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   One of Nicaragua's most popular boxers, Rosendo "El Bufalo" Alvarez, was on TheBoxingBar.com a few nights ago. We talked about a lot of different topics in his life, and we covered the biggest fights in his career. Alvarez is remember for his two fights against the undefeated Mexican great Ricardo "Finito" Lopez giving him his only draw. The rematch was considered one of the best fights ever in...

Mario "Azabache" Martinez was a very tough fighter from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He fought in many tough fights in his career against guys like Roger Mayweather, Jeff Fenech, Azumah Nelson, Adrian Arreola, and Rolando Navarrete. Nelson called him the toughest fighter he had ever fought. But he is most remembered for his battle against Julio Cesar Chavez for the vacant WBC super featherweight...

A few days ago, I had the honor to speak to former world Bantamweight and Super Bantamweight champion Daniel Zaragoza on TheBoxingBar.com. Zaragoza fought at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia representing his country of Mexico. He was the first world champion of Hall of Fame trainer Nacho Beristain who named his popular gym "Romanza" combining the last names of his first two champions, Gilb...

Former two-time Jr. Flyweight world champion Melchor "Baby" Cob Castro of Campeche, Mexico was on TheBoxingBar.com just a few nights ago. On that day Castro was celebrating the 29th anniversary of his first world title victory over Rolando Pascua on March 25, 1991 at The Great Western Forum in Inglewood, CA. The tough Filipino fighter, Pascua, was the first to defeat the popular Humberto "Chiquita...

Stockton's Gabriel Flores Jr. is one of the hottest prospects in boxing today. Flores signed with Top Rank in 2016 at the age of 16 years old and was the youngest ever to sign with the company at that time. In this interview we talk about his start in the sport to the present. Interview date : 12/17/2019

Boxing media figure James "Smitty" Smith came on to give us his thoughts of what was going on at the time. The former pro fighter has done a bit of everything possible in the sports media world. Interview Date : 5/29/2012

Listen to Hector Camacho Jr. talk about his life, career, and his Hall of Fame father. Camacho Jr. is a great talker and story teller. Interview date : 10/3/2011

Oxnard's Crystal "La Morenasa" Morales comes on before her 2012 return after several years of inactivity. Interview Date : 4/29/2012

Last night (Oct. 1, 2019) Javier passed away. The young fighter from Oxnard touched many lives in and out of the ring. He became the first ever BKB Welterweight champion winning the tournament for the new brand. About seven years ago I got the pleasure to chat with this polite young man. Rest In Peace my friend. Interview Date : 4/6/2012

Sacramento's Tony Lopez was one tough fighter! He fought guys like Julio Cesar Chavez and in 1988 got The Ring Magazine Fight of the Year for his fight against Rocky Lockridge. Interview Date : 1/9/2015

In this interview Ricky and I discuss when he worked as the trainer for Oxnard's Hugo "The Boss" Centeno for the first and only time. He brings up many great points of his experience as a trainer and was mentored by Joe Goossen. Check it out! Interview Date : 12/20/2013  

Former world Lightweight champion Julio "The Kidd" Diaz of Coachella, CA comes on to tell us about his life and career in boxing. Interview Date : 11/16/2011

San Jose's Andy "El Tiburon" Vences talks about his start in boxing. This Northern Californian is a very exciting fighter to watch with a promising future in the sport. List to what he has to say. Interview Date : 2/22/2016

Referee Jack Reiss talks about his start as a referee and how passionate he is about the sport of boxing. Great chat.  Interview date : 10/13/2014

International Boxing Hall of Famer Orlando Canizales talks about his career and big fights. It was an honor to have him on. Check it out!

Here is our interview with former Light-Heavyweight champion "The Golden Boy" Donny Lalonde of Canada. We talk about his life, career, and big fight against "Sugar" Ray Leonard in 1988. Lalonde is a very smart and classy man. Check it out! Interview Date : 5/2/2012

2000 USA Olympian, Rocky Juarez, discusses his amateur and pro career in detail. Juarez was a tough all-action fighter with a lot of heart. Great story. Interview date : 3/4/2014

Montell Griffin was a 1992 USA boxing Olympian who is best known as the first man to defeat Roy Jones Jr via disqualification in March 1997. He fought all of the best fighters in his era in his weight class. Interview Date : 10/11/2011

Juan LaPorte was one of the most popular Puerto Rican fighters around. He ducked no one and fought all of the best fighters of his era. In this interview we discuss some of his big fights against Salvador Sanchez, Julio Cesar Chavez, Wilfredo Gomez, Barry McGuigan, Azumah Nelson, Eusebio Pedroza, and more. Laporte is a great guy. Check out this interview! Interview Date : 9/8/2013

Rudy "El Chicano" Hernandez is a former professional boxer and now a top cornerman in both boxing and MMA. In this chat we talk about his upbringing, his career, and his former world champion brother Genaro "Chicanito" Hernandez.

Former WBA World Bantamweight champion, Paulie Ayala, talks about his life before, during, and after his boxing career. He discusses his big fights with Johnny Tapia, "Bones" Adams, Erik Morales, and Marco Antonio Barrera. Check it out! Interview Date : 7/9/2013

Richard "Mr. KO" Savala was an up-and-coming fighter that was making his way to fight for a world title, but his career ended when he got hooked on doing and selling drugs. He ended up in jail and getting into a prison gang. He was released in the early 2000's after over a decade in jail and got his life back together. He is now a counselor and mentor to kids in gangs and drugs while still teachin...

Tito Santana was one of the most popular wrestlers in the WWF (now WWE) in the 80's and 90's. The former WWF Intercontinental and Tag-Team champion talks about his start in wrestling and some of his bouts. It was an honor to have on one of my favorite wrestlers as a kid to be on TheBoxingBar.com. Interview Date : 3/16/2015

1992 USA Olympian and former World Heavyweight champion Chris Byrd talks about his life and his amateur & pro career in this interview. His whole life from his first memories have to do with boxing. This '92 silver medalist in the middleweight division would go on to defeat Vitali Klitschko in April 2000 for the WBO Heavyweight title, and losing it six months later to brother Wladimir Klitschko. T...

One of the best referees today, Tony Weeks, talks about how he got his start in boxing and some of the fights he has officiated. Interview Date : 4/30/2014