Liliana, mostly known as Lily, is a nonbinary media communications badass and founder of Xicana Boxing. Lily's love for boxing goes back to watching boxing as a child in Nayarit, Mexico, and through an illegal black box when immigrating to California in 2001. A mom of two kids and four cats, Lily enjoys thrifting for trinkets, true crime rabbit holes, trash television and the devils lettuce.
Fresh off reclaiming championship status at super middleweight, Jaime Munguía already has another potential challenger calling his name. WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames recently said he would be interested in moving up to 168 pounds for a fight with Munguía, while also reviving previous claims that the former champion avoided a matchup with him at […]
LAS VEGAS — With Canelo Alvarez out of the Cinco de Mayo spotlight, all eyes shifted to David Benavidez. By the end of the night, he left no doubt about who carried the moment. Benavidez overwhelmed Gilberto Ramirez with a sustained, punishing attack to capture the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles, delivering the kind of […]
Mexican contenders Oscar “La Migraña” Duarte and Angel “Tashiro” Fierro delivered exactly what was expected Saturday night, a rough, back-and-forth fight that left the crowd split and the scorecards even more so. Duarte(31-2-1, 23 KOs) edged Fierro by split decision, 115-113 and 116-112 twice, while one judge saw it 116-112 for Fierro. The verdict at […]
LAS VEGAS — Cinco de Mayo weekend always carries weight, and this one, even without Canelo headlining, isn’t too different in that way. An entire pay-per-view built around Mexico vs. Mexico fights, headlined by a clash above 168 pounds for the first time, and a co-main that feels just as volatile as the main event. […]
Jorge “El Niño Dorado” Chávez came into Las Vegas with momentum and left without his belt. On the Benavidez vs. Zurdo undercard, Chávez met stablemate José Tito Sánchez in a 10-round WBA Continental super bantamweight title fight that quickly turned into a war shaped as much by the crowd as the action in the ring.Golden […]
Jaime Munguía is back heading into Cinco de Mayo weekend, this time with the Canelo team in his corner instead of across the ring. The former world champion is preparing to face Armando “El Toro” Reséndiz on May 2 in Las Vegas, yet the conversation around him still includes the failed drug test that followed […]
Cinco de Mayo weekend in Las Vegas will feature a full slate of Mexico vs. Mexico matchups, but one storyline continues to follow the co-main event between Armando “Toro” Reséndiz and Jaime Munguía. Questions around performance-enhancing drug testing have entered the conversation ahead of May 2, with both camps addressing the need for transparency as […]
WBC middleweight champion Carlos “Caballo Bronco” Adames is not on the May 2 card in Las Vegas, but his name was previously mentioned amongst the co-feature stars. And he is not shy about where he stands. Adames, who has previously shared the ring in sparring with Armando Reséndiz, said the version of “El Toro” fans […]
Armando Reséndiz and Jaime Munguía grew up along Mexico’s Pacific coast, building careers that came to represent their home states. For Reséndiz, it is Nayarit. For Munguía, Baja California. Boxing was never guaranteed to work in their favor, but both fighters flipped the script. In separate moments, each delivered upset wins on U.S. soil, beating […]
MONTEBELLO, Calif. — Félix Juan Trinidad García was the star of the show at Quiet Cannon. Standing at the Quiet Cannon Crystal Grand Ballroom, voice catching between gratitude and memory, Trinidad spoke less like a Hall of Famer and more like a son who never stopped being guided by the man in his corner. On […]
One glance at unified cruiserweight champion Gilberto “El Zurdo” Ramirez and one has to wonder how the 6′ 2½″ Mexican southpaw ever made the super middleweight limit. The Sinaloense, who made history in 2016 by becoming the first Mexican super middleweight champion, enters his fourth cruiserweight bout defending his current titles against another former super middleweight champion […]
Inside and outside the ring, Mexican super lightweight “La Migraña” Oscar Duarte projects an unmistakable norteño aura, amplifying the aggressive style he credits with forcing Richardson Hitchins to withdraw from their scheduled title bout Feb. 21. “Se rajó.” “He chickened out,” Duarte told Boxing Social. He believes Hitchins moved to Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing to […]