In The Squared Circle: San Diego/Tijuana Notes III

DeMarco Triumphant in Hometown Win!

Despite the rumors, the summer for reigning WBC lightweight king Antonio DeMarco (27-2-1, 20KOs) has just been made official as of yesterday when he signed the contract to face John Molina on September 8th in Oakland, CA. The twelve round championship fight will be broadcast live by HBO. Before that, DeMarco of Tijuana, Mexico, by [...]

San Diego/Tijuana Boxing Notes II

DeMarco on the verge of stopping Linares Photo by Big Joe Miranda

With so many fighters in the San Diego/Tijuana area, there is practically news every day. In the last week since the first report on Fightnews regarding the border region, there have been some interesting revelations and upcoming fight announcements. Despite no official word just yet, it seems that the rematch between WBC lightweight champion Antonio [...]

DeMarco Wins Big at Home, Lozada Jr. Toughs Out Win

Lozada Jr. Scores an uppercut to the body

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 [...]

San Diego/Tijuana News and Notes!

Tijuana super flyweight Ivan "Niño Maravilla" Morales Photo: Box Latino

If you were to drop a quarter right on the border between San Diego, CA, and Tijuana, Mex, and mapped out a 25-mile radius, I believe you would have difficulty to do that anywhere else in the world and find more former champions, world class ranked fighters and up and coming prospects than in this [...]

DeMarco Goes Home!

DeMarco will Defend his TItle next Saturday night

After finally being able to call himself a champion on the night of October 15th, 2011, current WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (26-2-1) could have never dreamt that his nearly life long dream would have come true the way it did. Behind on all the cards, DeMarco of Tijuana, Mexico, by of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, [...]

Antonio DeMarco in Homecoming Bout!

WBC Lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco

As it was announced last week, newly minted WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (26-2-1, 19KOs) of Tijuana by way of Los Mochis, Mexico, will make his first defense of the title he captured late last year in one of the best comebacks in recent memory when down on all three judge’s cards, DeMarco stopped a [...]

In the Squared Circle: 2nd Annual SDFights.com Awards!

Erik "Terrible" Morales is our Fighter of the Year

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 [...]

Updated SDFights.com Top Ten!

Juan Carlos "Mini" Burgos

In its last update of 2011, there are major changes in the SDFights.com Top Ten. All the fighters remained the same but a fisticuff version of musical chairs was played as some fighters remained in their spots while others moved up and down the list. Check out the new list by clicking HERE.

In the Squared Circle: Blood, Guts and a Green and Gold Belt!

...And the New WBC Lightweight Champion of the World Antonio DeMarco

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 [...]

Tijuana’s New World Champion!

DeMarco Scores with Hard Left  Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images

In quite possibly the fight of the year and most certainly the most dramatic ending in 2011, Tijuana’s own Antonio DeMarco (26-2-1, 19KOs) stopped a tough as nails Jorge Linares (31-2, 20KOs) of Venezuela in the eleventh round to capture the vacant WBC lightweight title. The scheduled twelve round war was the semi-main event of [...]