Box y Lucha

Box y Lucha
Cover to issue 3220 from 2016.
Categories Pro wrestling and boxing magazine
Frequency Biweekly
Publisher Latin American Periodicals; EBSCO[1]
Year founded 1954
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

Box y Lucha is a spanish language magazine and website. It's the oldest lucha libre magazine still in existense and one of the first ones to be published.[2] It also covers boxing and other martial arts.

History

The magazine began publication in 1954 in Mexico City under the name Lucha Libre,[3] later renamed Lucha Libre y Box, and finally to Box y Lucha. It became the best established wrestling magazine in Mexico until the 2000s when it was taken over by Super Luchas.[4] In 1955 the magazine became the first publication to cover the subject of wrestling masks.[5] After the 1990s the magazine and it's rival Super Luchas were the only two Mexican wrestling magazines to survive after the industry in general went down. Box y Lucha was known to be more text based than Super Luchas and featured less foreign wrestlers.[2] The magazine remained widely read by 1995, which is often regarded as the worst year in professional wrestling history.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Library Service to Spanish Speaking Patrons: A Practical Guide - Page 25
  2. 1 2 Levi, Heather (2008). The World of Lucha Libre: Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity. Duke University Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-0822342328.
  3. ↑ Latinos and American Popular Culture - Page 359
  4. ↑ Levi, Heather (2008). The World of Lucha Libre: Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity. Duke University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0822342328.
  5. ↑ Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling; Page 101
  6. ↑ Tijuana: Stories on the Border - Page 161
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