For those who don't know, ESPN finally decided to part ways with their main boxing guy Dan Rafael after 15 years-- and it's about damn time. Per ESPN media statement: "Dan Rafael has been an important part of our boxing coverage for almost two decades...We thank him for the many contributions he made to the coverage of the sport during that time. We wish him success in … [Read more...]
My Life as a Boxer’s Wife: King Carlos Molina’s Queen (Epilogue)
by Sarah Jane Anaya (Read Part One , Part Two , and Part Three of This Series) I was born in a small town of less than a 1000 people in northern Wisconsin, raised by hard working parents on a vegetable farm. We raised mostly cabbage and pickles, so I am literally a farmer's daughter . As young as I can remember, I had big city dreams of moving to New York, riding the … [Read more...]
My Life as a Boxer’s Wife: King Carlos Molina’s Queen (Part Two)
by Sarah Jane Anaya (For Part 1 of This Series, Click HERE) It is Father's day, a quiet Sunday morning two days before we depart for Paris. Most families are waking up with special father's day breakfasts and special plans, but we have a fight scheduled and it's close . This is not the first holiday we have set aside due to a approaching bout. Carlos is watching his … [Read more...]
My Life as a Boxer’s Wife: King Carlos Molina’s Queen (Part One)
by Sarah Jane Anaya Two cups of coffee sit steaming on the kitchen table, his dark with a little skim, mine pale with cream and sugar . The sun is barely up and we are discussing the checklist for everything left to do before we depart to France next week [for Carlos Molina's June 23 bout against Souleymane Cissokho]. Certain things we don’t talk about this close to the … [Read more...]
Busting popular boxing myths
Boxing as a sport is misread quite a lot by the general populace. If your knowledge of this sport comes majorly from the popular bouts and the television programs, it might be the best time to master this sport’s basics and do away with the myths related to it. Why?! There’s a major fight – Mayweather vs McGregor – round the corner! You can get all the important Mayweather vs … [Read more...]