General News

Guadalajara boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has produced one of his finest performances, with a third round knockout of U.S. boxer James Kirkland in Houston last Saturday. 

A fairytale unfolded at Fenway Park last week and, for once, a Red Sox player wasn’t involved.

At the age of 30, Washington Nationals relief pitcher Rafael Martin became the fourth Jalisco-born player to make his debut in Major League Baseball.  

Former world champion light-middleweight boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is set to fight James Kirkland in Houston, Texas on Saturday, May 9.  While Guadalajara-born Alvarez is the bookies favorite to win, Kirkland is known for his power and the bout could become an edge-of-your-seat contest. 

Since losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September 2013, Alvarez has had two fights, winning both comfortably.

Tickets for the event sold out within two hours of being made available.  The fight will be shown live on TV Azteca at 10 p.m.

Passions will be inflamed once more as the latest edition of the historic soccer rivalry between the Guadalajara  Chivas and America of Mexico City unfolds at the city’s Omnilife Stadium on Sunday, April 26, 6:30 p.m.

U.S. boxing fans will have to pay US$100 to watch the mega-match between superstars Manny Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweather, while in Mexico the fight will be screened free of charge.

U.S. tennis stars in the making will be among the pros battling it out on the courts of Guadalajara’s Panamericano Tennis Center in the fifth edition of the Zurich Jalisco Open from April 20-26.

Rajeev Ram of the United States won the 2015 Jalisco Open after crushing his compatriot Jason Jung 6-1, 6-2 in Sunday’s final at Guadalajara’s Estadio Panamericano de Tenis.  The one-sided encounter took just 48 minutes to complete, leaving most fans somewhat disappointed. Ram powered down 14 aces in the 15 games.

Athletes from the Salvajes Ajijic runners club recently racked up another champion performance, taking four of the top ten places among 52 competitors tackling the grueling 117-kilometer Ultra Peregrino race. Following the traditional religious pilgrims’ route to Talpa de Allende, the runners set out from Ameca at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 3, arriving at the finish line early the following morning. Salvajes runner José “Chabelo” González Valenzuela completed the course in 12 hours flat to capture top honors and the first place 1,350-peso cash prize.  Pictured at an April 15 celebration held at the Ajijic plaza in recognition of the club’s accomplishments are Chapala Sports Commission Director Jesús Hernández Dávila, running champ Chabelo, town administrator Héctor España (front row left to right); Salvajes President Daniel Úrzua and star female runner Andrea Mora Reyes (at rear).