Mexican Boxing Rivalry

Throughout world history people have enjoyed watching two men compete in hand to hand combat. Professional boxing made its debut here in America around the turn of the 20th century. Unlike boxing, mixed martial arts is a relatively new sport. Both sports are very technical and require their fighters to be in superb condition. Many fighters train all their life to make it big, but few ever get there. Although both sports are immensely popular, one stands alone as the dominant sport. In this paper I 'll prove that the sport of MMA is more technical, more exciting, and much safer than boxing.

This is a fight that UFC fans have been dreaming about the second their first match ended.

It is a well-known-fact that according to the TSHA, Hernandez v Texas was the first and the only Mexican-American civil right case heard and decided by the United States’ during the post-World War II in 1950. Hernandez was originally from Mexico. His process was also a mean for Mexican-American to show the World how unfair the United States was when it came to civil rights.

The battle of Mexican Americans to end oppressive practices quickened taking after World War II. In 1948, LULAC and the recently framed American G.I. Gathering, a backing gathering of Mexican American veterans, helped with a claim that eventuated in a government locale court choice disallowing school isolation in view of Mexican family line. Areas avoided the decision, be that as it may, and true isolation proceeded. In 1955, LULAC and the Forum started a suit dissenting the act of putting Tejano youngsters into independent classes for the initial two evaluations of school and requiring four years to contend these evaluations. Ed Idar of the Forum, in a meeting beneath, talked about this practice, which was at long last banned in 1957. Understudy dissents in the late 1960s—upheld and supplemented by another social equality association, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)— accomplished a conclusion to more unfair practices and the presentation of bilingual and bicultural programs into schools.

There was a fight in Las Vegas this past weekend to determine who was the king of Mexican boxing. Saturday night, Canelo Alvarez took on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the MGM Grand in front of thousands of prideful Mexicans and millions of fans worldwide. While there were two fighters in the ring, only one came with a purpose.

"This is a great matchup between two veteran heavyweights who can show a lot of the younger kids how it's done," said Oscar De La Hoya, president and founder of Golden Boy Promotions. "I'm really looking forward to this one and as far as picking a winner, it's a toss-up."

The Mexican War is frequently viewed as one of the United States greatest contentious wars. The war was fought between 1846 and 1848. Was Manifest Destiny the motivating reason or could it have been something else? The awareness of Manifest Destiny was starting to expend the thoughts of countless Democratic Americans. They wanted for the United States to increase their land to have continental power. It was understood that additional territory would entail the spread of economic achievement.

The Mexican American War was based around the territorial expansion into Mexican land. However, what seemed like border disputes and land grants actually turned into one of the biggest debates over slavery since America had come about. Though sectionalism and the rights of slaves stayed the same, the Mexican American War marked the turning point of slavery in 1846-1848 through immense changes such as disputes over free and slave states, the Fugitive Slave Law, and the Wilmot Proviso.

Starting in 1845 and concluding in 1850 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the era where the Mexican war occurred. This war had triggers with disagreements on the ideal of Manifest Destiny and major actions by President Polk that led the United States into attempting to annex Texas. Texas at that time was independent and was not part of Mexico nor America. Mexico wanted Texas to stay neutral that they threatened a war to the United States if they tried anything to attempt anything. Unfortunately, the United States did not really care by going forward with the annexation and land conquering, sparking a war with Mexico. So the Mexican war began and nothing was ever the same.

The Mexican Revolution was a time of massive death counts and extreme bloodshed. It occurred from 1910 during Porfirio Diaz’s last years as a dictator/president and ended with the Mexican Constitution of 1917. In the case of Mexico, the revolution was inevitable. Why do revolutions occur and specifically the Mexican Revolution? The large majority of the population was peasants and the lower class. Their needs were not met politically, socially and morally. There were many fighters of the revolution such as Francisco Madero, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. They fought for reform politically, economically and socially. After the revolution, a power vacuum was created and anyone who became the president was revolted against. Also, the Constitution of 1917 was created and is still used today. Evidence gathered through research should show that factors such as suppression and inequality as well as dictatorship under Porfirio Diaz were the factors that lead to this revolutionary time.

The current United States resembles the 16th-18th century Spanish empire because of the large debt, mixed cultures, military focus, and inflation. The United States has accumulated large amounts of debt since the time of the first World War, liken to the Spanish empire who experienced large amounts of debt due to the wars and trade. The United States debt over time has “snow-balled” 19.5 trillion dollars from wars, consequently the current federal debt per person is $60,601. Military is a major focus between the two civilizations, United States and 16th- 18th century Spanish empire. The Spanish conquered the Aztec and Inca through their excellent military lore. The current United States government built a repuatation for the most powerful military

When comparing Americans and Mexicans, we can assert that Americans value individualism, rights of choices, and focus on “doing rather than being”. Verbal skill as well as eye contact is important during conversations; and touching may be viewed as a form of sexual harassment. Both parents are authorized to work, children achievement as well as freedom of religion is valued. On the other hands, Mexicans are family centered; the father or the oldest man in the house makes decisions. They value closeness, however, eye contact is considered a sign of rudeness. Work is not highly valued though necessary for survival, and may not be on time for appointments. They identify themselves as Catholics, view death as a natural part of life, and one need to endure pain to demonstrate strength; they value traditional medicine over biomedical medicine.

Central to this family–centered culture was the Roman Catholic Church, a trademark of these peoples’ Spanish heritage. Alas, though these immigrant pioneers were brothers and sisters of the one true apostolic church in a predominantly Protestant Texas, they were still just Mexicans in the eyes of the Anglo St. Mary’s Catholic parish. Duron still has trouble understanding the discrimination at the pews as she remembers that whenever she went to mass ”they let the Mexican people on one side and the white people on the other side”, segregating the congregation right down the middle. The Chavez siblings actually recalled that the priest of St. Mary’s would occasionally give the Mexicans mass in a basement “hidden in the bottom” of the church whenever all the Anglos had left.

Over the past years, Mexico has experienced extreme changes due to the violent drug wars. Violence has presented itself in every neighborhood, every street corner, and even in the schools. Chalk outlines are seen drawn on various streets of homicide scenes. Thousands of people have lost their lives in the hands of drug traffickers. Life itself in Mexico, has taken a change for the worse. One may ask what the reasons are for this wave of violence. The most logical answer, of course, is to blame the criminals. It is the drug lords who are smuggling, transporting, and selling these drugs. They should be the ones held responsible, right? The answer to this question is deeply rooted in the history of corruption in the Mexican Government. The

Boxing, also known as pugilism, is a very old and famous type of combat sport which was invented few centuries BC. It is an ever-changing sport which develops into different styles through time and it is regarded as one of the most popular and exciting types of sports nowadays. Some people make it their profession and fight for prizes, and money while some enjoy it as a hobby and a way to be physically active and have a healthy lifestyle. As it is a very entertaining kind of sport and it is part of the Olympic Games, the sport has garnered many fans worldwide. A lot of people prefer watching it and following championships and different athletes.