Nobody likes to fight southpaws. First, they do everything in reverse. Their jabs come from another side, their power is from opposite angle and their thinking...
ONTARIO, CALIF-Tijuana’s Juan Carlos Burgos and Riverside’s Mauricio Herrera showed why Thompson Boxing Promotions are rapidly becoming the small player that can with knockout wins on...
The trickle has become a flood. A few years ago the sport of boxing was worrying about fan attendance, rival sports and television spots, now professional...
LOS ANGELES-Leave it to Jorge “The Hyena” Barrios to scavenge the first shot of the lightweight tournament, though he’s not the top bill. Barrios nearly enticed...
As a youngster Maureen Shea’s cousins in Guadalajara, Mexico called her “la traviesa” because of her fiery red hair and mischievousness. Shea’s fiery red hair turned...
LOS ANGELES-Across the street from the arena where one legend recently spanked a rising star a few weeks ago, two of the most avoided prizefighters, Winky...
Don’t call Chuck Bodak a boxing trainer, though he worked in the boxing ring corners of some of the greatest prizefighters in the last 70 years....
Psychologically speaking, losing can be contagious. It doesn’t take Sigmund Freud to understand that suffering that first loss can be numbing to the mind and psyche....
Tijuana is beginning to sound pretty good now. All roads lead to Tijuana now, with five title fights taking place on the wild and crazy border...
VAN NUYS, CA.-Antonio Margarito lost his world title, lost his pound for pound ranking and now he’s lost his right to fight professionally in the United...