{"id":49376,"date":"2014-12-27T23:04:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T05:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49376"},"modified":"2014-12-27T23:04:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T05:04:24","slug":"book-review-images-of-america-mexican-american-boxing-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49376","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: \u201cImages of America\u201d Mexican American Boxing in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49376\" rel=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=49376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-49377 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/picbookreveiw-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"picbookreveiw\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>By Dave Wilcox<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles has a long history of prize fighting and Author Gene Aguilera covers all that is Los Angeles Boxing, from the original \u201cGolden Boy\u201d Art Aragon to the current reincarnation, Oscar De La Hoya in this wonderful book, \u201cImages of America\u201d Mexican American Boxing in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u201cgood ol\u2019 days\u201d of Boxing in Los Angeles, fighters were often seen in the company of Hollywood stars and themselves were treated as Hollywood stars. Their partying was almost as legendary as their wars in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Aguilera doesn\u2019t miss a beat in this very enjoyable trip through time. I sat mesmerized as I read through each page.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I was reminded of classic fights that I had forgotten and learned about fights and rivalries I never knew about.\u00a0The Grand Olympic Auditorium, which was the home for so many generations of classic bouts in Los Angeles, was covered, as was the famous Main Street Gym.\u00a0I would consider \u201cImages of America\u201d Mexican American Boxing in Los Angeles a \u201ccoffee table\u201d book, as it chronicles the history of boxing in the City of Angels through rare and some previously unseen pictures with fabulous descriptions by the author. The book is 125 pages long and is a very smooth read.\u00a0Once you pick the book up, it will be very hard to put it down, which it what I found in my case.<\/p>\n<p>This book is not only for the Southern California fan of boxing, but for anyone who loves the greatest sport on earth.<\/p>\n<p>You can purchase your autographed copy for $25.00 by writing to Gene Aguilera at:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Gene Aguilera<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong> 2323 S. Atlantic Blvd.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong> Monterey Park, CA. 91754<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can also order it online at: Amazon, eBay and at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\">www.arcadiapublishing.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tell them Ringside Report.com sent you!<\/p>\n<p>Keep punching\u2026..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=39299\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/imagez\/rsrad.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dave Wilcox Los Angeles has a long history of prize fighting and Author Gene Aguilera covers all that is Los Angeles Boxing, from the original \u201cGolden Boy\u201d Art Aragon to the current reincarnation, Oscar De La Hoya in this wonderful book, \u201cImages of America\u201d Mexican American Boxing in Los Angeles. In the \u201cgood ol\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11634],"class_list":["post-49376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-book-review-images-of-america-mexican-american-boxing-in-los-angeles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49376"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}