A logo inside the ring at the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Andy Lee boxing match declared El Paso "America's safest city."

Yet the Sun Bowl was teeming with law enforcement officers Saturday, there to provide beefed-up security, including bag checks and pat-downs at the entrance. Helicopters circled the venue on the University of Texas at El Paso campus.

Chavez stopped Lee at 2:21 of the seventh round to retain the WBC middleweight title.

El Paso put forth its best effort to show the boxing community — and the nation — that the city was well-equipped to host the fight, which had been briefly canceled due to an intelligence report that hinted Mexican drug cartel leaders would show up.

"I haven't seen something like this, and I've worked for 35 years at UTEP," said Armando Losoya, who was trying to obtain black-market tickets for the cheaper seats.

"We're not worried at all," said Alberto Hernandez brought his family to watch the fight.