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Mayweather vs McGregor fight, reminds one of the recent solar eclipse
Hooray for you. With the help of those special glasses, I’m taking for granted that you were able to survive taking a gander at the recent solar eclipse of the sun. Now, how are you holding up with all this hype in regards to Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor fight? Mayweather’s extravagant advertising campaign has […]
Tovar gets his revenge, Cruz wins in his debut, Ramos KOs Lopez, etc., etc.
For a quick synopsis of last night’s Borizteca Boxing Management Group’s show at the Salon Mezzanine in Tijuana: There was a little bit of everything, from play-acting to the scary knockout, from the well-matched fighter to the questionable match-up, from the nerve-racking debuts to the one of a kind showboating of a performing artist by the […]
Epic Fighting 35 – an early look at the Fight Card for Friday’s Show
Here is an early look at Friday evening, August 18th’s Fight Card which at the outset had 20 fights scheduled. As most promoters will advise, the early bout sheet can change due to an illness, injury or an unacceptable difference in weight which can only be confirmed at the weigh-in. The serious fighters never have a […]
Quick Boxing update for the true Boxing fan
Tijuana’s Nery dethrones Yamanaka to win the Title On Tuesday in Kyoto, Japan, the unbeaten Mexican southpaw Luis “Pantera” Nery (24-0, 18 KOs), surprised the previously unbeaten champion Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-1-2, 19 KOs) to win his WBC World Bantamweight title. Like an attacking panther, the more aggressive Nery never let his opponent get comfortable, hung in close […]
Three local gunslingers back in action: Johnson, McKinney & Van Soest
What can you say about the 29-year-old, 5’9” Dashon Johnson (Boxing 22-21-3, 7 KOs, MMA 9-2, 5 KOs) from Escondido, other than it’s like this local phenom is following a movie script, a bigger-than-life, ready for the silver screen storyline, that will have viewers on the edge of their seats. Johnson recently wrote: “God is so […]