BOXING RECAP AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE LAST WEEK
April 19, 2024
Simon Ruvalcaba
What a roll boxing is on! Coming off of the great bout on September 8th between Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia, in which Porter won a close but mostly undisputed decision. The excitement in Brooklyn, NY shifted west to Las Vegas this past weekend where Canelo Alvarez took a majority decision over Triple G to win the rematch of a hotly contested draw a year ago. This close decision and, in my eyes, fair decision is getting world wide disputes with so many thinking Golovkin had won the fight?
I scored the bout 115-113 for Canelo, as did several others that had texted me right after the final bell, Abel Sanchez, on a Spanish Television interview, stated that it was a fair decision, but the backlash has been unbelievable to me. Nothing in the dispute of who you thought won the fight, will ruin the fact that it was another great fight between two of boxing’s best! This was the first time for me where at Church on Sunday, people that know me being in the boxing industry where leaning over during the songs and a few during the sermon to ask my opinion and afterwards argue that they had it the opposite way.
Stay tuned for a breakdown of the fight from Kelly Pavlik and James Dominguez Tuesday from 7-9 P.M. Eastern on ‘The Punchline with Kelly Pavlik and James Dominguez’ on facebook and youtube platforms!
About the Editor
Army Veteran and former Professional Boxer Simon Ruvalcaba started boxing at the age of ten and Had a 71 fight amateur career which featured a 139 lbs. 1998 8th U.S. Army Boxing Championship out of Camp Casey, Korea and a spot on the prestigious Army Boxing Team at Fort Hood, TX. After a journeyman pro career of 18 fights, which included sparring sessions with many champions and contenders including Julio Cesar Chavez and Pernell “Sweat Pea” Whitaker, Simon started writing and has contributed to many publications and websites including fighthype.com, pound4pound.com, Tahoe Daily Tribune (South Lake Tahoe, CA), Nevada Appeal (Carson City, NV). He has also been the Boxing Instructor for Ken Shamrock and The Lions Den and was MMA and Bareknuckle star Paige VanZant’s first boxing coach!
Born and Raised in South Lake Tahoe, California he now resides in Sun Valley, Nevada and spends as much time as possible with his Sons Gabriel and Oscar! Beyond boxing, Simon is an all around sports fanatic and is passionate about the teams that he roots for. Simon also works as a Sportsbook Supervisor for Caesars Sportsbook in Lake Tahoe.
