Every year from three to a dozen or more pro boxers worldwide die from injuries sustained in the boxing ring. Almost all are due to blows...
Days following the welterweight title showdown between Tim “Desert Storm” Bradley and Jessie “Vegas” Vargas, the aftermath has yet to settle in the summer heat. If...
CARSON, CALIF.-A premature stoppage to terminate the fight allowed Tim “Desert Storm” Bradley to ride out the storm in the final round against Jessie Vargas and...
ONTARIO, CALIF.-Jose “Gato” Roman pounded his way to victory by unanimous decision over Mexico’s Marco Antonio Lopez and took a pounding too, on Friday night. Garden...
Spotting a world champion from the get-go has been a special treat in my third decade as a boxing beat writer. It doesn’t happen very often....
Fighting in the shadows between two other family boxing figures can be a problem but Omar Chavez, the youngest son of Julio Cesar Chavez, feels ready...
WEST HOLLYWOOD-Tim “Desert Storm” Bradley traveled more than 150 miles to West Hollywood to meet the press at Justin Fortune’s gym on Sunset Boulevard on Thursday....
LOS ANGELES-Driving 70 miles through heavy traffic to get to West L.A. is a severe pain. But when a show arrives that features so much young...
HOLLYWOOD, CA.-Lightweight contender Jose Felix Jr. survived an exchange of knockdowns in the ninth round to win by unanimous decision over Yakubu Amidu on Saturday. Mexico’s...
MONTEBELLO, CALIF.—Xavier Montelongo of East L.A. captured the vacant California State featherweight title with a blistering inside attack to win by unanimous decision over Spain’s Cesar...