 Cover of issue 3220 from 2016 | |
| Categories | Pro wrestling and boxing magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Publisher | Latin American Periodicals; EBSCO[1] |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Box y Lucha is a Spanish language magazine and website. It is the oldest lucha libre magazine still in existence and one of the first ones to be published.[2] It also covers boxing and other martial arts.
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 Súper Luchas.[4] In 1955 the magazine became the first publication to cover the subject of wrestling masks.[5] After the 1990s the magazine and its rival Súper 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 Súper 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]