Jerry Magee
17 articles · SignOnSanDiego.com
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Caro-Concepcion bout was good fight to finish
In one corner, Giovanni Caro was doubled up, clearly in agony, after being hit low. In another corner, Bernabe Concepcion was having a severe laceration under an eye examined by a ringside…
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Phillipine fighters prevail at Sycuan
As boxing represented a means of escaping poverty in the America of the 1920s, so it is said to do today for fighters from the Philippines, where poverty is pervasive. Advertisement ?It…
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Pacquiao puts on promoter hat
Manny Pacquiao, the promoter, is to be present tomorrow evening at the Sycuan Resort and Casino, accompanying three of the fighters from the Philippines whose futures he is championing. But the leading…
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De La Hoya should make short work of Pacquiao
Puzzling, I would say. Oscar De La Hoya, wanting a signal triumph as a final footnote to his distinguished career, chooses to engage a guy nowhere near his size. De La Hoya's…
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Not just another Diaz
In boxing's lightweight division, the name Diaz has the same prominence as the names Smith and Jones do in the general population. Count 'em: Julio Diaz of Coachella, twice a world champion…
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Marquez braces for Pacquiao buzz saw
The last member of this Marquez family of Mexico City who stepped into a ring was Rafael, who left it bound for a hospital. On this ominous note, Rafael's brother Juan Manuel…
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Time flies when you’re refereeing a great fight
Time seemed to have condensed for Pat Russell. ?When it was over, the whole fight seemed to me as if it had been made up of one-minute rounds,? said Russell, the referee…
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Barrera goes boldly to Pacquiao rematch
When Marco Antonio Barrera and Manny Pacquiao first fought in San Antonio, Texas, in November 2003, Barrera was 29 and Pacquiao was 24. Barrera was stopped in the 11th round. Now Barrera…
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Soto ponders possible foes<br>Marquez, Pacquiao offered
Humberto Soto of Tijuana has been given an option by Top Rank Inc. either to challenge Juan Manuel Marquez on Sept. 15 for the WBC super featherweight title or attempt to wrest…
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The next big hit
The eventual departure of superstar Oscar De La Hoya will leave boxing without a driving force, which begs the question: Who might be ... There's the Irishman, John Duddy, and sure if…
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What’s boxing’s fate post-De La Hoya?
LAS VEGAS ? At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Oscar De La Hoya climbed atop a pedestal, they hung a gold medal around his neck and boxing had its ?Golden Boy,?…
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Morales’ final fight could be in San Diego
Top Rank Inc. promoter Bob Arum plans to choose between San Diego and Chicago as the site for a June 15 bout that is to represent a farewell to boxing by Erik…
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Pacquiao has his hat in ring, too
Name a fighter whose name is recognizable in this country. All right, Oscar De La Hoya. Name another. Many cannot, which promoter Bob Arum concedes. “As far as fighters are concerned, there…
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Morales plans to quit after ‘good-bye’ fight
Erik Morales' introduction to boxing was in a makeshift ring above his family's convenience store on the mean streets of Tijuana's ?Zona Tolerancia.? Be careful if you go there. Morales fought himself…
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Morales plans to outlast Pacman
His heart is Erik Morales' own. Body by Velocity Personal Trainers. At the insistence of promoter Bob Arum, in preparing for his third bout against Manny Pacquiao tonight in Las Vegas, Morales…
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Arum pushes Morales to push himself
Erik Morales has been assigned by promoter Bob Arum to do two months of preparatory training for his Nov. 18 bout against Manny Pacquiao, their third meeting, at the Velocity Training Center…
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Morales, Barrera meet for thirt title
Erik Morales is fighting Marco Antonio Barrera for a third time over the objections of his father, a former boxer who has been in his son's corner since the Tijuana favorite began…
