“Ladies and gentlemen, let’s make some noise” — those words are how Abel Arriaga, a Hobbs resident and local DJ, is trying to make it big as a boxing ring announcer. Arriaga has caught a break in the boxing industry by being hired as the ring announcer for a Roy Jones Jr. Boxing event on Friday at Gilley’s in Dallas …

Are you excited for tomorrow’s match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor? Before it starts, you can get hyped for the big bout by swinging by downtown Lovington to watch local and regional fighters face off outside the historic Lea Theatre. The Lea Community Foundation for the Arts and Hobbs’ School of Hard Knocks, 400 West Marland, will present an …