Hard life GuiltBorn in 1956 in Mexico City, Juan Villoro is the author of many famous books such as “El Testigo”, recognized and honored with the Herralde Prize, and others books like “La Casa Pierde” and “Efectos Personales”. Juan Villoro is distinguished by his writing style using an impressive range of topics with insight, dark humor, irony and the social and cultural functions of spectator sports like boxing and football. Interested in sports, he likes to write about the deep passion that this sport represents, with his story "Lightweight Champ", a short story about a Mexican professional boxer and his childhood friend journalist/drug addict, from the poverty of Mexico. early years in Mexico. Juan is very interested in finding out why things happen in sports, getting people interested in what they read, making them think about superstitions, belief systems, hopes, disappointments, etc. The story "Lightweight Champ" is about how guilt was the motivation for Ignacio Barrientos' success in his professional boxing career, and yet no one knew about his past, which gave me that stride and advantage in the ring , apart from a few people, including the speaker of the story. Guilt is a feeling that can last a moment or a lifetime, leaving a non-physical effect on oneself and finding a way to deal with it, so that it does not eat away at us internally. Mexican culture is very fond of football because it is the most popular sport in the country, where men of all ages play wherever they can and leave the national team as cult heroes. Even though football is the main sport, behind it is boxing, where Mexico has produced many world boxing champions, as boxing remains popular among all socio-economic actors...... middle of paper. ..... For the existence of a Dobby Effect. "Emotion 9.1 (2009): 118-122. PsycARTICLES. Web. May 13, 2014. Kurian, George Thomas, ed. "Mexico: Economy." World Geography and Culture Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. May 13, 2014 .Rodogno, Raffaele. "GUILT, ANGER AND RETRIBUTION." Legal Theory 16.1 (2010): 59-76. Hoffer, Richard "¡Viva MEXICO!." Daniel “Guilt and Mental Health,” 3rd ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2009. Salem Health Web. May 13, 2014. Long, Ryan F. “A Conversation with Juan Villoro.” 85.1 (2011) : 16-19. 2014.