Entries by Mateo Mayorga

Gabriela Fundora makes easy work of Alexas Kubicki, remaining the undisputed flyweight champ

Gabriela “Sweet Poison” Fundora (17-0) is a flyweight (112 pounds) cheat code with cruel intentions who wasted Alexas Kubicki (13-2) in seven rounds, staying undisputed and the Ring Magazine champ.    Two minutes might have seemed like two hours for the challenger who never stopped seeing leather in her face. She took an enormous leap […]

Fingers crossed that the public is the biggest winner in Canelo Álvarez versus Terence Crawford

It’s fight week for the mega spectacle between Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford that will decide the undisputed champion at 168 pounds on Sept. 13. Neither man has officially kissed the canvas in their careers, and this clash of titans at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will be the biggest of the year.    FanDuel […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Rhyne Howard drains nine threes, tying the single-game record again, leading the Dream over the Sparks

The Dream, minus All-Star Allisha Gray (knee), completed their miniseries at home (2-0) against the desperate Sparks, overwhelming them by going to the body and with a surplus of threes. Rhyne Howard and Maya Caldwell made up for most of the latter, shooting them up worse than Scarface at his last stand. The win also […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Big-time fourth-quarter heroics saved the Sparks in the win over the touring Mystics

Kelsey Plum and Dearica Hamby kept the Sparks from folding against the visiting Mystics. Despite Washington being eliminated from playoff contention, they tried to play spoiler, hanging around until the end. Los Angeles’ flimsy playoff hopes stay alive with six games remaining, the last three being at home.  The Sparks took first blood with a 12-0 […]