Few things compare to watching the rise of a virtual unknown boxer to world champion status and that’s what transpired in the amazing career of Tim...
A name popped up recently that shot memories of 1960s boxing nights at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. That name was Sho Saijo, a Japanese...
Art of Boxing Series: Sergio ‘The Latin Snake’ Mora of East L.A. Not all prizefighters are built or fight the same. This is a series devoted...
The Remarkable Career of “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas Back in the 90s the sport of prizefighting in Southern California was centered in the major cities like Los...
Not all boxing trainers are wheeler-dealers like Henry Ramirez. One day he’s getting on a jet across country and another day he’s driving up the 101...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 89: Shakur Still Fights but California Goes Dark Armed with electrifying talent Shakur Stevenson looks to prove he can attract fans too when...
Several years ago, Saul “Neno” Rodriguez was tabbed best new prospect by British journalists and was involved in a tug of war between rival boxing promotion...
When Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez regained the WBA super flyweight world title via knockout last Saturday, you might have felt a collective vibration of glee from those...
Mikey Garcia returned to Texas with vengeance and returned to his winning ways with a convincing victory over two-division world champion Jessie Vargas by unanimous decision...
Imagine if the Corleone Family of the fictional film “The Godfather” were involved in the prizefighting world. That’s kind of what you get with the Garcias....