Subscriber exclusive: Go inside Mexican star boxer Canelo Álvarez's gym, where a champion is molded latimes.com/sports/story/2…
Ahead of his fight with Billy Joe Saunders on Saturday, @ecauich sat down one-on-one with Saul “Canelo” Álvarez in his San Diego gym. Álvarez spoke of his relationship with the Reynosos, being at the pinnacle of his career, and what comes after boxing. latimes.com/sports/story/2…
As boxers rise in fame and rank, they tend to switch trainers. Canelo Álvarez is different. He’s trained with the father-son duo Chepo and Eddie Reynoso since he was 13.
Trainer Eddie Reynoso on Canelo Álvarez’s 2013 fight against Floyd Mayweather, his only career loss: “[That] fight taught him to be a better sportsman, a better person, in and out of the ring. A measured person.” latimes.com/sports/story/2…
Outside of boxing, Canelo Álvarez has become famous for helping out people in need, particularly children. In April, he responded to a young girl asking for a signed item so her family could auction it to help cover her mother’s medical costs.
Canelo Álvarez also spoke of his professional relationship with Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy promotions, whom he sued and settled out of court. Despite this, Álvarez says he’s not against working with De La Hoya again latimes.com/sports/story/2…
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There is a clash between the medical establishment and the fat acceptance movement.
First, there's terminology: Some use clinical terms like “obesity” and “overweight,” while others proudly use “large-bodied,” “people of size,” or “fat" latimes.com/california/sto…
Chrystal Bougon says her experience with medical providers has been one incident of size stigma after another.
She qualified for vaccination due to her BMI. She feared being hospitalized with COVID-19 and unable to advocate for herself. latimes.com/california/sto…
Landsberg grew up in Sacramento, the 3rd child of "what seemed to me to be a perfectly normal family."
His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. He spent a lot of time in their home, but never asked questions... latimes.com/california/sto…
One night at dinner, Landsberg asked his dad a seemingly simple question: What kind of father was Grandpa when you were a kid?
Juliette Paskowitz was an aspiring opera singer from Long Beach who put her dreams aside when she became convinced she’d be held back because she was a Latina. latimes.com/obituaries/sto…
She married Dorian Paskowitz and embraced a Jack Kerouac lifestyle: boundless, free-spirited, going where the road took them — most often in the direction of the beach.latimes.com/obituaries/sto…
With nine kids jammed in the back the family finally parked their rig on the sand in San Onofre and became “the first family of surfing.” latimes.com/obituaries/sto…