the first of three fights between Muhammad Ali and arch rival Joe Frazier will appear on U.S. television.

ESPN has planned a special treat for boxing fans.

For the first time since August 1991, the first of three fights between Muhammad Ali and arch rival Joe Frazier will appear on U.S. television. The fight, labeled “The Fight of the Century,” has never aired on an ESPN platform.

The telecast highlights 11 consecutive hours of classic fights beginning at noon ET this Saturday (April 18). All three Ali-Frazier fights will be showcased, as well as Ali’s classic encounter with George Foreman.

These fights also will be available on ESPN+ beginning Saturday.

Here is the full lineup for Saturday (all times ET):

Noon — Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman
1 p.m. — Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman
2 p.m. – Oscar De La Hoya vs. Julio Cesar Chavez I
3 p.m. — Oscar De La Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad
4 p.m. — Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns
4:30 p.m. — Mike Tyson vs. Trevor Berbick
5 p.m. – Mike Tyson vs. Larry Holmes
5:30 p.m. — Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks
6 p.m. — Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay I
7 p.m. — Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
9 p.m. — Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II
10 p.m. — Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III

Degrees of Separation: Linking the Mayweathers

In this installment of Degrees of Separation, Boxing Junkie links the three fighting Mayweathers — Floyd Sr., Roger and Floyd Jr.

Six degrees of separation is a theory that everyone in the world is separated by no more than six social connections.

In other words, you know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Queen Elizabeth. Or so the concept goes.

We’re borrowing the six degrees concept – well, sort of loosely – to connect fighters from the past to their more contemporary counterparts in our new occasional feature, “Degrees of Separation.”

Example: Let’s connect Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Super easy; we did it in two steps. Senior fought Grover Wiley, who fought Junior.

In this installment of the Boxing Junkie feature, we decided to link the late Roger Mayweather with his protege and nephew Floyd Mayweather Jr., who carried on where Uncle Roger left off when he fought for the last time in 1999.

We didn’t have to work too hard to connect them, only three steps.

Check it out:

Roger Mayweather fought …

Kostya Tszyu, who fought …

Ricky Hatton, who fought …

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

We also wanted to see how many steps it would take to link Roger Mayweather with older brother Floyd Mayweather Sr., who left boxing in 1985 but came back for one fight in 1990.

It took us five steps:

Floyd Mayweather Sr. fought …

Ray Leonard, who fought …

Hector Camacho, who fought …

Oscar De La Hoya, who fought …

Julio Cesar Chavez, who fought …

Roger Mayweather

And, finally, to complete the circle, we linked Floyd Sr. and Jr. in four steps:

Floyd Mayweather Sr. fought …

Ray Leonard, who fought …

Hector Camacho, who fought …

Oscar De La Hoya, who fought …

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Could you do it in fewer steps? Let us know via Twitter or Facebook. Or you can contact me on Twitter. And please follow us!

Read more:

Degrees of separation: Connecting John L. Sullivan to Deontay Wilder

Degrees of Separation: Linking Filipino greats Flash Elorde, Manny Pacquiao

Degrees of Separation: Linking Japanese greats Fighting Harada and Naoya Inoue

Degrees of Separation: Linking Tyson Fury to first U.K.-born heavyweight champ

Degrees of Separation: Connecting Canelo Alvarez with Mexican legends

Roger Mayweather, former champ, trainer of Floyd Mayweather, dies at 58

Roger Mayweather, a former two-division titleholder who went on to train nephew Floyd Mayweather, has died at 58.

Roger Mayweather, a former two-division titleholder who went on to train nephew Floyd Mayweather, has died at 58, according to multiple reports.

Mayweather had been in declining health for years but no cause of death has been cited.

Mayweather, a skillful, powerful boxer, won his first title by stopping junior lightweight beltholder Samuel Serrano in eight rounds in January 1983 in Serrano’s home country of Puerto Rico.

The new champ successfully defended his title two times before Rocky Lockridge took it from him by a first-round knockout in February 1984.

Mayweather won his next four bouts to a earn a shot at future Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez’s 130-pound title but lost by a second-round TKO in July 1985.

After that, he lost by knockout to Freddie Pendleton and by decision to Pernell Whitaker but continued to battle. Finally, in November 1987, he stopped Rene Arredondo in six rounds to win a junior welterweight title.

Mayweather successfully defended four times before he lost his belt in a rematch against Chavez, who won by 10th-round stoppage in May 1989.

He fought once more for a major title but lost a unanimous decision to 140-pound champ Kostya Tszu in June 1995. He last fought in May 1999.

Mayweather later built a reputation as one of the best trainers in the business. He worked his nephew’s corner for the bulk of his career, helping to mold arguably the greatest fighter of the past three decades.

Roger Mayweather retreated from the pubic in recent years, presumably as his health issues became more acute. His nephew said his boxing career took a toll on him, according to TMZ.

“My uncle Roger Mayweather has lost a lot of memory from the sport of boxing,” Floyd Mayweather said. “ … He’s only in his 50s, but it seems like he’s an old man in his 80s.”