Dec 29, 2020
“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...
Nov 25, 2020
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...
Jul 31, 2020
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...
Jul 11, 2020
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...
Jun 29, 2020
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...