The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Mexico’s independence weekend celebrations were dampened on Saturday night as Tapatio star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez suffered the first defeat of his career against Floyd Mayweather, the world’s number-one pound-for pound boxer.
Guadalajara’s Via RecreActiva celebrated its ninth year last weekend with a series of events that highlighted the huge success of this ground breaking Sunday recreational/exercise program.
Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. will fight Tapatio Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for the super welterweight world championship in a pay-per-view showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 14.
Mexico’s national soccer team is at serious risk of not qualifying for the Brazil 2014 World Cup after losing 2-0 to the United States in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday night.
The United States hosts Mexico in a crucial World Cup qualifier at the Columbus Crew Stadium in Ohio next Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Mexico City could host a Formula One grand prix in 2014 after the venue was included in a draft 21-race calendar.
Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta last week helped cut the ribbon on the new Basen Polski (Polish Pool) Swimming Education Center in Atotonilquillo, the easternmost town of the municipality of Chapala.
The stratospheric rise of Guadalajara-born Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will come to a thrilling climax as he steps into the ring with Floyd “Money” Mayweather, the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday.
The Jalisco state government has pulled its financial sponsorship of the nation’s flagship golf tournament, the LPGA Lorena Ochoa Invitational, held each November for the past five years at the Guadalajara Country Club.
