Pro Boxing
The business of over-turning a controversial decision
Controversy #1 is the match between Armando Tovar of San Diego’s House of Boxing against Alejandro Castañeda of Rosarito, B. C., Mexico at the Salon Mezzanine in Tijuana, B. C., Mexico on February 26, 2016. On this Borizteca Boxing Promotions fight card, we need to get closure on two questions. First, with a greater emphasis being put on stopping […]
Basketball star Bill Walton, he’s a fighter too
Tomorrow night, Monday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m., Warwick’s Books and Words Alive are presenting Bill Walton, the award-winning broadcaster, former NBA MVP and Hall of Fame basketball player at The Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect Street, La Jolla. He’ll be there to discuss and sign his new book: Back From the Dead. The price of […]
Controversy reigns as two boxers attempt to overturn bad calls
This afternoon at 3 p.m., two local boxers are hoping to secure evidence to prove they were victims of an unfair ruling that cost them either a victory or at the bare minimum a draw. Bad decisions adversely affect the careers of Armando Tovar (now 2-1, 2 KOs) from San Diego’s House of Boxing and Jose […]
Preview of the Intensity MMA & Fitness IKF/PKB 5 Show
Saturday, March 26, 2016, starting at 2 p.m., it appears Robert Aldama and Joni Alba will be at it again hosting another big, really big, Muay Thai show at their facility at 3127 Beyer Boulevard in South San Diego. How big? All told, they have 29 Muay Thai bouts with fighters coming from 17 separate […]
Alejandra Jimenez defeats Martha Salazar to win WBC Women’s Heavyweight Title
It wasn’t easy but for 10 hard fought rounds, the 28-year-old, 5′ 11″ Alejandra “La Tigre” Jimenez of Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (6-0) kept up the pressure on her opponent the 46-year-old, 5’9″ Martha “The Shadow” Salazar of San Francisco, Calif. (13-5, 3 KOs) and appeared to land the harder shots, mostly to the head, to pull off […]