San Diego Fights

Tijuana’s Jackie Nava Ready for Title Opportunity!

This upcoming Saturday night, Tijuana’s favorite daughter Jackie “Aztec Princess” Nava (24-4-3, 11KOs) challenges the current super bantamweight WBA champ Chantall “Fiera” Martinez (15-4, 6KOs) in a rematch of their 2010 fight which Nava took via a unanimous decision. Slated for the Tijuana Municipal Auditorium, The female ten round championship fight will be televised live in Mexico by the reigning Azteca channel. Featured in the semi-main event of the Zanfer Promotions event, Tijuana jr. flyweight champ Felipe Salguero (15-2-1, 10KOs) takes on Colombia’s Carlos “Shanghai” Melo (21-13-1, 2KOs) in a ten round clash. [caption id="attachment_5109" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The popular Jackie "Aztec ...

Estrella Comes Up Short Vs. Ponce De Leon!

Golden Boy Promotions in association with Erik Morales' Box Latino presented an exciting night of action last Saturday night in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, as former super bantamweight world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (42-4, 35KOs) brutally battered over matched Omar "Dinamita" Estrella (15-4-2, 10KOs) en route to a sixth round knock out win in the main event of the "Batalla En La Bahia (Battle at the Bay)" held at the brand new venue "Bodega del Boxeo". With the win, Ponce de Leon captured the vacant WBC USNBC featherweight title. Over fifteen hundred fight fans filled the restored where house ...

Estrella in Fight of His Life!

You would think getting into the ring with one of the biggest knock out kings in boxing today might be the toughest thing a fighter might have to do but for featherweight Omar "Dinamita" Estrella (15-3-2, 10KOs), it might be the second. This Saturday night, the twenty-four year old Estrella will face hard hitting and former world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (41-4, 34KOs) of Chihuahua by way of Huntington Park, CA, for the vacant WBC USNBC title. The title bout will be the main event of Mexico’s “Sabados de Corona” televised live on Televisa. [caption id="attachment_5095" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Estrella and ...

Tijuana’s Lopez Wins Easy, Orucuta Stops “Azabache”!

More than three thousand boxing fans witnessed Tijuana super bantamweight Alejandro "Alex" Lopez make good in his predictions of not only winning but looking great doing it as he boxed his way to a unanimous decision over Colombian Jose Palma in the main event bout of Zanfer Promotions' first fight card of 2012 held at the Tijuana Municipal Auditorium Saturday night. [caption id="attachment_5086" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Lopez Attacks to the body Photo Rafael Soto Gil"][/caption] Lopez (23-2, 7KOs) showed his technique inside the ring, not only in attacking but in defense. When he attacked, he was able to vary his punches, scoring well ...

Chula Vista’s Martin Battles Teon Kennedy to a Draw!

According to Andreas Hale of FightNews.com, It was a battle of quality versus quantity at The Joint inside of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and neither was able to get the upper hand. [caption id="attachment_5082" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Martin Scores with over hand right Photo by Chris Cozzone"][/caption] In the main event of ESPN's Friday Night Fights, Teon Kennedy's higher work rate and Chris Martin's sharpshooting led the judges to a stalemate as the ten round super bantamweight bout was declared a majority draw. Although judge Al Lefkowitz saw it in Kennedy's favor 93-97, he was offset by judges ...