On September 10, Oscar Valdez successfully defended his WBC super-featherweight title with a twelve-round decision over Robson Conceicao in a bout contested under the auspices of...
“Heads should roll,” said the noted author Tris Dixon in his preview of tonight’s Triller Fight Club event in Hollywood, Florida. Indeed, yes, and the first...
Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X were two of the most charismatic and important people of the twentieth century. Five years ago, Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith...
TUCSON, Ariz. (September 10, 2021) — Oscar Valdez started slow. Robson Conceicao was fighting the fight of his life. The champion then turned it around. Valdez retained his WBC...
Friday, Sept. 10, was a relatively busy day on the European boxing front. The cards that attracted the most interest were staged in Austria and France...
Donald Trump, the once and perhaps future President of the United States, has thrown his family name back into the wild world of professional boxing, a...
Avila Perspective, Chap 152: Oscar and Oscar and More There’s a saying in the entertainment business “the show must go on.” That seems to apply in...
PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STORY — The year 1988 was a fateful year in the life of Mike Tyson. On Feb. 7, Mike married Robin...
PART ONE OF A TWO-PART STORY — In the 1982 MGM comedy film “My Favorite Year,” a young production assistant is charged with the responsibility of...
Taking on the task of documenting the lives of Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello, Wilfredo Gomez and Hector Camacho in book form was daunting, but Christian Giudice,...
Premier Boxing Champions was back at the historic Minneapolis Armory for a Sunday night tripleheader on FOX. The main event showcased 20-year-old junior middleweight prospect Jesus...
An eagerly-anticipated rematch between England’s Josh Warrington and Mexico’s Mauricio Lara ended in a technical draw after the fight was stopped by the referee on the...
Breaking News: Oscar De La Hoya has announced that he has been diagnosed with Covid-19, notwithstanding the fact that he is fully vaccinated. De La Hoya...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 151: England vs Mexico; RIP Jeanette Zacarias After several England versus Mexico matches went awry, the Brits hope things have turned around and...
Twenty-five years ago, on the first Saturday of September 1996, Mike Tyson met Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. This was Tyson’s...
Boxing Odds and Ends: Two Breakout Fighters and a Back-Slider Two local boxers – Charles Conwell and Montana Love – bolstered Sunday’s fight card in Cleveland...
BOOK REVIEW by THOMAS HAUSER — Ike Ibeabuchi (who styled himself as “The President”) came from afar. Born in Nigeria, he moved to the United States...
Jake “The Problem Child” Paul shed the talk and walked the walk in defeating former UFC champion Tyron Woodley by a split decision to win the...
When the discussion turns to one punch KO artists, Ernie Shavers comes immediately to mind—and then, upon some reflection, so does Mike Tyson, Sam Langford, Joe...
“Old soldiers never die-they just fade away,” said General Douglas MacArthur in his final goodbye to Congress back in 1951. A couple of old soldiers in...
