Those lightweights. Whether junior lights, super lights or lightweights, it’s the 130-140 divisions where most of boxing’s young stars are found now or in the past....
As we close the book on October, let’s look back at the month’s stellar performances. Kenshiro Teraji added another exclamation point to his brilliant career with...
Foreman-Moorer: 30 Years Later By TSS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT JAMIE REBNER — In sports, middle-aged athletes are not supposed to beat opponents who are half their age...
Omar Trinidad rumbled past the elite level toughness of Argentina’s Hector Sosa to retain a regional featherweight title and move up the line in the world...
Manny “Gucci” Flores and his two Coachella Valley compadres emerged victorious at Fantasy Springs Casino on Thursday. Two by knockout. Flores (18-1, 14 Kos), a tall...
Notes and Nuggets from Thomas Hauser Pete Rose was inappropriately named. His bulky torso blended into a thick neck at one end and heavy bulging thighs...
IBF super welterweight titlist Bakhram Murtazaliev wrecked Tim Tszyu’s championship dreams with a one-sided knockout win in his first title defense on Saturday. Russia’s Murtazaliev (23-0,...
Tszyu! That name strikes fear among mere mortals. For three decades and more the Tszyus have burned and pillaged the hopes and dreams of the best...
Japan’s budding superstar Junto Nakatani knocked out Petch Chitpattana in a battle of southpaws to retain the WBC bantamweight world title on Monday in Tokyo. It...
For the first time in the history of the 175-pound class, all four meaningful belts were on the line when Artur Beterbiev locked horns with Dmitry...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 300: Eastern Horizons — Bivol, Beterbiev and Japan All eyes are pointed east, if you are a boxing fan. First, light heavyweights Artur...
Junto Nakatani’s Road to a Mega-fight plus Notes on the Best Boxers from Thailand WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani, whose name now appears on several of...
Bygone Days: Muhammad Ali at the Piano in the Lounge at the Tropicana Among other things, Las Vegas in “olden days” was noted for its lounge...
In his first fight in his native Liverpool since February of 2020, Nick Ball successfully defended his WBA title with a 10th-round stoppage of SoCal veteran...
IBF/WBO world middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, generally regarded as the best of the current crop of middleweights, retained his IBF title today in Sydney, Australia, with...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 299: Golden Boy in Saudi Arabia and More A small brigade of Mexican and Latino-American fighters gathered at the beautiful Mayan Theater in...
This reporter chanced upon Manny “Flick” Savoy yesterday afternoon at a boxing gym in Las Vegas. That afforded me an opportunity to get his take on...
Women’s fights were bursting out all over this past weekend. The bout that warranted the most attention, one could argue, was the match between Alycia Baumgardner...
A word of remembrance about James Earl Jones who died on September 9 at age 93. Born in Mississippi during the height of segregation, raised by...
Terri Harper Wins Third Division World Title Encounters in previous battles were key. Terri Harper proved to Rhiannon Dixon that winning a WBO welterweight world title...
