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Current WBC junior welterweight champ Erik Morales, who is scheduled to defend his world title against unbeaten Danny Garcia on January 28, was rushed to the hospital near Mexico City this morning after having abdominal pains. Morales had emergency surgery and was diagnosed with gall bladder stones. A number of stones were removed from Morales’s [...]
Tijuana featherweight Omar “Dinamita” Estrella (15-3-2, 10KOs) has a big opportunity in his near future when on Saturday, January 21st, he is scheduled to face the former world champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (41-4, 34KOs) in Mexico City at a venue to be determined. The ten round bout will be presented by Golden Boy Promotions [...]
It was announced earlier today on twitter by the Espinoza Boxing Club that undefeated junior welterweight Antonio Orozco (12-0, 8Kos) will be featured on the under card of Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto II on Saturday, February 11th, in Las Vegas, NV. Orozco of San Diego, CA, by way of Garden City, Kansas, will be showcased in [...]
While she waits for the conclusion of her trilogy versus Ana Maria Torres in the first quarter of 2012, Jackie Nava (25-4-3, 11KOs) is hard at work training to conquer a new world title. The “Aztec Princess” will face Chantall Martinez on Saturday, January 14th, at the Tijuana Municipal Auditorium for the WBA super bantamweight [...]
Tijuana’s Erik “Terrible” Morales (52-7, 26KOs) classified his next opponent, the undefeated Danny Garcia 22-0, 14KOs) of Philadelphia, PA, as a dangerous at the kick off press conference held in Houston, Texas, late last week. Despite the danger the young junior welterweight brings, Morales believes that it will be his exprience which will tilt the [...]
Teon Kennedy of Philadelphia will take on Chris ‘The San Diego Kid’ Martin in a battle of Top 10 ranked contenders at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Friday, January 13. The ESPN/Top Rank Friday Night boxing card will also include unbeaten, hard-hitting Jesse Magdaleno of Las Vegas and undefeated Gabino Saenz of Indio, [...]
According to FightNews.com, Newly crowned WBC Silver super featherweight Champion Juan Carlos Burgos (28-1, 9 KOs) returns to the ring February 24th. Burgos will make the first defense of his title against former world champion Cristobal Cruz (39-12-3, 23 KOs) in a bit of a hometown rival bout. Both fighters are based out Tijuana, Mexico. [...]
In a clash of power against power, Tijuana KO artist Antonio “Kañitas” Lozada Jr. stopped Cesar “Dolar” Chavez in the second round in the main event of Baja Boxing’s “Homecoming” fight card held at the Ernesto Ruffo Appel Gymnasium in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. The main event was televised live in Mexico by Televisa. Lozada [...]
In one of the most anticipated rematches in recent years, Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto exacted his revenge on Tijuana’s Antonio Margarito as he was able to slow down the “Tijuana Tornado” to a calming breeze in nine full rounds at the newly renovated mecca of boxing, Madison Square Garden in New York City. Official time [...]
Top amateur stand out David Barragan (1-0, 1KO) of National City, CA, last Thursday night, December 1st, at the OC Fight Night presented by Roy Englebrecht Promotions in Costa Mesa, California. Barragan stopped over matched John Ferrari (0-1) of Chico, CA, in the second round of a scheduled welterweight four. According to Rocco Morales of [...]
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