Liliana, mostly known as Lily, is a nonbinary media communications badass and founder of Xicana Boxing. Lily's love for boxing goes back to watching boxing as a child in Nayarit, Mexico, and through an illegal black box when immigrating to California in 2001. A mom of two kids and four cats, Lily enjoys thrifting for trinkets, true crime rabbit holes, trash television and the devils lettuce.
MONTEBELLO, Calif. — Félix Juan Trinidad García was the star of the show at Quiet Cannon. Standing at the Quiet Cannon Crystal Grand Ballroom, voice catching between gratitude and memory, Trinidad spoke less like a Hall of Famer and more like a son who never stopped being guided by the man in his corner. On […]
One glance at unified cruiserweight champion Gilberto “El Zurdo” Ramirez and one has to wonder how the 6′ 2½″ Mexican southpaw ever made the super middleweight limit. The Sinaloense, who made history in 2016 by becoming the first Mexican super middleweight champion, enters his fourth cruiserweight bout defending his current titles against another former super middleweight champion […]
Inside and outside the ring, Mexican super lightweight “La Migraña” Oscar Duarte projects an unmistakable norteño aura, amplifying the aggressive style he credits with forcing Richardson Hitchins to withdraw from their scheduled title bout Feb. 21. “Se rajó.” “He chickened out,” Duarte told Boxing Social. He believes Hitchins moved to Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing to […]
With Anthony Joshua reemerging into the spotlight following his tragic accident earlier this year, rumors as to who will be his next opponent fuel social media discussions across platforms. One of the most-requested opponents remains to be The Bronze Bomber. Yet Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder didn’t collapse over one bad meeting, social media beef or […]
This past Thursday, April 16, Lester Martínez continued to earn recognition for carrying Guatemalan pride into boxing’s bigger conversations. Just weeks after I wrote about the framing of his title win in my zine, questioning the narrative of “firsts” and what it really means to represent Guatemala on the global stage, Martínez stood inside the […]
The momentum Shadasia Green carried into Friday night at Madison Square Garden came to a sudden and unsettling halt. What was supposed to be another step toward a long-discussed showdown with Claressa Shields instead turned into a reminder of how quickly plans in boxing can disappear, as Lani Daniels delivered a ninth-round stoppage to claim […]
Oleksandr Usyk is not pretending this is anything other than what it is, bringing his usual, casual demeanor to today’s press conference. Standing across from Rico Verhoeven at the “Glory in Giza” press conference, the unified heavyweight champion looked comfortable, almost amused, as the questions came in. Others fans, however, wonder why a fighter of […]
The spotlight may sit on Alycia Baumgardner vs. Bo Mi Re Shin, but the title fight’s undercard lineup definitely feels intentional about where women’s boxing is headed. Most Valuable Promotions’s first U.S. installment of its year-round women’s platform lands April 17 at Madison Square Garden, airing live on ESPN, and while Baumgardner’s title defense carries […]
Fighting out of San Diego and originally from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Jorge Chavez, known as “El Niño Dorado,” isn’t slowing down after the biggest win of his career, and his fan-friendly style has already landed him his next opportunity. Fresh off a back-and-forth war in Palm Desert that earned him the WBA Continental USA […]
Javier “El Guerito” Zamarron is not overthinking it anymore. The nerves are still there, but they are no longer something that controls him. “I’m in my double digit fights, I don’t even care,” Zamarron told Boxing Social. “They show up a little bit… but I just believe in my preparation and my hard work in […]
The conversations around the future of women’s boxing have been popular in recent years, and this week was no exception. Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions, made it clear what he believes should be next for Katie Taylor. Speaking on the direction of the sport’s biggest names, Bidarian pointed to Caroline Dubois as the […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — For Vito Mielnicki Jr., the connection to home was built long before the lights, before the televised cards, before the expectations. Now as he looks to climb up the rankings, he carries his hometown and Italian heritage close to his heart every time he enters the ring. “I’m an Italian kid from […]