Antonio DeMarco, interim WBC lightweight champion, will be seen by millions of fight fans in the United States as he challenges the WBC absolute lightweight champion Edwin Valero of Venezuela on February 6th at the Monterrey Arena in Monterrey, MX. Showtime will televise the twelve round championship bout on their network while Televisa will broadcast [...]

WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero began this past Sunday with his sparring sessions in preparation for his battle on February 6th in Monterrey, MX, against Antonio DeMarco, the interim WBC champ. “We are doing two work-out sessions, we run in around 10am every moring because of the cold weather and in the afternoon, we go [...]

WBC #2 and WBO #14 ranked featherweight Juan Carlos Burgos made his first national televised debut a good one as he stopped late sub Juan Carlos Martinez at the 1:07 mark if the twelth and final round on Friday night.  The fight was the main event of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights and it marked the [...]

The current IBF featherweight champion Cristobal “Lacandon” Cruz has been preparing since December 22nd, three days after his last fight, for his fourth defense which might be against the always dangerous Jhonny Gonzalez. Cruz successfully defended his title three times in 2009. “I am very happy with the results from last year and now I [...]

Jhonny Gonzalez (42-7, 36KO) of Mexico City stated he was ready to face the current IBF featherweight champion Cristobal “Lacandon” Cruz of Tijuana, MX, by way of Chiapas. First, Gonzalez’s promoter Oswaldo Kuchle of Promociones del Pueblo must reach an agreement with the Cruz’s team so that the fight can be scheduled for February 27th [...]

The current WBC lightweight champion, KO artist Edwin Valero (26-0, 26KO) who just recently successfully defended his title on December 19th against Hector Velazquez of Tijuana, MX, landed in Monterrey to finish off the final phase of his preparation for his bout on February 6th in the same city against the interim WBC title holder Antonio DeMarco [...]

Baja Boxing, a new boxing entity led by Antonio “Cañas” Lozada, has announced their plans for the first quarter of 2010.  On February 12th, it will feature its first fight card of the year when Luis “Gallito” Ceja (11-1-2, 9KO) faces Cesar Grajeda (7-1, 1KO) in a much anticipated rematch for the WBC FECARBOX straw [...]

  Any warrior will say that when he is preparing for a battle inside a ring, his sparring partners are a very important ingredient for his success and for the interim WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17KO), who is preparing for his title bout against the absolute champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26KO), it isn’t [...]

It is rumored that former three time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito is currently training and will be on the under card of the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey super fight scheduled for March 13th in Dallas, TX. The “Tijuana Tornado” was suspended for a year by the California State Athletic Comission after using illegal hand wraps in [...]