topic: By Rick Wright

Saturday, May 10, 2008 Up-and-Comers Invade Ring Tonight By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer     James Piar and Matthew Esquibel, Piar says, are "like brothers."     Tonight at Sky City Casino, in separate bouts, they'll seek to take another step forward in their young professional boxing careers. ...
full story 05/10/08

Friday, May 9, 2008 Sanchez Looks to Perfect His Boxing Craft By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer     In 1993, Ray Sanchez Jr. brought his 10-year-old, 70-pound son to Danny Romero's boxing gym. Young Ray III was an active kid who needed an outlet for all that pent-up energy.     Today, Ray Sanchez ...
full story 05/08/08

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Promoter Juan Romero Is Raising the Bar, and He's Doing It His Way By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer     As a boxing promoter, Juan Romero doesn't want much. Just the impossible.     "When you walk into (the arena), you should have no idea who's going to win and who's going to ...
full story 05/06/08

Monday, May 5, 2008 Mike Alvarado, a Wrestler Turned Boxer, Is a Rising Star in Ring By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer     Mike Alvarado loved wrestling, and wrestling loved him. A two-time Colorado high school champion, he once won 36 matches in a row.     Yet, one day it occurred to him that ...
full story 05/04/08

Sunday, May 4, 2008 Tapia Situation Friday a Debacle By Rick Wright Of the Journal     EL PASO - If you think about it, "debacle" is kind of a pretty-sounding word. It deserves a better fate than to be used in association with Friday night's alleged professional boxing card at the El Paso County ...
full story 05/04/08

Saturday, May 3, 2008 Tapia Bout Ruled No Contest, Literally Boxer Pulls Out of Friday's Match By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer     EL PASO - Johnny Tapia's only fight Friday was with a promoter over a contract.     Tapia, the five-time world champion from Albuquerque, withdrew on Friday afternoon ...
full story 05/02/08

Friday, May 2, 2008 Graybeard Gives It Another Shot By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer     EL PASO - Daniel Ponce De León, the WBO super bantamweight champion, is 27 years old.     Steve Molitor, Ponce De Leon's IBF counterpart, is 28.     Israel Vásquez, the WBC super bantam champ, is 30.    ...
full story 05/01/08

Friday, May 2, 2008 Sportsmanship: to Be Or Not to Be By Rick Wright Of the Journal     The sublime (or is it the ridiculous?): Two Central Washington softball players carry an injured rival around the bases after she hits a home run.     Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky, rounding first after the ...
full story 05/01/08

Thursday, May 1, 2008 Sunday's Annual Zoo Run To Aid Penguin Exhibit By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer     It's the march for the penguins. Funds from the 23rd annual Run for the Zoo, scheduled for Sunday morning, will go toward construction of the Rio Grande Zoo's new penguin exhibit.     "Last ...
full story 04/30/08

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Ex-Champ Tapia Tries Again To Pick Himself Up By Rick Wright Journal Staff Writer     Older? Well, yeah. Johnny Tapia turned 41 in February, and that's only one of this ultimate survivor's nine lives.     Sadder? Sometimes. Wounds in Tapia's past - some self-inflicted ...
full story 04/30/08