A Araceli Martínez la conmueve la sensibilidad propia de la rudeza del deporte, aunque no se atreve a definirse como una especialista en la materia. Aun así, cuando cruzó la línea que separa lo estrictamente competitivo del fondo humano inherente en el boxeo, halló motivación suficiente para embarcarse en la exigente tarea de escribir un libro donde pudiera dejar el testimonio vivo de estas lecciones de vida tan recurrentes. Así nació El Negocio del dolor.

“Todo empezó cuando conocí la historia de Gabriel Ruelas. Me interesó muchísimo saber que detrás de un hombre como él había un mensaje tan grande”, relata.

Agrega Martínez que le apasionan las biografías, y que justo cuando buscaba una gran historia conoció al boxeador jalisciense, cuyo relato le marcó los parámetros para seguir.

“Fueron horas de diálogo y ése fue el camino para descubrir un mundo fascinante …Me entero de su historia… la muerte de Jimmy García, su vida, hasta me contó que ya como campeón quería comprar y comprar zapatos porque de niño nunca tuvo zapatos”.

¿Por qué ‘Negocio del dolor’?

“Porque en la vida hay que pagar factura por lo que haces bien y lo que no haces bien… Debemos tratar de que haya menos negocio y más estímulo para la vida… Ya no se trata de la motivación en el deporte, sino de una lección de vida”.

Araceli quería hacer un libro inspiracional, y mientras se adentraba en el mundo del boxeo, empezó a encontrar cantidad de historias que le obligaron a cambiar el punto focal de su libro.

Así realizó un recorrido por 17 personajes del boxeo.

Evander Hollyfield, Shane Mosley, Vladimir Klitschko, Kostya Tszyu, “Chiquita” González, “Mano de Piedra” Durán, “Cañas” Zárate, “Chicanito” Hernández, Miguel Ángel González, entre los más conocidos.

El libro El Negocio del dolor se publicó en 2011 en Los Ángeles y Guadalajara, y de inmediato tuvo un gran apoyo por parte de quienes entienden el mensaje como el punto de vista de una madre que quiere enseñar a sus hijos a tomarse la vida en serio, a no temer a los retos y a no dejarse vencer después de las caídas.

“El libro ya está traducido al inglés y planea llegar a 10 idiomas en dos años. Fue presentado en Las Vegas en la convención anual del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo y está incluido en la biblioteca del Salón de la Fama en Canastota, New York.

¿Si alguien quiere comprar su libro cómo puede hacerlo?

“En este momento el libro lo compran en Amazon en ‘paperbook’… electrónico será más adelante… Desde el fin de semana pasado ya está en Amazon y lo pueden comprar online”, dijo.

Próxima cartelera que presenta Golden Boy Promotions, a desarrollarse en el MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, de Las Vegas Nevada, el próximo 05 de mayo 2012.

During Friday’s Chavez Jr-Rubio weigh-in, Rubio promoter Reginaldo Kuchle spoke with referee Guadalupe Garcia. Rubio’s representatives had filed a protest with the WBC to not use a Mexican referee due to the Chavez family’s iconic status in the country. “I will do my best, as I have done my whole career,” said Garcia. “For me every fight is important, regardless of the country, category or achievements of the boxer. I love this sport and I will always be a referee who tries to do the right thing in the ring.”

Kuchle told Garcia, “We trust you will do your best in a fight between two of the best of Mexico looking to make a good fight…we know their qualities and we know that it will be a big job in the ring . Please understand our position but we expect a great performance from you.”

Promociones del Pueblo, representatives of Marco Antonio Rubio, claim WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. violated the WBC regulation that stipulates that in title fights the fighters must leave a urine sample for drug testing with the doctor of the local commission, in this case Texas. According to Team Veneno Rubio “at the end of the fight, in a very suspicious way, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. practically fled from the dressing room without leaving a sample to be medically evaluated later.”

Team Veneno Rubio further charges that the attitude of Chavez Jr. and his team is very suspicious, as if they are trying to hide something. They question why during the press conference when Chavez was asked why he had not left a urine sample for examination, he chose to ignore that question while answering other comfortable questions. They also allege that the question was asked to WBC President Jose Sulaiman, whom they claim shrugged his shoulders and said “we forgot.”

Recalling Chavez’ fight in December 2009 with Troy Rowland where drug testing detected a diuretic called furosemide that led to Chavez getting a seven month suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Promociones del Pueblo wants Chavez Jr. to immediately submit to the still pending urine test as there are illegal substances that are stored in the body for six months and an analysis can still uncover doping.

Rubio promoter Oswaldo Kuchle stated “The WBC must respond to this because the people on the champion’s team bypassed the rules, generating a huge controversy which questions the victory of the current middleweight champion.”

By fightnews.com

Photo by Pepe Rodriguez/WBC

In front of more than 14,000 fans at the Alamodome in San Antonio Texas, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs) defeated Marco Antonio “Veneno” Rubio (53-6-1, 46 Ko’s) by way of unanimous decision, retaining for the second time, the WBC meddleweight world title.

After 12 rounds of action, Julio took all three scorecards by 118-110, 115-113 and 116-112 that made ​​clear his superiority in the ring.

The people, who was very excited, applauded the two fighters at the end of the meeting, acknowledging the superiority of the son of the leyend, who was confirmed as the best middleweight fighter of the world.

117 110 NONITO

117 110  NONITO

115 112  VAZQUEZ

Ivan Najera from San Antonio Texas destroyed by TKO David Castillo from Socorro, New Mexico. Time 2 minutes 54 seconds of the second round.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr 159.5 vs. Marco Antonio Rubio 159
(WBC middleweight championship)
Nonito Donaire 121.6 vs. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr 122
(WBO super bantamweight championship)
Vanes Martirosyan 153.5 vs. Troy Lowry 153.75
(WBC silver super welterweight title)
Raul Hirales 122.5 vs. Shawn Nichol 122.5
Wale Omotoso 147.25 vs. Nestor Rosas 146.5
Adam Lopez 115.75 vs. Richard Hernandez 114.5
Ivan Najera 136.5 vs. David Castillo 136.5
Alex Saucedo 146.75 vs. Jean Colon 143.5
Jeremy Longoria 126 vs. Richard Valencia 125
Venue: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
Promoter: Top Rank
TV: HBO

San Antonio Texas is hot, and the Alamodome ready to open its doors next Saturday for the battle between Chavez and Rubio.

More and more Mexican fans keep coming to this beautiful city in the state of Texas that this weekend will become the capital of the World Boxing Council.

Opinions remain divided and the war of words has reached a critical point. What is a fact is that this will be a big win for the fans, who really are the ones who deserve this kind of events.

Rubio, who is in very good condition, said that he has great confidence and determination to conquer the green and gold WBC Championship belt, which currently belongs to Julio Cesar Chavez Carrasco.

“She was only 31, when she uploaded the photo above, saying that she will turn to 32, in a few minutes”.

After the big success of being named the fighter of the year, and crowned as the new WBC flyweight World Champion, Mariana La “Barbie” Juarez, celebrated her 32th birthday on Sunday with her family and close friends.

Mariana (32-5-3, 15 Ko´s), will make her first defense of 2012 in the beautiful port of Acapulco, Mexico, on Feb 25th against Anastasia Toktulova (14-10-0, 2 Ko´s), who is the current Women´s International Boxing Association (WIBA) Champion, from Yoshkar-Ola, Russia.

La “Barbie”, which in 2011 held five world championship fights, will reach with this bout, 14 world championship fights in her impressive career.

Happy Birthday Mariana!