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It looked like a classic Mexican showdown from a spaghetti western film as both stood in their respective corners with their supporters behind them. It was almost expected a tumbleweed to bounce across the middle of the ring. At the end, this was a film we have already seen as Jorge “Maromerito” Paez Jr. (32-4-1, [...]
In the career of any up and coming fighter, the time comes when he must step up to the next level of competition and prove of what he or she is made up of up to that point. The time came for Tijuana super bantamweight Edibaldo Ortega (14-0-1, 7KOs) Thursday night when he defeated cagey [...]
After a years-long hiatus, Mayen Promotions, led by Guillermo Mayen, returned to professional boxing last year and since then has been consistent in presenting fights cards shock full of local talent. Setting his home base at Las Pulgas night club, Mayen Promotions has offered monthly events since its return and with joining forces recently with [...]
After more than three decades of presenting professional boxing in “America’s Finest City” San Diego, CA, 2012 California Hall of Fame promoter Bobby DePhilippis has never cancelled a show. He wasn’t going to start now. After the original main event, an attractive matchup between junior welterweights Silverio “Chamaco” Ortiz and Emilio Bojorquez fell to the [...]
After a short hiatus, Mayen Promotions, this time associated with Zanfer Promotions, returned to the Las Pulgas night club last Thursday, June 7th, to present a multi-fight bout card highlighted by a majority of local talent. The cavernous night club is located on the legendary Avenida Revolucion in the heart of downtown Tijuana. Used mostly [...]
After his bout with Puerto Rican Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon fell to the wayside because of an injury to the Boricua, WBO minimum weight champion Moises “Moi” Fuentes (15-1, 7KOs) was matched up against Tijuana’s Julio Cesar “Gatito” Felix (17-4, 7KOs) in a twelve round championship fight. Somebody should have told “Gatito”. Fuentes of Mexico [...]
“He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.” – Sun Tzu, Art of War If there is a man in the last twenty years who would be more than qualified to write boxing’s version of Sun Tzu’s Art of War, it would be Tijuana’s Erik “Terrible” Morales. The [...]
The biggest dream for a boxer besides winning a world title is to perform as a champion of their division in front of their hometown fans, family and friends. That dream became a reality Saturday night for WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (26-2, 20KOs) in a big way as he became the first man to [...]
Despite the high school gymnasium atmosphere felt in the hanger-like Wyland Center located at the Del Mar Fairground of De Mar, CA, the majority of the action inside the ring did not disappoint as Bobby D. Presents in association with Jorge Marron Productions once again offered a satisfying night of local boxing with a five [...]
In a sparsely attended fight card held at the Tijuana Municipal Auditorium last Saturday night, former WBC super flyweight champion Tomas “Gusano” Rojas (38-13-1, 25KOs) danced his way to a unanimous decision win over former world title contender Julio “Sombra” Zarate (28-6-2, 17KOs) in the ten round super bantamweight main event of another marathon event [...]
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