Food
Luis Mendoza sits in the second-floor office of the Central Meat Co. at a desk piled high with paperwork.
Jan. 12, 1990
Sports
Luis Mendoza of Colombia, the World Boxing Assn. junior featherweight champion, will make his fifth title defense on Sept. 16 at the Forum against Raul Perez of Mexico.
Aug. 16, 1991
An injured elbow has forced World Boxing Assn. junior-featherweight champion Luis Mendoza of Colombia to postpone his title fight against Raul Perez of Mexico Monday at the Forum.
Sept. 10, 1991
Jesus Salud was stripped of his World Boxing Assn. junior-featherweight title after he failed to reach agreement on a bout with the organization’s No. 1 challenger, Luis Mendoza.
April 7, 1990
Angels
Mike Holtz doesn’t know Luis Tiant, but the Angel reliever bid farewell to him this spring--not the actual Cuban pitcher with the Fu Manchu, but his funky motion.
Feb. 29, 2000
California
If ever a house was populated by fictitious characters as well as the real personalities that may have inspired them, it’s San Diego County’s Rancho Guajome.
Sept. 22, 2002
Former World Boxing Association junior featherweight champion Luis Mendoza of Los Angeles won a majority 10-round decision over Ericel Nucamendi of Chiapas, Mexico, in the main event at the Forum on Monday night.
July 11, 1995
Twenty-year-old Dwain Williams of Los Angeles will fight Tito Mendoza of Panama tonight at the Arrowhead Pond for the North American Boxing Organization’s junior middleweight title.
March 8, 1999
A 29-year-old Santa Ana man was in custody Thursday after allegedly storming into his former workplace and threatening employees with a semiautomatic handgun, police said.
April 10, 1998
A familiar main-event fighter and a fast-rising newcomer headline tonight’s Forum boxing show.
Oct. 7, 1991