Dodgers Whip Yankees in Five
A battle between two historic rivals saw the Los Angeles Dodgers slay the powerful New York Yankees in the fifth game with sparkling resilience and good old fundamental baseball on Wednesday.
It was the Dodgers eighth World Series championship and they beat the Yanks where they breathe.
One day after two Yankee fans tried to rip a caught ball from Mookie Betts glove during a play, a Yankee centerfielder’s dropped ball opened the door for a five-run rally from the boys of Chavez Ravine, And ultimately the Dodgers defeated the Yankees 7-6 to take their fourth win in the best of seven series.
Fernando Valenzuela R.I.P.
Fernando Valenzuela never sought fame or glory, but once you handed him a baseball he turned into some mythic Aztec warrior with a stoicism uncommon for a teen.
Valenzuela passed away on Tuesday Oct. 22. He was 63.
It was 1980 when the kid from Navojoa, Mexico first pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers who were in the middle of a divisional race with the Houston Astros. Nobody knew a thing about him, but he performed well for a total of 17 innings that September.
The next year he would stun the world.
Callum Walsh vs Dean Sutherland in NYC
Kicking off St Patrick’s Day weekend, Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions will take over The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The Irish bout card will happen on Sunday, March 16th, and be broadcast live on UFC Fight Pass.
The main event is a super welterweight match between Irish fighter Callum “King” Walsh (12-0, 10 ko’s) and Scottish Celtic champion, Dean “Deadly” Sutherland (19-1, 7 ko’s). The two southpaws will face off for 10 rounds.
Oscar Duarte Wins
Golden Boy Promotions took over Honda Center Saturday night with a stacked fight night. The event boasted 11 bouts with 6 on the undercard and 5 broadcasted on DAZN.
The main event was a battle for the WBA Continental Americas super lightweight title between two Mexican fighters Oscar Duarte (28-2-1) of Chihuahua and Sinaloa’s Miguel Madueno (31-3 28 KO’s).
The two took turns throwing hands in the ring, battling head to head as they snuck in uppercuts and punches to the torso.
Pound for Pound Men 2024
Terence Crawford continues to reign as the top fighter pound for pound in the world. Though his win over Israil Madrimov was a closely fought contest, the Nebraska fighter out-maneuvered the super welterweight champion for the win in Los Angeles.
Others on the lost are Japan’s Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani, plus Saul “Canelo” Alvarez remains a steadfast member of the club.
American fighters such as Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and David Benavidez are new editions along with Russian light heavyweights such as Dmitrii Bivol and Artur Beterbiev.
Here is this year’s list:
Boxing March Madness 2024
Boxing and basketball, sometimes the two sports mix.
While college basketball was in its final run of the season, boxing was amassed with three eye-popping events in Arizona, Nevada and California.
Pro boxing fans took their pick.
Female prizefighting led the way as two champions in their own right collided in Arizona to determine the true absolute world champion in the minimumweight division. On one side was Costa Rica’s Yokasta Valle the IBF and WBO world titlist. On the other corner was East Los Angeles fighter Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada the WBA and WBC titlist.
Fans had been waiting five years for them to finally meet. On Friday March 29, the two speedy and determined champions displayed their distinct skills for 10 rounds at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Top Rank promoted the showdown and fans packed the arena.