by Darrell Williams

When you mention the word Nicaragua in the modern day world of boxing, one name, “Ricardo Mayorga,” the chainsmoking egomaniacal banger from Managua is the constant that comes to one’s mind.
But while Mayorga has been scooping up millions in Las Vegas for his own bizarre version of the sweet science, a positive revolution has been taking place back home in Nicaraguan boxing. (more…)

by Darrell Williams

In spring 2006 with his dream of a major league career long gone, former Kentucky Wildcat pitcher Roger Keeling took a major step in moving his family from the urban sprawl of Chicago to the serene beauty of Nicaragua’s Pacific coast. “I decided at the end of my college career that the smartest way would be to use the education I had gained at college rather than chase the dream of major league baseball,” he said. (more…)