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The Mayweather vs Maidana glove controversy, the untrustibles
Once again there’s a wild and wooly controversy involving the Robert Garcia camp as they maneuvered to have these 8 ounce MX Everlast gloves used in Saturday’s Championship fight. The gloves, according to the Floyd Mayweather Jr. camp, have far less padding than usual and especially far less protection around the knuckles. One pair of […]
Boo!! Antonio Orozco vs Martin Honorio bout postponed
April 25, 2014 Saturday morning, April 26, many of San Diego’s boxing fans had planned to get up early and travel the 120 miles north to Carson, CA to see one of San Diego’s elite boxers, Antonio “Relentless” Orozco (19-0-0, 15 KOs) who was scheduled to face Martin Honorio from Mexico City, Mexico (32-8-1, 16 […]
Chris Arreola, San Diego’s honored guest
On Friday, April 18, pro boxer Chris Arreola’s wife Erin and daughter Danae made their weekly 100 mile trek from Riverside, CA to San Diego for a visit with their hero and enjoy some local sightseeing. This was their third visit and up to this point, they had already covered La Jolla and it’s cove, Pacific Beach, […]
Weigh-ins/predictions for Gesta vs Riovalle fight card at Del Mar
On Thursday afternoon, the weigh-ins for Friday night’s Boxing Show on the Del Mar Fairgrounds were completed at the Bonita Mall in National City. With a more than decent crowd on hand for this media event, the wise guy of boxing just had to open his mouth and make some pre-fight prognostications.
Back in the saddle, Mercito Gesta is raring to go
April 9, 2014 Thursday, April 10th, at 2:00 p.m. the 14 boxers scheduled to fight on the Friday, April 11, 2014 Boxing Card at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, the latest installment of “Ringside at Del Mar”, will weigh in at the Plaza Bonita Mall at O’s American Kitchen (east side of mall), 3030 Plaza Bonita Rd., National City, […]