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Fortress Mexico in Cuernavaca, Morelos - Carlos "Torito" Jimenez pulled off a major upset by securing a technical knockout at 2:55 seconds of the seventh round over previously undefeated Pedro "Roca" Campa in what was the stellar fight at the Centenario stadium in Cuernavaca. The fight headlined a Zanfer Promotions event, televised by Box Azteca.
Luis "Pantera" Nery has set his next ring return. The WBC bantamweight world champion will reappear on Saturday, November 4, at the Gasmart Stadium in Tijuana (home of the Bulls), to fight in a ten round "non-title" bout against dangerous Filipino "King" Arthur Villanueva in a main event that will be broadcast by Azteca 7, and internationally by Bein Sports.
Former welterweight world champion Antonio Margarito is moving forward with his goal of securing a trilogy fight with Miguel Cotto. On Saturday night at the Manuel Bernardo Aguirre Gym in Chihuahua, Mexico, Margarito (41-8-1, 27 KOs) picked up a seventh round technical decision over Carson Jones (41-12-3, 30 KOs).
Later tonight, former welterweight champion Antonio "Tornado de Tijuana" Margarito (40-8-0, 27 KO's) will return to the ring against Carson "Mr" Jones (40-11-3, 30 KO's) in a ten round, super welterweight encounter at the "Manuel Bernardo Aguirre" Gymnasium in Chihuahua, Mexico. Margarito is already targeting some unfinished business - a trilogy showdown with Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) in December.
This coming Saturday night at the "Manuel Bernardo Aguirre" Gymnasium in Chihuahua, Antonio "Tornado de Tijuana" Margarito (40-8-0, 27 KO's) will return to the ring against Carson "Mr" Jones (40-11-3, 30 KO's) in a ten round, super welterweight encounter that will be televised by the Casa del Boxeo, Azteca 7, as part of another great promotion by Zanfer Promotions with the support of the Municipal Government of Chihuahua.
Carson Jones finished his preparation, he's in great condition and on weight, and assured that with his speed, power, stamina and motivation - he will rise to the ring on Saturday night to make a statement by derailing former world champion Antonio Margarito. He predicts a clear, forceful knockout to end the career of the "Tijuana Tornado."
Monterrey - Roberto Garcia held nothing back in securing a ten round unanimous decision over a passive Omar Chavez, to win a regional World Boxing Council middleweight title in the stellar fight from the Gym Nuevo Leon Independent in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
In another big upset in 2017, super flyweight journeyman Ulises Lara (18-15, 10 KOs) won a ten round majority decision over former world champion and highly ranked Moises Fuentes (25-4-1, 13 KOs) at the Auditorio del Sindicato de Trabajadores de IMSS in Mexico City. The judges saw it 97-94, 97-93 for Lara and 95-95 for the draw.
Juan Francisco Estrada is confident that he is a better boxer than countryman Carlos "Principe" Quadras and four division champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez. On a historic night on September 9 in California, plans are being finalized to showcase four of the best super flyweights in the world - with Estrada facing Cuadras for the interim-WBC title, and a rematch between Gonzalez and Thai fighter Srisaket Sor Rungvisai - for the full WBC title.
A deal has been reached. Luis "Pantera" Nery will receive his great opportunity, when fights for the world championship. His mission is difficult, but not impossible and his worth has been more than proven. He will look for the world championship in Japan, against an unbeaten opponent, against a champion who has made twelve successful defenses of the title he won six years ago.