San Diego Fight and San Diego Boxing
The end of the year brings bigger bellies, heartburn from the holiday eating and of course, “Best of …” lists to fill a small compact car. Just like last year, I have jumped on the bandwagon so it is time once again for the 2nd Annual SDFightys where we acknowledge all those that made an [...]
On Saturday, December 3rd, we will see one of the most anticipated rematches in recent years. In my opinion, even more so than Pacquiao-Marquez III, Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29KOs) will seek revenge for the summer 2008 beat down he received in the hands (many say more than just hands) of Antonio “Tijuana Tornado” [...]
Tijuana has a new world champion. Nothing new for the city since over the years it has had dozens. In Tijuana you can throw a penny out the window as you drive on her now more mellow streets and probably hit a former champion. “Dinamita” Estrada, Raul “Jibaro” Perez, Manuel “Mantecas” Medina, Antonio Margarito, Alejandro [...]
As I watched the mega jumbo screen set up high up in L.A.’s Staples Center’s roof from my ringside seat at the “Canelo” Alvarez-Alfonso Gomez WBC super welterweight title fight, I couldn’t believe my eyes when Victor Ortiz lunged in with his head and struck Floyd Mayweather Jr. square on the lip. Seconds later, after [...]
This past Saturday night, unbeaten lightweight sensation Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (22-0-1, 12KOs) threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the San Diego Padres-Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball game at Petco Park in downtown San Diego. Gesta of San Diego via Cebu, Philippines, was there as a special guest to celebrate Filipino Heritage night at [...]
Expect Any Different? Like pretty much the whole boxing world, I too watched the first episode of HBO’s 24/7 featuring Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Victor Ortiz who will face each other on September 17th from Las Vegas for Ortiz’s new acquired WBC welterweight title on HBO PPV. Like many of us, I was appalled at [...]
Last Saturday night from the Mandalay Bay in the city of sin, Las Vegas, we saw the demise as a title contender of one Zab “Super” Judah from Brooklyn, New York. British sensation Amir “King” Khan needed all of five rounds to complete dismantle the former multi-time title holder in front of 7,000 loyal boxing [...]
My thoughts on this past week’s boxing stories: *This past weekend many of us witnessed a part of boxing history when Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was crowned the first Mexican born middleweight in history. Chavez Jr. defeated German Sebastian Zbik via a close majority decision last Saturday night at the Staples Center in downtown Los [...]
Manny Pacquiao is truly a world wide phenomenon. I realized that when I stopped off at my local pharmacy that doubles as a liquor store by my place in Tijuana last Saturday night hours before Pacquiao won a lopsided decision over shot “Sugar” Shane Mosley in Las Vegas, NV. As a laid two twelve packs [...]
My boxing weekend began on Friday night after intense two hour traffic filled drive up the 15 highway from San Diego to Temecula, CA’s Pechanga Resort and Casino. The casino is pretty impressive, so much so that once you step foot in it, you can imagine being in Las Vegas with how plush and expansive [...]
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