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Former IBA World super lightweight champion Antonio "Tono" Diaz took on many great fighters during his career. Antonio is the brother of Julio "The Kidd" & top trainer Joel Diaz. In this interview we talk about his life and career. Interview Date : 3/20/2017 All interviews on TheBoxingBar podcast : https://www.theboxingbar.com/interview-page.html  

This is my first ever interview with anybody for my then new website. Czyz talks about his colorful career. His life story is truly worthy of a hit movie. He discusses in graphic detail finding his father dead at home. Interview Date : August 2011 All interviews on TheBoxingBar podcast : https://www.theboxingbar.com/interview-page.html  

Ruben Castillo was born in Billing, Montana, but grew up in Bakersfield, CA. This is where he found the sport of boxing. As a pro, Castillo would become one of the best in his division and took on only the top guys like Alexis Arguello, Salvador Sanchez, and Julio Cesar Chavez. He is a very funny guy and has a colorful way of expressing himself. Check out our interview! All interviews on TheBoxing...

Marlon Starling should be in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in my opinion. He fought many terrific fighters during his time and beat many of them. He talks about those fights in this interview and some things he did not like that happen in his career. Interview Date : 4/8/2015 All interviews on TheBoxingBar podcast : https://www.theboxingbar.com/interview-page.html  

Last year I took a few online college classes for the first time in my life. Chicano Studies being one of those classes. One of the homework assignments we were given was to watch a documentary called "Stolen Education" a 2013 film about Chicano children in South Texas having to remain in the first grade for three years prior to the mid 1950's for being bilingual. The mother of Dr. Enrique Aleman,...

Actor Enrique Castillo came on  TheBoxingBar.com  this morning for our "Outside the Ropes" page. Castillo is remembered for playing the lead role of Henry Leyva in the hit play Zoot Suit in the 70's, and the prison gang leader, Montana, in the 1993 Chicano cult classic film "Blood In, Blood Out". It was an honor to have Enrique on and hear his great stories. I will post the interview by Friday mor...

Yesterday afternoon Seniesa "Superbad" Estrada came on  TheBoxingBar.com  podcast to talk about her upcoming fight this Friday night against Tenkai Tsunami for the WBO World Light Fly-weight title which will be televised on DAZN. The undefeated Estrada (20-0, 8 KO's), of East Los Angeles, is one of the most popular and entertaining female fighters today. The fight will take place at the Banc of Ca...

I had the privilege to bring on my hometown of Oxnard's most popular athlete ever, former world champion "Ferocious" Fernando Vargas on the podcast for the first time. This will be the first of two sessions. The 1996 USA Olympian didn't hold back as expected and kept it as real as can be. A special thanks to "The Aztec Warrior"! Interview Date : 5/16/2021 All interviews on TheBoxingBar podcast : h...

I had the pleasure of having former top super middleweight & light heavyweight contender "Iceman" John Scully on  TheBoxingBar.com.  Scully is a real fountain of information in the sport of boxing. He is the go-to-guy to many people in boxing for answers. In this interview we talk about his time as a fighter and many topics in boxing today. This is broken in two parts. Enjoy this interview! All in...

DAZN spanish commentator Ricardo Celis was on TheBoxingBar.com last night for our podcast. Celis is largely remembered in the boxing world for his commentary on the hit show "Solo Boxeo" alongside partner Bernardo Osuna. At the moment he is in Dallas ready to work tomorrow's big rematch between "Chocolatito" Gonzalez and "El Gallo" Estrada. We talked about all these things including his thoughts o...

I had the pleasure of having former top super middleweight & light heavyweight contender "Iceman" John Scully on TheBoxingBar.com. Scully is a real fountain of information in the sport of boxing. He is the go-to-guy to many people in boxing for answers. In this interview we talk about his time as a fighter and many topics in boxing today. This is broken in two parts. Enjoy this interview! All inte...

Oxnard's Hugo "The Boss" Centeno was on TheBoxingBar.com last night. It had been since 2014 that I had him on, so we had a lot to talk about. He is hoping 2021 will be a big year for him in boxing. Interview Date : 2/2/2021 All interviews on TheBoxingBar podcast : https://www.theboxingbar.com/interview-page.html  

Ricardo Maldonado was asked by his dear friend/compadre Ruben "El Puas" Olivares to take over as manager of his career. Without any prior experience as a manager, Maldonado reluctantly agreed to manage the already popular Mexican fighter. Since then, Mr. Maldonado has helped 26 world champions including Rafael "Bazooka" Limon, Marco Antonio Barrera, Acelino "Popo" Freitas, Alex "Nene" Sanchez, Aga...

Lupe Contreras was on TheBoxingBar.com this past Wednesday night. Top Rank's classy and popular ring announcer and I discussed his professional career, how Covid-19 has affected boxing events, and a new series on NBC Sports he is a part of.  Check out our chat!   Interview Date : 1/13/2021 All interviews on TheBoxingBar podcast : https://www.theboxingbar.com/interview-page.html  

"Sweet" Jose Aguiñiga reached a record of  33-0, then his career just stopped. Why would he end his boxing career with a record like that? Living in Oxnard, at that time, I had heard almost every rumor you can think of as to why he stopped fighting. It wasn't until yesterday that I finally got a chance to ask him directly on my podcast. Shortly after, in a heartbroken way, he said he was finally a...

Last night Oxnard fighter Rolando "El Pochito" Reyes was on TheBoxingBar.com to talk about his career. Reyes debuted as a pro during the biggest surge of Oxnard fighters, along with Robert Garcia and Fernando Vargas, coming out of La Colonia Boxing Club in the late 90's and early 2000's. His last match was a TKO victory over Julio "The Kidd" Diaz in 2009. All interviews on TheBoxingBar podcast : h...

Tuesday night Herman "Kid" Montes, of East Los Angeles, was on TheBoxingBar.com to talk about his boxing career. Although Montes never became a world champion, he was well known and respected during his time fighting the majority of his fights at the historic Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. We talked about several of his fights including his victory over the popular "Pipino" Cuevas of Mexico. I...

This week El Salvador's first world champion, Carlos "Famoso" Hernandez, was on TheBoxingBar.com to talk about his colorful career in boxing. In his life he has become a world champion, has got an official knockdown over Floyd Mayweather Jr., and has an arena named after him in El Salvador. Not bad for a tough kid from Los Angeles. The humble ex-world champion came on to talk about his experiences...

About a week ago, Richie Sandoval was on TheBoxingBar.com to interview. In 1980 Sandoval was getting ready to be a USA Olympian for the games later that year. Being one of the best of that team, he was offered to choose between going to Germany or Poland to compete in a pre-Olympics tournament. He thought going to Germany would better prepare him for the games. The rest of the team got ready to go...

Jackie Kallen was a real pioneer being one of the first women in professional boxing. Although she was not a fighter, she played many roles and got a lot of respect in the boxing world. She was most remembered as the manager of James "Lights Out" Toney. Meg Ryan played a character based on her in the 2004 film "Against the Ropes." She also played a role in the hit boxing reality show "The Contende...

In 2013 Librado Andrade retired from the boxing ring. He didn't have another choice but to go back to work at a popular burger place, as he had for many years before turning pro. It was while working there that he got a call from a representative of his former boxing manager, Al Haymon. He was offered a job to work at his newly formed Premier Boxing Champions. Today, Librado is doing great! He is...

I had former Middleweight champion of the world Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik on TheBoxingBar.com. We discussed his career, what he has been up to, and a recent rumor that was going around about an exhibition match up against Mike Tyson. It was great to finally get a chance to bring Kelly on to interview. Interview Date : 5/21/2020

This past Monday night one of the best trainers in the world, Robert Garcia, came on  TheBoxingBar.com.  In our first interview in 2013, he had just been named "Trainer of the Year" and we covered his start as a trainer. On this day we discussed his upbringing in Oxnard, his career as a boxer, and how he has grown as a trainer. His loyalty has always gone to his "Four F's" – his family, his fighte...

Mancini wrestled from 1984 – 1992 for the then-WWF as a "jobber". A jobber is a term used for the wrestlers who were used to lose against the up-and-coming stars and/or the superstars of the moment.  Today Mr. Mancini is part owner of "Paradise Alley Pro Wrestling". For those of you that know me know that as a kid, I was a die-hard wrestling fan. And I remember watching Mario Mancini all the time...

43 years ago today Mexican great Carlos Zarate knocked out then-undefeated Mexican Olympian Alfonso Zamora in the fourth round in a popular match known as "The Battle of the Z's". There was a lot of real drama about the fight at the time. It was a real honor and privilege to have the International Boxing Hall of Famer, Zarate, come on TheBoxingBar.com today to talk about this fight and his career....