“Konan” Hernandez Goes after First Title!

Alain "Konan" Hernandez in Action

Despite sharing the night with such Tijuana favorites as Antonio “Cañitas” Lozada Jr., Marvin “Cachorro” Quintero, David “Morita” De La Mora, the much anticipated clash between Alain “Konan” Hernandez and Atonio “Bazooka” Cervantes might be the fight of the night. Hernandez (17-7-2, 10KOs) and Cervantes (18-5-5, 12KOs) will face each other for the WBC FECARBOX [...]

Quintero and Sotelo Ready for Fireworks!

Marvin "Cachorro" Quintero

In a even skilled match up, Tijuana’s Marvin “Cachorro” Quintero (18-2, 14KOs) will face Colombian Jean Javier Sotelo (23-8-2, 13KOs) for the vacant WBC FECARBOX super featherweight title on July 24th as part of the “Full Impact” fight presented by Baja Boxing. The multi bout night will be held during the TECATE Box Tour at [...]

Ensenada Fight Card!

Juan Carlos "Saladito" Virgen

Tomorrow night at the “Tigre” Garcia Gymnasium in the port city of Ensenada, MX, local favorite Juan Carlos Virgen (16-0-1, 11KOs) will put his perfect record as well as his WBC FECARBOX middleweight title versus hard hitting grizzled veteran Rito Ruvalcaba (33-10, 29KOs) of Tijuana, MX, in a twelve round bout. Ruvalcaba will be Virgen’s [...]

“Dynamite” Perez Back in Action!

Danny "Dynamite" Perez

After Sergio “Latin Snake” Mora signed on to face hall of famer “Sugar” Shane Mosley later this year, the July 23rd main event slated for the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA, was left vacant. Now Golden Boy Promotions and Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo Tecate” has announced that filling in will be Carlsbad, CA’s Danny [...]

In the Squared Circle: A “Ghost” Sighting in Chavez Jr.’s Future!

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

In a recent post on twitter.com, Steve Kim of MaxBoxing.com stated there were serious talks of a mega fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30KO) versus former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32KO) for December in either Dallas, TX, or Las Vegas, NV. The sudden upswing of Chavez Jr’s competition is coming on the [...]

Changes to “Full Impact” Fight Card!

Antonio Lozada Junior and Senior

After Rodrigo Juarez suffered an inner ear injury last week during sparring, Hugo Hernandez (11-1-1, 10KOs) of Culiacan, MX, has bee called up to face Tijuana’s newly crowned WBC FECARBOX jr. lightweight champion Antonio “Cañitas” Lozada Jr. (22-0, 19KOs) on July 24th in Tijuana, MX, in the main event of “Full Impact”, televised by Televisa [...]

In the Squared Circle: Margarito-Cotto II? I Hope Not!

Margarito Stops Cotto

In his June 23rd Random Thoughts column on ESPN.com, the well respected Dan Raphael mentioned that there were talks for a December 4th rematch between Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28KOs) and Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27KOs) of Tijuana, MX.  In their July ’08 first match up, Margarito survived an early ambush from the Boricua to completely destroy the [...]

Tijuana Prospects in Action!

Alejandro "Mantequitas" Rubio

As part of the action packed “Total Impact” fight card held on Saturday, July 24th, at El Foro Theatre in downtown Tijuana, MX, presented by Baja Boxing, an ensemble of fresh up and coming fighters will be making an appearance. From Tijuana, the undefeated hard hitting jr. welterwight Juan Pablo “CheChe” Lopez (16-0, 15KOs) will [...]

Margarito Seeking License on Friday!

Antonio Margarito

After being banned from fighting in the U.S. for over a year, Antonio Margarito hopes to be reinstated in Nevada on Friday with possible fights on the horizon. Margarito, 32, is seeking a license in the United States. Margarito’s promoter Bob Arum said if he gets licensed, he could face Miguel Cotto in a rematch [...]

De La Mora Ready to Defend!

David "Morita" De La Mora

One of the more popular and charismatic fighters in Tijuana, David “Morita” De La Mora, is in full swing preparing for the first defense of his newly acquired WBC FECARBOX bantamweight title last April. De La Mora will be defending his title against Colombia’s Elvis Garcia (9-6-3, 5KOs) on Saturday, July 24th, at El Foro [...]