Rudy Mondragón

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Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies
Institution
Loyola Marymount University

Education

  • PhD, Chicana/o and Central American Studies, UCLA

Research Interests

Political Economy of Sports   Ethnic Studies   Oral History  

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Biography

Dr. Rudy Mondragón is an assistant professor in Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He is interdisciplinary scholar who bridges ethnic studies with the sociology of race and sport to illuminate often dismissed sporting sites of resistance and the political economy of boxing. Mondragón has published in Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies, Journal of Sports History, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, and UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute. He is currently working on "On The Ropes: Performances of Dignity and Resistance within The Brutal Economy of Boxing," a book manuscript that examines the political economy of boxing and the ways Black and Brown boxers deploy expressive culture to perform resistance via the ring entrance. Dr. Mondragón is also working on "Rings of Dissent: Boxing and the Performance of Rebellion" (University of Illinois Press, 2025), co-edited with Gaye Theresa Johnson and David J. Leonard. As an authoritative voice in boxing, he has been featured in ESPN, Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, Boxing Scene, CNN, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Washington Times and has written for Zocalo Public Square, LA Taco, Remezcla, and We Are Mitu. In 2021, actress, producer, and director Eva Longoria interviewed him for the Sundance-debuted DAZN documentary “La Guerra Civil,” a film that delved into Mexican and Mexican American identities and the iconic clashes between Oscar De La Hoya and Julio César Chávez. Recently, he brought his expertise on boxing to Vice TV’s “Dark Side of the 90s” docuseries, where he was interviewed for the episode on Mike Tyson.

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Contact Information

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List of Publications (24)
In 2024
24

Mondrago n, Rudy, Abel Valenzuela, and Jose M. Hernandez, "Down But Not Out: Labor Struggles for Professional Boxers in California's Ring," UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (2024).

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23

Mondrago n, Rudy, "The Unsung Heroes of the Boxing World," Zocalopublicsquare.com, May 2, 2024.

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In 2023
22

Mondrago n, Rudy, "What boxers can teach the rest of us about the power of an entrance," SFChronicle.com, May 26, 2023.

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21

Mondrago n, Rudy, "Boxers Know the Power of an Entrance," Zocalopublicsquare.com, May 23, 2023.

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In 2022
20

Mondrago n, Rudy, "Boxing Ring Entrances as Insubordinate Spaces: A Disruptive Oral Herstory," Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies 9, no. 2 (2022): 388-414.

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In 2021
19

Mondrago n, Rudy, Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora, By Jose M. Alamillo, Aztla n: A Journal of Chicano Studies 46, no. 2 (2021): 299-304.

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In 2019
18

Mondrago n, Rudy, "'The Heartbeat of Our People': My Experience with a World Champion," Berkeley.edu, 10 October 2019.

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Mondrago n, Rudy, "Andy Ruiz is 'Destroyer' and Disrupter in Boxing, Fatphobia," LATaco.com, 5 June 2019.

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16

Mondrago n, Rudy, "Enter the Ring," TheStreetsMag.com, April 2019.

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In 2018
15

Mondrago n, Rudy, I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915, By Louis Moore, International Review for the Sociology of Sport (2018): 1-4.

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14

Mondrago n, Rudy, "Champs Film Review," Journal of Sport History 45, no. 2 (2018): 229-230.

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13

Mondrago n, Rudy, "Where Julio Cesar Chavez and Macho Camacho Became Stars - How Azteca Boxing Club in Bell Became a Training Ground for Champions," LATaco.com, 6 December 2018.

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12

Mondrago n, Rudy, "The Beisbolismos You Need to Know for the Serie del Caribe," (Presented by ESPN), Remezcla.com, 30 January 2018.

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In 2017
11

Mondrago n, Rudy, "Find Out How These Two Afro-Cuban Boxers 'Became' Mexican and Changed the World," WeAreMitu.com, 6 October 2017.

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Mondrago n, Rudy, "Some Might Say It's Going to be a Close One but Here's Why I Say Put Your Money on Canelo vs. GGG," WeAreMitu.com, 14 September 2017.

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9

Mondrago n, Rudy, "This Smithsonian Exhibit will Explore the Complex, Forgotten History of 'Latinos and Baseball' in the US," Remezcla.com, 29 August 2017.

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Mondrago n, Rudy, "With Golden Boy Promotions at her side, Marlen Esparza Could be Boxing's First Crossover Latina Star," Remezcla.com, 23 March 2017.

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In 2016
7

Mondrago n, Rudy, "Sau l 'Canelo' A lvarez: Creating the Next Cash Cow King of Boxing," Remezcla.com, 25 May 2016.

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In 2010
6

Ryan E. Gildersleeve, Corey Rumann, and Rudy Mondrago n, "Serving Undocumented Students: Current Law and Policy," New Directions in Student Services: Undocumented Students in Higher Education 131, (2010): 5-18.

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Mondrago n, Rudy, Gaye Theresa Johnson, and David J. Leonard (eds.), Rings of Dissent: Boxing and the Performance of Rebellion (Forthcoming 2025, University of Illinois Press).

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Mondrago n, Rudy, "Yo Soy Jose De Avenal: The Deployment of Expressive Culture in Disruptive Ring Entrances," in Rings of Dissent: Boxing and the Performance of Rebellion, eds. Rudy Mondrago n, Gaye Theresa Johnson, and David J. Leonard (Forthcoming 2025, University of Illinois Press).

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3

Mondrago n, Rudy, On the Ropes: Performances of Dignity and Resistance within The Brutal Economy of Boxing (Book manuscript in progress).

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Mondrago n, Rudy, "Sonic Narratives in Boxing Spaces: Branding, Solidarity, and Ideological Reinforcements through Music," The Sounds of Victory: Music, Sport, and Society, eds. Perry B. Johnson and Courtney M. Cox (Forthcoming 2025, NYU Press).

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Mondrago n, Rudy, "Sporting Representations of El Salvador's First World Champion: El Famoso and his Boxing Robe as Material Culture," (Under Review - Journal of Material Culture).

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