Rick Wright

2 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Rick Wright

There was not a curmudgeon in sight — unless it was the guy holding the recorder. In fact, I’d describe the Albuquerque seniors who gather for breakfast burritos and stimulating conversation each Friday morning at a Northeast Heights park, ardent UNM Lobo fans all, as Renaissance men. Or, at least, Renaissance guys. Two days out of three, I walk three laps around this particular park as a substitute for the running I did before my knees betrayed me.

3 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Rick Wright

If you can back it up, it ain’t braggin’. David Mundell, the BKFC’s pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter, dropped Albuquerque’s Donald Sanchez three times in successfully defending that bare-knuckle fighting organization’s middleweight title Friday night at Tingley Coliseum. kAm|F?56== W`_\`X[ 2? F=EC2\4@?7:56?E :?5:G:5F2= H9@’5 D9@H?

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Rick Wright

Jun. 4—It's not Johnny Tapia vs. Danny Romero, but it's an all-Albuquerque grudge match. It's just the kind of scrap bare-knuckle fight fans pay tickets to see. William Albrecht said on Wednesday that his dislike for Kyle McElroy is not mere hype. The two Albuquerque fighters are scheduled for a showdown on the undercard of Friday's BKFC card at Tingley Coliseum. Advertisement"It's pretty true," Albrecht said during a pre-fight media "scrum" held at Jackson-Wink MMA.

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Rick Wright

Jun. 1—Life, Austin Killeen wrote, "is all about risk versus reward. "Whether it's putting your entire wealth into a turbulent stock market, risking your perfect social existence to capture the heart of another or gambling your perfect record in a boxing match against seemingly insurmountable odds."AdvertisementKilleen, a gifted and prolific writer who captured the heart of the New Mexico boxing community with the power of his pen and his personality, died May 15 at his home in Albuquerque.

3 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Rick Wright

Life, Austin Killeen wrote, “is all about risk versus reward. “Whether it’s putting your entire wealth into a turbulent stock market, risking your perfect social existence to capture the heart of another or gambling your perfect record in a boxing match against seemingly insurmountable odds.”Killeen, a gifted and prolific writer who captured the heart of the New Mexico boxing community with the power of his pen and his personality, died May 15 at his home in Albuquerque. He was 82.