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For any boxer, professional or amateur, the act of sparring is one of the most intricate but equally important facets of their training. By it, a fighter can work on various techniques as well as acclimate themselves to a specific style or stance. Often, a fighter faces a former sparring partner when it counts the [...]
With highly deadly venom, a Cobra is known for its decisive and quick movements at the moment of an attack. For trainer Victor Godoy, his most successful pupil, Tijuana light flyweight Javier “Cobra” Mendoza, possesses the traits to carry the name. “My trainer gave me the name,” Mendoza says with a smile as if he [...]
This upcoming Saturday night, Tijuana’s favorite daughter Jackie “Aztec Princess” Nava (24-4-3, 11KOs) challenges the current super bantamweight WBA champ Chantall “Fiera” Martinez (15-4, 6KOs) in a rematch of their 2010 fight which Nava took via a unanimous decision. Slated for the Tijuana Municipal Auditorium, The female ten round championship fight will be televised live [...]
You would think getting into the ring with one of the biggest knock out kings in boxing today might be the toughest thing a fighter might have to do but for featherweight Omar “Dinamita” Estrella (15-3-2, 10KOs), it might be the second. This Saturday night, the twenty-four year old Estrella will face hard hitting and [...]
Crossroads, according to an online site, the official definition is: a road that crosses another road, or one that runs transversely to main roads. In the world of boxing, it is almost cliché to deem a bout a crossroads fight but in the case of Christopher Martin and Teon Kennedy, who meet Friday, January 13th, [...]
With his now trademark dark sunglasses and shaggy hairdo, former three time welterweight champion Antonio “Tijuana Tornado” Margarito (38-8, 27KOs) made his first public appearance in his hometown of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, to lend his support to former champ Jackie Nava as she opened up a gym to serve the Tijuana community. Three weeks [...]
Iconic female fighter Jackie “Aztec Princess” Nava (25-4-3, 11KOs) killed two birds with one stone when she announced her next bout and inaugurated the “Jackie Nava Gym” in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, at a press conference held Tuesday morning. Flanked by Zanfer Promotions’ Guillermo Brito as the master of ceremonies while her life long trainer [...]
Despite the ages old saying, Los Mochis, Mexico’s Antonio DeMarco (25-2-1, 18KOs) will look to make it two times the charm when he takes on two-time divisional champion Jorge “Niño de Oro” Linares (31-1, 20KOs) of Venezuela for the vacant WBC lightweight title in the semi-main event of the “Believe it or Not!” fight card [...]
Since returning to the squared circle in February, activating a comeback with intentions of capturing a Featherweight world title, 29-year-old Aaron “El Gavilan” Garcia (10-2-2, 2KOs) of San Diego, CA., has been a thoroughbred out of the gates displaying a thirst for first-rate competition instead of the road easier traveled littered with designated fall guys [...]
“La Princesa Azteca” The Aztec Princess, Three words that when uttered to any Tijuanense, it brings a smile to their face, whether they are woman, man or child. She fights like they live, always coming forward with skill but always ready to go down swinging. After two hard fought highly popular wars versus Ana Maria [...]
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