Canelo Takes Steps To Boost Local Talent; Martinez Kicks Off Mexico Series By Joseph Patrick
on June 12 2021 8:13 PM Saul Canelo Alvarez celebrates after crushing Turkey s Avni Yildirim in three rounds at Miami s Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday Matchroom Boxing / Ed Mulholland
Canelo Alvarez, Eddy Reynoso, DAZN and Matchroom promotions have come together to stage a series of fights in a new four-part Mexico series.
WBC flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez will headline the series when he defends his title against challenger Joel Cordova at the Domo Alcade, Gigantes de Jalisco Arena in Guadalajara, Mexico, on June 26. The June 26 fight will be followed by three events from Mexico that will follow over the next year.
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Yiddish Book Center to open to the public on June 24
AMHERST, Massachusetts–The Yiddish Book Center has announced it will begin its phased reopening on Thursday, June 24. The Center will be open to the public on Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays, and Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Center is home to the world’s first Yiddish museum. Designed to recall a shtetl, it is set on a 10-acre apple orchard at the edge of the campus of Hampshire College adjacent to the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts.
The visiting exhibit by NYC-based, multimedia artist Steve Marcus comprises two connected exhibits. Through the Hat includes wood-carved objects that seamlessly weave together Marcus’ childhood memories of bagels and bialys, pickles and green tomatoes from the barrel, and paper-wrapped whitefish chubs with his personal journey and passion for his own roots and culture. The Golden Medina expands on this series, welcoming the viewer deeper i
Undefeated boxing champ Brandun Lee is certain that style-wise, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has a better chance of beating Errol Spence Jr. than Manny Pacquiao.