

GRAPEVINE, Tex. — The mariachi band played with unmistakable pride. Fans screamed, desperately scrambling to get a glimpse of their hero.
Young and old, several hundred of them came out last Wednesday to pay homage to Saúl Álvarez, the Mexican boxer widely known as Canelo, who is viewed as one of the most popular — and marketable — stars of a sport entering its post-Floyd Mayweather Jr., post-Manny Pacquiao era.
“I took my girls out of school for the day so they could see him,” Jessica Muniz of Dallas told a New York Times reporter as she watched Álvarez’s public workout Wednesday at Gaylord Texan Resort here. Muniz said her 10-year-old daughter, Aubrey, is an aspiring boxer who has modeled her style on Álvarez’s aggressive, power-punching approach.
“Girls her age normally have posters of boy bands on the wall,” Muniz said. “She has pictures of Canelo.”
The appeal is there for all to see. Álvarez, 26, a handsome, dynamic technician, is considered by some to be the best fighter in the world. Hewas in Texas last week for a fight to seize the junior middleweight title of Liam Smith, an unbeaten Englishman from Liverpool. Álvarez won.
The fight, on Saturday night at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, took place less than 24 hours after Mexican Independence Day, and that convergence of a national holiday and a popular Mexican fighter in a big fight set up what amounts to a perfect boxing storm.
To read complete article click here.
Source: nytimes.com
more recommended stories
Mauricio Vila supervises Public Veterinary Hospital construction works
The governor of Yucatán, Mauricio Vila.
In Mexico, 25% of adolescents suffer from eating disorders
MEXICO CITY. May 31, 2023.- It.
Search operation in Mérida for Andrea, abducted in Chiapas
Three weeks ago, Sandra Jiménez Martínez.
Smoking is the great addiction that helped Covid to cause thousands of deaths
GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, May 31, 2023 –.
More than one thousand Umán residents will travel every day on the IE-TRAM
With the arrival of the first.
Three dolphins found dead in Ciudad del Carmen in less than 24 hours
Authorities of the Civil Protection Directorate.
Yucatán Peninsula accumulates 375 acute alcohol intoxications
In Yucatán, acute alcohol intoxication is.
Workers at The Fives Downtown hotel in Playa del Carmen demand payment of utilities
About 20 workers at The Fives.
Ship with cargo for the Tren Maya that arrived in Progreso ‘vanishes’ mysteriously
An unusual report has emerged in.
AMLO to meet with Biden’s National Security Advisor again
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the President.
Leave a Comment